# Wum

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Commune and town in Northwest Province, Cameroon

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Commune and town in Northwest Province, Cameroon

Wum Commune and town Wum Location in Cameroon Coordinates: 6°23′N 10°04′E / 6.383°N 10.067°E / 6.383; 10.067 Country Cameroon 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](/source/Communes_of_Cameroon) in [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon). It is the [capital](/source/Capital_(political)) of [Menchum](/source/Menchum) division in the [Northwest Province](/source/Northwest_Province_(Cameroon)).

Masque de danse Wum-Musée du quai Branly

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 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of the regional capital [Bamenda](/source/Bamenda) (by dirt road). It lies near [Lake Wum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Wum&action=edit&redlink=1), one of five small crater lakes within 15 km of the town in the hilly, volcanic landscape. [Lake Nyos](/source/Lake_Nyos), a crater lake from which a [limnic eruption](/source/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](/source/Aghem) language, spoken in Wum, is also called Wum.[2]

Domestic Science Centre at Wum (old photograph)

## Culture

	- Traditional clothing

## Notable people

- [AkuBai](/source/AkuBai) (Ningamai Akubai Nnam), singer and entrepreneur

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-world_gazetteer_1-0)** [\[1\]](http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-53&srt=1npn&col=hq&pt=c&va=&geo=347059007) [Archived](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) October 1, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Linguist List - Description of Aghem"](http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=agq). Retrieved 2010-12-04.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

## 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](http://www.ena.fr/index.php?module=doc&action=getFile&id=408) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160130191024/http://www.ena.fr/index.php?module=doc&action=getFile&id=408) 2016-01-30 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)*, Mémoire ENA. (in French)

- [Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises](http://www.cidegef.refer.org/douala/DONATIEN_AVELE.doc) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110601052711/http://www.cidegef.refer.org/douala/DONATIEN_AVELE.doc) 2011-06-01 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)- Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (in French)

- [Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002](https://web.archive.org/web/20090608041115/http://www.spm.gov.cm/elections/minicipales2002/maires2002_adamaoua.htm) (in French)

[6°23′N 10°04′E / 6.383°N 10.067°E / 6.383; 10.067](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wum&params=6_23_N_10_04_E_region:CM_type:city(75582))

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