Subdivision
Wum
Subdivision (arrondissement) of the Menchum division, Northwest region.
Names and codes as published in the national administrative boundaries dataset (Institut National de Cartographie, via OCHA), valid on 4 January 2019. Some names are published without accents.
From Wikipedia
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 Lake Wum, 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.
The Aghem language, spoken in Wum, is also called Wum.
Notable people
AkuBai (Ningamai Akubai Nnam), singer and entrepreneur
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
Sources
- 1.Cameroon — Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB, v01)
Downloaded on 2026-10-14. Names, P-codes and hierarchy of the 10 regions, 58 divisions and 360 subdivisions, valid on 2019-01-04. Names are given as published; some omit accents.
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