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At the mention of Ndop wherever, within or without the National Triangle, the picture in one’s mind is Ndop rice. Ndop rice is the pride of Ndop Municipality. Ndop rice is unique in taste and preparation unlike other rice. It is also unique in value. Recent research in this domain has ranked Ndop rice at the top of all rice produced in Africa. For example, the first price for rice at the Ebolwa Agro-pastoral show was won by Ndop Rice. Over 15.000 tons of rice can be produced annually in Ndop.

The cultivation, processing and marketing of this cash peal has created employment to over 65% of the Municipality. The synchronization and the overseer of rice production in Ndop is the famous Upper Nun Valley Development Authority, the UNVDA. UNVDA, based in Ndop has, through the need to expand production and secure food shortage, grouped farmers of not only Ndop Municipality, but in the whole Division and the Region at large in to over 20 corporative. They are equally searching for improved methods of increasing production and productivity.

Ndop rice in the farm.

 

Ndop rice at the mill

Ndop Council enjoys the privilege to have been the headquarters of the South Eastern Federation (Native Authorities) created by the Local Administration in 1940. The territory of the South Eastern Federation (SEF) included the areas covered by Nkwen, Bafut and Nso. In 1960 the SEF territory was divided into two with the Nso Native Authority cut out of it. And in 1961, the Bafut-Ndop Area Council was created.It should be recalled here that after the independence of Cameroon in 1961, the Santa-Tubah Council areas were created, giving rise to the independent construction of the present Ndop Council Area which also mark creation with the Babessi and Balikumbat Councils.

In 1966, the first the sub-divisional office and the council were recognized within the federal republic of Cameroon. From then hence, the council has entered under the evolution of Administrative decisions of the Republic of Cameroon.

With many Quarters and four principal Villages of Bambalang, Bamunka, Bamali and Bamessing, the population of the Council Areas is fast growing and today estimated at over 160.000 inhabitants, thereby threatening food sustainability, increase crime waves and the need for healthier planning of the municipality, especially the urban space. The inhabitants of the constituent villages come from the great Tikari tribe which is the origin of most villages in the grass field areas of the Northwest Region. There are other strong Hausa population who are spread in the four villages and the Mbororo who are mainly cattle breeders living up the hills.

Ndop Municipally is very rich in potentials. With the rich mineral volcanic soils, about 85% of the population of the Municipality is involve in agriculture where they cultivate crops such as maize, groundnuts, beans, soya beans, potatoes, yams, coco yams, as well as vegetables in its miscellanies. The fundamental of agricultural productivity is rice production which is mostly handled by the prominent and the only company in the Division, UNVDA Ndop. The Bambalang fish, press pot knacks and the copious touristic sites are some of the conceits of the Municipality.

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Ndop council enjoys the privilege to have been the headquarters of the South Eastern Federation of Native Authorities created by the local administration in 1940.

The territory of the South Western Federation included the areas covered by Nkwen, Bafut and Nso. In 1960 the SEF territory was divided into two with the Nso Native Authority cut out of it and in 1961, the Bafut-Ndop Area Council was created.

The present Ndop council was created, along side the councils of Babessi, Balikumbat by Presidential decree that created the Ngokentunjia Division out of Ngokentunjia Division. Eventually, Bafut and Tubah were taken away and the territory now known as Ngoketunjia Division.

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Bambalang Dam

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Caves

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