Ayos | |
|---|---|
Commune and town | |
  Ayos Location in Cameroon | |
| Coordinates: 3°54′25″N 12°31′38″E / 3.90694°N 12.52722°E | |
| Country |  Cameroon |
| Region | Centre Region |
| Department | Nyong et Mfoumou |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 22,899 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Ayos is a town and commune in the department of Nyong-et-Mfoumou Centre region of Cameroon.[2]
The district is noted for its place in the history of medicine: the 1920s saw the establishment of a medical center managed by the French doctor Eugène Jamot, famed as the person who cured sleeping sickness.[3]
- ^ Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3rd RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010.
- ^ Mah, E.P. (2014). La profession d'huissier de justice au Cameroun francophone. Harmattan Cameroun (in French). Editions L'Harmattan. p. 38. ISBN 978-2-336-33787-6. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Léon Lapeyssonnie, Moi, Jamot, Le Vainqueur de la Maladie du Sommeil , Louis Musin edition, INAM Press, 1987 ISBN 978-2870830291.