Makary, Cameroon

Makary, Cameroon
Mafaté,[1] Makari[2]
Makary, Cameroon is located in Cameroon
Makary, Cameroon
Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 12°34′27″N 14°27′14″E / 12.57417°N 14.45389°E / 12.57417; 14.45389
Country Cameroon
RegionFar North Province
DepartmentLogone-et-Chari
Population
 (2005)[3]
 • Total6,287
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (CEST)
UFI-3152074

Makary[4] is a town in Logone-et-Chari, Far North Region, Cameroon, West Africa. The town is located on the right (east) bank of a distributary of the Chari River in the delta just before it enters Lake Chad. The people are known as Kotoko, and the local language is Mpade,[5] Fulani (Fulfulde) is the trade language.[6] The primary economic activity was and is fishing.[7]

  1. ^ Mafaté (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ Makari (Variant) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ "Makary". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09.
  4. ^ Makary (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  5. ^ Frawley, William J., ed. (2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, Volume 1. Oxford University Press. p. 238.
  6. ^ Frawley 2003, p. 167
  7. ^ Hansen, Mogens Herman (2000). "The Kotoko City-States". A Comparative Study of Thirty City-state Cultures: An Investigation. Historisk-Filosofiske Skrifter, volume 21. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. pp. 531–546. ISBN 978-87-7876-177-4.