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{{Short description|Commune and town in Northwest Province, Cameroon}} {{Other uses|WUM (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Wum |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Communes of Cameroon|Commune]] and town |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Cameroon |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Cameroon  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg|25px]] [[Cameroon]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Cameroon|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Northwest Province, Cameroon|Northwest Province]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Cameroon|Division]] |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of =2012 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =26123 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = [[West Africa Time|WAT]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|6|23|N|10|04|E|region:CM|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = 1109 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Wum''' is a town and [[Communes of Cameroon|commune]] in [[Cameroon]]. It is the [[Capital (political)|capital]] of [[Menchum]] division in the [[Northwest Province (Cameroon)|Northwest Province]]. [[File:Masque de danse Wum-Musée du quai Branly.jpg|thumb|Masque de danse Wum-Musée du quai Branly]][[File:Fufu Corn.jpg|thumb|Fufu Corn]]

==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 {{convert|80|km|mi|-1}} 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.<ref name="world gazetteer">[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-53&srt=1npn&col=hq&pt=c&va=&geo=347059007 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001103614/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-53&srt=1npn&col=hq&pt=c&va=&geo=347059007 |date=October 1, 2007 }}</ref>

The [[Aghem]] language, spoken in Wum, is also called Wum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=agq |title=Linguist List - Description of Aghem |accessdate=2010-12-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120720010300/http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=agq |archivedate=2012-07-20 }}</ref> [[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-20-1.jpg|thumb|Domestic Science Centre at Wum (old photograph)]]

==Culture== <gallery caption="Traditional clothing"> File:Wum culture 4.jpg File:Wum culture 11.jpg File:Wum culture 5.jpg File:Wum culture.jpg File:Wum culture 7.jpg File:Wum culture 3.jpg File:Wum culture 10.jpg File:Wum culture 6.jpg File:Wum culture 8.jpg </gallery>

==Notable people==   *[[AkuBai]] (Ningamai Akubai Nnam), singer and entrepreneur

==References== <references/>

==External links== * Charles Nanga, ''[http://www.ena.fr/index.php?module=doc&action=getFile&id=408 La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi constitutionnelle n° 96/06 du 18 janvier 1996] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130191024/http://www.ena.fr/index.php?module=doc&action=getFile&id=408 |date=2016-01-30 }}'', Mémoire ENA. {{in lang|fr}} * [http://www.cidegef.refer.org/douala/DONATIEN_AVELE.doc Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601052711/http://www.cidegef.refer.org/douala/DONATIEN_AVELE.doc |date=2011-06-01 }}- Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV {{in lang|fr}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090608041115/http://www.spm.gov.cm/elections/minicipales2002/maires2002_adamaoua.htm Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002] {{in lang|fr}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Northwest Region (Cameroon)]] [[Category:Communes of Cameroon]]