Relief of the Municipality of Idabato - IDABATO COUNCIL

The village-town is situated within the Rumpi highlands with its peak at Mt. Rumpi (commonly called Korup National Park by the indigenes) towering to 1,765 m (5,791 ft) above sea level. A composite volcano of the Cambrian type that has not erupted in our recent times. This mountain range connects with the Manenguba, kupe, Fako and Equatorial Guinea highlands. The hydrographic network is abundant, with 49 smaller rivers and 16 waterfalls.

This area is inhabited by a Bantu people who originated from the Congo Basin of Central Africa. The dialect spoken here is Lolue (a type of Oroko) with about 98% similarity with the other ethnic dialects like Mbonge, Bima, Londo, and Batanga.

Oroko language has a 75% similarity with the Lingala (Kikongo) spoken in Congo and Zaire. The main difference between the two is that Lingala is often mixed with French while Oroko is mixed with English or just simply spoken with no foreign accents. Oroko and Bakongo people of Congo and Zaire share almost the same cultures