Bamileke Plateau

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The Bamileke Plateau is a highland region in western Cameroon known for its fertile volcanic soils, dense rural settlements, and the culturally rich Bamileke people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bamileke Plateau canonical 2
Bamileke highlands 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
administrativeRegion Northwest Region of Cameroon ⓘ
West Region of Cameroon ⓘ
agriculturalProducts beans ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantains ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Bamileke people ⓘ
drainage source area for several rivers in western Cameroon ⓘ
elevationCharacteristic high elevation relative to surrounding lowlands ⓘ
geology volcanic origin ⓘ
hasClimate tropical highland climate ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature chiefdom-based social organization ⓘ
elaborate traditional architecture ⓘ
masking traditions ⓘ
ritual festivals ⓘ
hasDemographicFeature predominantly rural population ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cash crop production ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Bamileke ⓘ
linked to: Bamileke people
hasLandUse coffee cultivation ⓘ
food crop cultivation ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
smallholder farming ⓘ
hasPopulationPattern high rural population density ⓘ
hasSoilType volcanic soil ⓘ
hasTopography dissected plateau ⓘ
highland ⓘ
hasUrbanCenter Bafang ⓘ
Bafoussam ⓘ
Bangangté ⓘ
Dschang ⓘ
Mbouda ⓘ
hasVegetation farmland mosaic ⓘ
secondary forest ⓘ
inhabitedBy Bamileke people ⓘ
knownFor Bamileke people ⓘ
dense rural settlements ⓘ
fertile volcanic soils ⓘ
languageGroup Bamileke languages ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa ⓘ
Western Cameroon ⓘ
partOf Cameroon Highlands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cameroon Highlands → contains → Bamileke Plateau ⓘ
West Region (Cameroon) → mountainRange → Bamileke Plateau ⓘ
Bafoussam → nearbyRegion → Bamileke highlands ⓘ
linked to: Bamileke Plateau