Commune de NKUM

Date of creation : created on 23rd April 2007 by presidential decree No. 2007/115 

Type : Rural Council

Chef lieu : Tatum

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Historical profile :  Nkum council the then Kumbo Rural Council was the only Council area in the North West Region which shared the same Subdivision with another, hence her office was in Kumbo since here creation in 1977. In respect of the compendium of the laws on the Decentralization the council seat was transferred from Kumbo to Tatum in 2005. 

It was on the 23 rd of April 2007 that the Nkum Subdivision was created with the head quarter in Tatum. Her area of competence was the area that covers the then Kumbo Rural Council Area hence the creation of the Nkum Council on 24 th April 2007 and the name was logically changed from Kumbo Rural to Nkum Council with headquarters in Tatum.

Boundaries : Nkum Subdivision lies between longitude 10.40* and 10.50* East of the Greenwich meridian and latitude 6.10* and 6.20* North of the Equator. This council area is bounded by 5 sub-divisions namely : 

• Ndu to the North,
• Mbven to the East,
• Kumbo to the South,
• Oku to the South West
• and Noni to the North West.

The surface area is estimated at 705.63 km2. Tatum town, which is its capital, is situated some 25km from Kumbo, the Bui divisional capital, and about 135 km from Bamenda, the regional capital of the Northwest Region.

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