Mvolyé

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Mvolyé
Mvolyé (Kameroen  )
Mvolyé
Mvolyé
Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 3°50′N 11°30′E / 3.833, 11.5
Country Cameroon
Province Yaounde
Division

Mvolyé or Mvolye is a neighbourhood of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Around 1900, during Cameroon's colonial period, the site was part of the lands ruled by Karl Atangana. He then donated part of the area to the German Pallottine Fathers, a Roman Catholic missionary group. The Ewondo people had previously been unable to settle it due to a large rock there. The Fathers built a permanent mission, which opened Central and Eastern Cameroon to Christianisation.[1] Atangana remained chief of the area.[2]

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  1. ^ Nde.
  2. ^ Ngoh 349.

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Coordinates: 3°50′N, 11°30′E