Lomie

Lomie is a town in the Lomie District in the Upper Nyong division of the East Province of Cameroon. An article in the Mail & Guardian Online describes it as having no telephone connection to the outside world, and a single access road that is a little more than a forest trail. In fact, Lomie has been connected to the cellular phone network since 2006. Previous employment came from the logging industry but now the town which is close to zinc and cobalt mining project are taking advantage of this project. The GEOVIC mining company also uses Lomie town as its base. Lomie has a number of interesting historical buildings, dating from the German and French era. Among these building are the house of the senior civil administrator, a jail, a courthouse and a post-office. Roads from Lomie lead to Abong-Mbang to the north via Mindourou, to Messok and Yokadouma towards the east and Ngoila to the south.

Lomie is situated in the immediate periphery of the Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon's only UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town attracts occasional tourism because of its natural reserves, a number of small guesthouses as well as small hotels.

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