This is the breadbasket of Cameroon. Agriculture is greatly practiced in this province due to the fertile agricultural lands and favorable climate that prevails. Food exists here in abundance; thus much is exported to other parts of the country. Markets in towns like Bafoussam are often flooded with fruits and vegetables that at times perish without ever getting a ready market. Onions, green beans, pepper, mangoes, avocadoes, tomatoes just to mention a few are the order of the day at the daily and weekly markets in the towns and villages of this region. Cash crops like coffee, cocao and green beans are also heavily produced here; serving as a steady source of income to locals.
The abundance in agricultural products partly suggests why this is the most densely populated province in the whole republic. It has a population density of about 199 inhabitants per square kilometer. The dominant ethic groups here are the ‘bamilekes’, who have created several chiefdoms and the Bamouns, founders of the Bamoun country under Sultan Njoya. These people are highly attached to their cultures in spite of the advent of modern technologies and the westernization of several areas.
There is a university here at Dschang and Bandjoun, an ultramodern brewery industry at Bafoussam, a major dam for HEP purposes at Bamendjin and several small institutes and colleges. This province has gradually increased its literacy rate and has several intellectuals involved in different sectors in the country. It also has the richest and most prosperous businessmen in the country.
This province is a great tourist destination due to its attractions like mountains, lakes, attractive landscape, handicraft centers, a rich cultural heritage e.g. the palace of Sultan Njoya at Foumban; traditional manifestations e.g. the Ngoun of the Bamouns and the funeral ceremonies of the Bamilekes; and above all the hospitality of its people.