Kumbo

Kumbo, also known as Kimbo, is the second-largest city in the North West Province of Cameroon and the capital of Bui Division. It lies about 2000m above sea level and is situated approximately 110 km away from Bamenda (the provincial capital of the North West Province), on the Bamenda Highlands Ring Road. Kumbo has a population of 80,212 (at the 2005 Census) and is split into three distinctive hilly settlements of Tobin, Mbveh, and Squares. The town is known for horse racing (Tobin Stadium ) and traditional medicine, and also for its palace (Nso Palace), a market and two hospitals (Shison

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Place details

Locality: Kumbo
Region: Northwest
Country: Cameroun
Population: 125,124
Timezone: Africa/Douala

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Kumbo
Settlement.nickname: KIMBO
Settlement.image_skyline: Kumbo_Cathedral.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: View from Tobin looking towards Squares and the Catholic Cathedral.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Cameroon
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: above
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Cameroon
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Cameroon
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northwest Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Division
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2005
Settlement.population_total: 80,212 (Census)
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title: Religions

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of Cameroon
Country: Cameroon
Located in: Bui
Elevation: 1687
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Official website: cvuc.cm/national/index.php/fr/carte-communale/region-du-nord-ouest/90-association/carte-administrative/338-kumbo
Image: Kumbo Cathedral.jpg

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Commons category: Kumbo
different from: Kumbo
inception: 1977-00-00
P12749: Ulysses

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Article · Italiano

Kumbo, anche nota come Kimbo, è la seconda città della Regione del Nordovest, ed è la capitale del dipartimento di Bui, in Camerun. La città, che dista 110 chilometri da Bamenda, il capoluogo della regione, si eleva sopra i 1.700 metri. Kumbo è famosa per la corsa di cavalli che si corre nello stadio di Tobin, per la medicina tradizionale che ancora vi si pratica, e per il palazzo dei Fon.

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