page_title: Kumbo
hierarchical_section_title: Kumbo
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of Kumbo, Cameroon with the Catholic Cathedral in the background.
context_page_description: 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, on the Bamenda Highlands Ring Road. Kumbo has a population of 80,212 and is split into three distinctive hilly settlements of Tobin, Mbveh, and Squares. The town is known for horse racing and traditional medicine, and also for its palace, a market and two hospitals. Kumbo is the capital city of the Nso Kingdom of the Nso people. The lingua franca is Lamnso but
  Pidgin,
  English,
  French,
  Oku,
  Djottin,
  Fulfulde, and
  Hausa are spoken.
  The first German settlers were Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who arrived in 1912 and established their mission in 1913.
context_section_description: 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 (Shisong Hospital  & Banso Baptist Hospital ). Kumbo is the capital city of the Nso Kingdom of the Nso people. The lingua franca is Lamnso but
  Pidgin,
  English,
  French,
  Oku,
  Djottin,
  Fulfulde, and
  Hausa are spoken.
  The first German settlers were Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who arrived in 1912 and established their mission in 1913.
caption: View from Tobin looking towards Squares and the Catholic Cathedral.
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