Wum

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
Division
Elevation	1,109 m (3,638 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	26,123
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)

Wum is a town and commune in Cameroon. It is the capital of Menchum division in the Northwest Province.

Geography [edit]

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 2000 people in 1986, is 25 km to the east.

Population and language [edit]

In 2012 Wum's estimated population was 26,123. ^[1]

The Aghem language, spoken in Wum, is also called Wum or Yum.^[2]

References [edit]

1. ^ ""The World Gazetteer"". Retrieved 2007-02-20. 
2. ^ Lionguist List. Retrieved April 6, 2011.

See also [edit]

• Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002 (French)
• Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises - Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (French)
• 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. (French)

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Coordinates: 6°23′N 10°04′E / 6.383°N 10.067°E / 6.383; 10.067