Editing Fontem

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'''Fontem''' is a sub division  in the [[Lebialem]] division of [[Cameroon]]. Consisting of three Fondoms, Lebang, the biggest, Essoh Etah and Fotabong III. Its headquarters are at Menji, they are located in the [[South West Province|South West Region]], and are west of [[Dschang]] and [[Bafoussam]].

==Culture==
Fontem and the surrounding areas are home to the [[Bangwa people]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/bangwa.html|title=The BANGWA Tribal Area}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lebialem.info/The%20Bangwa%20of%20West%20Cameroon.pdf|title=THE BANGWA OF WEST CAMEROON}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1157947.pdf|title=Bangwa (Western Bamileke) |jstor=1157947 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://condor.depaul.edu/mdelance/Cameroon_Culture_Headings/Bangwa.html|title=bangwa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/yogisafricanshop/posts/bangwa-peoplethe-name-bangwa-conveniently-describes-all-the-inhabitants-of-this-/2251033441880564/|title=Nweh|website=[[Facebook]] }}</ref>(one of the [[Lebialem people|Lebialem]] tribes).

==Medicine==
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It is the site of Mary Health of Africa Mission Hospital. Mary Health of Africa Hospital is a 120-bed hospital that also has an extensive outpatient service and runs a dispensary in nearby [[Fonjumetaw]]. It specializes in treating infectious tropical conditions, especially [[malaria]], [[African trypanosomiasis|sleeping sickness]], [[tuberculosis|TB]], [[typhoid fever]], and [[HIV]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mary Health of Africa hospital Fontem.|url=http://focolare-fontem.org/work/the-hospital|access-date=2016-06-30|archive-date=2018-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117040319/http://focolare-fontem.org/work/the-hospital|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education==
Fontem is home to several [[primary school|primary]] and [[secondary school|secondary]] schools.
*Government Bilingual High School (GBHS), Fontem
*Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College
*Government high school Fontem 
*Government secondary Lekong
*Government secondary school Nwehchen
*Government technical high school Fontem 
*Government technical college Fonge

==References==
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