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Ambam Facts

Area	2.1 km²
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Timezone	West Africa Time
Lat & Lng	2.38333, 11.28333

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Ambam Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	0	0	0	0
Population Density	0 / km²	0 / km²	0 / km²	0 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Ambam Population change from 2000 to 2000

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990
Ambam	—	—
South Region (Cameroon)	+121.7%	+33.7%
Cameroon	+105.7%	+32.1%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

South Region (Cameroon) Population Density

Population Density: 17.1 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
South Region (Cameroon)	806,448	47,267.8 km²	17.1 / km²
Cameroon	23.2 million	463,892.8 km²	50 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Ambam Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1975 to 2015

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

South Region (Cameroon) CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
South Region (Cameroon)	250,327 tn	0.31 tn	5.3 tons/km²
Cameroon	6,943,081 tn	0.3 tn	15 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

South Region (Cameroon) CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	250,327 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.31 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	5.3 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Low (2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Ambam

Ambam is a town and commune in South Province of Cameroon on the border with Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. This frontier town is located approximately 220 km from Yaoundé and as of 2005 had a population of 1,596. Traditionally, it has traded with its ..

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