Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Brownlie&#39;s African Boundaries<br/>
Date: Aug 02, 2001 @ 12:44<br/>
Author: Harry ten Veen (&quot;Harry ten Veen&quot; &lt;pa8km@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1074140467">Thank you Arif and Grant for explaining the former Nigerian<br/>
border-situation(s)!<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;I&#39;m not sure if it tapered down to a trinational quadripoint at the Benue<br/>
 </span></blockquote>River.<br/>
No, the to parts are not connected: there is a peace of land of about 65 km.<br/>
in between.<br/>
The river benue is almost in the centre of that section.<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;Does the &quot;split&quot; territory you mention lie in the region of the narrow neck<br/>
 </span></blockquote>in the Northern Provinces?<br/>
In the narrow neck (which isn&#39;t a neck) lies the province of Adamawa. Its<br/>
capital is Yola, also to be seen on your scan.<br/>
<br/>
The Donga river is indeed the border between the Southern and Northern<br/>
Cameroons in the SE region.<br/>
Southern Cameroons transferred to Rep. Cameroon.<br/>
I think Southern and Northern Cameroons are the same as Eastern and Western<br/>
Provinces as you mention.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Grant, on your map in the upper-right corner is an arrow and the start of a<br/>
name &quot;El ????&quot; what does it say there??<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Still, it remains a interesting situation!<br/>
I would love to see a map of, say around 1940, when Germany still owned its<br/>
part.<br/>
Also a map after Germany&#39;s part was devided between UK and France.<br/>
My map of 1960.<br/>
Then a map of the situation after the independency in 1961, which is the<br/>
present situation I presume?<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
gl<br/>
Harry ten Veen<br/>
(I&#39;am off now, for a short holliday)</div>