Kumba is a city in western Cameroon. It has a population of 125,600 (2001 estimate). Image File history File links CM-Kumba. ...

The city is a centre of trade of cacao trees and oil palms. The city has a timber industry. Kumba is a local road junction. Binomial name Theobroma cacao L. For the town in French Guiana see Cacao, French Guiana Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is a small (4-8 m tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae), native to tropical South America, but now cultivated throughout the tropics. ... Species Elaeis guineensis Elaeis oleifera The oil palms (Elaeis) coomprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family. ... Timber in storage for later processing at a sawmill Timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use—from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use—as structural material for construction or wood... In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ...

It is the largest city in the southwest province of Cameroon, though it is not the provincial capital (which is in Buea, the former German colonial capital). As such, most major roads to the provincial interior radiate from Kumba, running to the Nigerian border at Mamfe, Korup National Park at Mundemba, and Mt Koupe to the east. Buea as seen from the foot of Mt Cameroon Buea is the capital of the Southwest Province of Cameroon. ...

The premier local attraction is Barombi Mbo, a large crater lake located two kilometers northwest of Kumba's city center.

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.

Most people speak some French, some English or pidgin, and at least one of variety of indigenous languages including Douala or Bakossi.

The traditional inhabitants of Kumba are the bafaws, ethnic group that speak a language close to duala and bakossi, and certainly bantoid. Due to its cosmopolitan nature, the bafaws now form just a percentage of the general population of the city, and have in most part lost many aspects of their culture, expcept for their language, which is spoken mostly by the old and some of the new generation, really interested in learning the language.

kumba is the main commercial town of anglophone Cameroon.

Kumba is the birthplace of French international rugby great Serge Betsen. The France national rugby union team are also known as les Bleus or les Tricolores. ... A rugby union scrum. ... Serge Betson is a flanker. ...