Kribi is a beach resort and sea port in Cameroon, lying on the Gulf of Guinea coast, at the mouth of the Kienké River. It has a population of 48,800 (2001 estimate). It services sea traffic in the Gulf of Guinea and also lies near the terminus of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline. Image File history File links CM-Kribi. ... The seafront of Torquay, a seaside resort in Devon, England. ... The Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic southwest of Africa. ... The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project is a controversial project to develop the production capacity of oilfields near Doba in southern Chad, and to create a 1,070km pipeline to transport the oil to facilities on the coast of Cameroon. ...
The Lobé Waterfalls are nearby and there is a road inland, through the Littoral Evergreen Forest, as far as Lolodorf. Lolodorf is a small town-centred region in the south province of the Republic of Cameroon, near the western coast of Africa. ...
Port
Kribi is a possible location of a port for the export of iron ore from mines near Mbalam, about 500km away. Specifically, the port would be at Grand Batanga This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ... Mbalam is a place in Cameroon near the southern border with Gabon border where there are significant deposits of iron ore. ...
Maps
Maps and aerial photosCoordinates: 2.9500° 9.9167°
Coordinates: 2°57′N 9°55′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
The inhabitants of Kribi, a well-known sea resort on the Gulf of Guinea, were hoping that an oil terminal linking Chad to Cameroon would solve all their problems of unemployment, poverty and isolation.
According to Cameroonian activists, members of the consortium responsible for the extraction and transport of the oil, had sensitised their employees with HIV and Aids education, but neglected to extend it to the local population.
Joseph, a family man who cleans rooms in a small hotel in the city centre, said that girls engaging in sex work were helping their parents, who were struggling to make ends meet "because of inflation caused by the arrival of the Oil Consortium".
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