Kumba
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:''For the roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa, see [[Kumba (roller coaster)]]. For the fish genus, see [[Kumba (genus)]]. For the South African iron ore company, see [[Kumba Resources]]''.
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'''Kumba''' is a [[city]] in [[Southwest Province]], western [[Cameroon]]. It has a population of 125,600 (2001 estimate). The N8 and N16 highways meet at Kumba.
== History ==
<!---THIS IS TOTAL GIBBERISH!: The history of the Bafaws can be retraced to a certain Esambe Ngoe from the Mboh plane of the Nkongsamba region. He settled at a place called Mashuie found around Kokobuma another of the few bafaw villages. It is said that one of his sons a Hunter Midiki Bokeng left for hunting and founded Kumba. The Bafaws are having doubts if the killing of Barrister Eseme of the Midiki's Family is related to the chieftaincy of Kumba, if that is the case how does this affect Nnoko Mbele a prosperous son of Kumba, accused; for the murder, being far from any of the two families; resulting to the power struggle between the Government Delegate(Nnoko MBELE) and the Chief (Muketes)???--->
== Economy ==
The city is a trade centre for [[cacao]]s and [[oil palm]]s, and has a [[timber]] industry as well. Kumba is a local [[road junction]], making it one of the main commercial towns in [[anglophone]] Cameroon.
In recent years, trading in kumba has attracted the interest of many foreigners mostly Nigerians who now control a greater percentage of the kumba main Market
== Geography ==
Although it is the largest city in the southwest province of Cameroon, it is not the provincial capital; which is located in [[Buea]], the former [[Germany|German]] colonial capital. Because of its size, most major roads to the provincial interior radiate from Kumba, running to the Nigerian border at [[Mamfe]], the [[Korup National Park]] at [[Mundemba]], and [[Mt. Koupe]] to the east. The premier geographical attraction in Kumba is [[Barombi Mbo]], a large crater lake located two kilometers northwest of Kumba's city center.
== Transport ==
Kumba is the terminus of a branch railway of the western system of [[Camrail]].
== Government ==
Local politics have been divided between a government-appointed mayor (called the Government Delegate) and a local chief, Mukete. There has been something of a power struggle between the two in recent years, which has occasionally spilled over into local violence.
== People ==
Most people speak some [[French language|French]], some [[English language|English]] or [[Pidgin]], and at least one of a variety of indigenous languages including Bafaw or Bakossi.
The indigenes of Kumba are the [[Bafaw people|Bafaw]], an ethnic group who speak the Bafaw language,a language similar to [[Duala language|Duala]], [[Mboh language|Mboh]] and [[Bakossi language|Bakossi]], and certainly [[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]]. Due to its cosmopolitan nature, the Bafaw now form just a percentage of the general population of the city, and have in most part lost many aspects of their culture, except for their language which is spoken mostly by the elderly and some of the younger generation.
Kumba is the birthplace of [[France|French]] [[France national rugby union team|international]] [[rugby union]] great [[Serge Betsen]].
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