Dedication of Edea Dam on the Sanaga River

    Cameroon  1953.11.18

    In issue: Stamp(s): 1   

    Printing: engraving

  • Number by catalogue:  Michel: 303   Yvert: A43   Scott: C31  

    Perforation type: 13x13

    Subject:

    15 francs. View of HPS* bird's-eye view. Ibis**

    Additional:

    *Edéa is a city located in the Littoral Province, Cameroon by the Sanaga River. It has a population of 122,300 (2001 estimate). There are bauxite facilities, aluminium processing facility, steel processing facility, timber facilities, paper facilities and some water power stations in the city.

    The Edea Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant that has a power generating capacity of 204 MW enough to power over 136,600 homes. Inaugurated at 1953.

     

    *Ibises - are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae.

    They all have long down curved bills, and usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. Most species nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons.

    The word ibis comes from Greek and Latin, and probably from the Ancient Egyptian.

     

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    This information has been taken from Wikipedia