Wum
Wum | |
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Commune and town | |
  Wum Location in Cameroon | |
| Coordinates: 6°23′N 10°04′E / 6.383°N 10.067°E | |
| Country |  Cameroon Claimed by  Ambazonia |
| Province | Northwest Province |
| Elevation | 1,109 m (3,638 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 26,123 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Wum is a town and commune in Cameroon. It is the capital of Menchum division in the Northwest Province.
Geography[]
Wum is the third biggest town in the north west region of Cameroon. It lies on a plateau at an elevation of about 1100 m near the edge of the western highlands of Cameroon. It is 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of the regional capital Bamenda (by dirt road). It lies near , one of five small crater lakes within 15 km of the town in the hilly, volcanic landscape. Lake Nyos, a crater lake from which a limnic eruption killed nearly 2,000 people in 1986, is 25 km to the east.
Population and language[]
In 2012 Wum's estimated population was 80,123 inhabitants.[1]
The Aghem language, spoken in Wum, is also called Wum.[2]
Culture[]
- Traditional clothing
References[]
- ^ [1] Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2010-12-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Charles Nanga, La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi constitutionnelle n° 96/06 du 18 janvier 1996, Mémoire ENA. (in French)
- Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises - Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (in French)
- Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002 (in French)
Coordinates: 6°23′N 10°04′E / 6.383°N 10.067°E
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