Kumba (Cameroon)
| Kumba | |||
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 38 ' N , 9 ° 27' E | ||
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| Country | Cameroon | ||
| Sud-Ouest | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CM-SW | ||
| Residents | 125,600 (2007) | ||
Kumba is a district capital in the Sud-Ouest region in Cameroon . 144,268 inhabitants live in the city (2005 census).
Economy and Transport
The city on the N8 and N16 is a regional transport hub with a train station on the Duala – Nkongsamba line and a trading center for cocoa, oil palms and bananas, among other things.
religion
The training of pastors of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) takes place regularly in the Kumba theological seminary.
The Roman Catholic diocese of Kumba was established in March 2016 . The Episcopal Church is the Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Surroundings
The Barombi Mbo crater lake is located two kilometers northwest of Kumba.
Crater lake, Kumba
Forest reserve, Lake Barombi
Bakundu Forest Reserve, Lake Barombi
In full, Lake Barombi
Huge pyroclastic deposit, Kumba
sons and daughters of the town
- Eyong Enoh (* 1986), soccer player
- Valentine Atem (* 1978), soccer player
- Vencelas Dabaya (* 1981), French weightlifter
- Rene Kindzeka (* 1995), basketball player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ citypopulation.de accessed on March 1, 2017
- ↑ Evangelical Reformed Church ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 20, 2010.
