Mbalam

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Mbalam is a place in Cameroon near the southern border with Gabon border where there are significant deposits of iron ore.

Contents 1 Namesake 2 Railway 3 Maps 4 Statistics 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Namesake

There are two other places in Cameroon with the same name.

[edit] Railway

A 480 km railway connection to a deepwater port (20m), located near Grand Batanga or Lolabé or Kribi is required to exploit these ore deposits efficiently. The railway starts at an elevation of about 600m at the mine, proceeds along a fairly level alignment for 350m, drops steeply for 100km down to the coastal plain, then traverses that plain for 50km to the port. ^[1]

[edit] Maps

• Mbalam is at coordinates 2°13′00″N 13°49′00″E / 2.2167, 13.8167 (Mbalam)Coordinates: 2°13′00″N 13°49′00″E / 2.2167, 13.8167 (Mbalam)
• UN map
• 00 Southern Border
• 01
• 02
• 03 North

[edit] Statistics

• Elevation = 600m
• Population = 587

[edit] See also

• Places in Cameroon that start with M

[edit] References

• [1]
• [2]

• FallingRain Map - elevation = 600m