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Yaoundé
Yaoundé ( or , (:ja.un.de); German: Jaunde) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of approximately 2.5 million, the second largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the centre of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above sea level.
==History==
The outpost of Epsumb or Jeundo was founded between the Nyong and Sanaga rivers at the northern edge of the area's forests in 1887,〔Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi & al. ''(African Families at the Turn of the 21st Century'', p. 175 ). Praeger Publishers (Westport), 2006. ISBN 0275972747. Accessed 17 Apr 2014.〕 1888,〔Johnson–Hans, Jennifer. (''Uncertain Honor: Modern Motherhood in an African Crisis'', p. 34 ). University of Chicago Press (Chicago), 2006. ISBN 0226401812. Accessed 17 Apr 2014.〕 or February 1889 by the German explorers Lt. Kund and Tappenbeck by the agreement of the chiefs of Ela Esono. From December 1889 to May 1895, it was occupied by the German botanist August Georg Zenker as an agricultural research station named Jaunde after the local Yaunde or Ewondo people. His settlement served as a base for the area's rubber and ivory trade, purchasing these from the natives in exchange for imported clothing and iron.〔 It was also known in English as Yaunde Station. Major Dominik's establishment of a military garrison at the site in 1895 permitted a Pallotine mission and religious school at nearby Mvolyé (now a suburb).〔
During World War I, Jaunde was occupied by Belgian troops from the Congo. After Imperial Germany's defeat in that war, France held eastern Cameroon as a mandate of the League of Nations and Yaoundé was chosen to become the capital of the colony in 1922. Douala long remained the more important settlement, but Yaoundé saw rapid growth after 1957 due to the cocoa crisis and unrest along the coast. It continued as the seat of government for the Republic of Cameroon upon its independence.
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