Babessi Council is located in Ngoketunjia Division, along the Bamenda – Kumbo road. It is surrounded by Jakiri and Oku Sub Divisions of Bui Division; Belo Sub Division in Boyo Division; Bangorian in Noun Division and Ndop central Sub Division in Ngoketunjia Division. Babessi Council was created in 1995 by Presidential Decree No – 95/082 of 24th April 1995. It went operational in 1996. It has a surface area of 240 km2 and a population of 63,254. It is made of 4 villages namely: Baba 1, Babungo, Bangolan and Babessi.
The Headquarter of Babessi Council and the Babessi Sub Division is located at Babessi town. Since its creation the Council has been administered by 6 Lord Mayors as show in the Table below:
History of Mayors of the Council
# | Name of Lord Mayor | From | To |
1 | Mr. CHOH ISSA BUBA | January 1996 | August 2002 |
2 | Mr. TIKANJOH STEPHEN | August 2002 | 16th October 2012 |
3 | Mr. TAMFU INUSSA | October 2012 | April 2013 |
4 | Mr. TIKANJOH STEPHEN | April 2013 | October2013 |
5 | Mr. CHOH ISSA BUBA | April 2013 | March 2020 |
6 | Mr. METOH MBAH JOACHIM | March 2020 | Till Date |
Source: ACTWID KONGADZEM, field data, 2017
The population in Babessi villages is generally cosmopolitan. The Municipality has
69 quarters which are distributed in the 4 main villages as shown below: