Wum
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| Wum | |
  Wum
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| Country |  Cameroon |
| Province | Northwest Province |
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| Population (2007) | |
| - Total | 75,582 (est) |
Wum is the capital of Menchum division in the Northwest Province of Cameroon.
[edit] Geography
Wum lies on a plateau at an elevation of about 1100 m near the edge of the western highlands of Cameroon. It is 50 km north of the provincial capital Bamenda (80 km 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.
In 2007 Wum's estimated population was 75,582. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ "The World Gazetteer". Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
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