Menchum Division
Menchum is known for its broad valleys, lakes, waterfalls, pastoral landscapes and communities extending from upland areas toward lower elevations.
Wide valleys, crater lakes, waterfalls and pastoral landscapes stretching toward warmer lower elevations.
Councils / subdivisions
Major towns and communities
Peoples and cultural traditions
- Pastoral and farming traditions
- Traditional communities
Languages
Multiple indigenous languages are spoken across Menchum, alongside English and Pidgin.
Main economic activities
- Livestock
- Family farming
- Fishing in suitable communities
Agricultural products
- Cattle
- Maize
- Rice
- Beans
- Cassava
- Plantains
- Palm products (warmer areas)
Foods
- Corn fufu
- Cassava-based foods
- Rice
- Beans
- Plantains
- Vegetables
- Roasted meat
- Fish where locally available
Crafts
- Pottery
- Basketry
Attractions
- Menchum Falls
- Lake Wum
- Scenic valleys
What to experience
- Waterfalls
- Lakes
- Open pastoral landscapes
- Traditional communities
Waterfalls and remote landscapes can be hazardous. Travel with local guidance and respect environmental rules.
Related divisions
Boyo is a mountainous division known for dramatic highland scenery, fertile agricultural communities and the cultural heritage of the Kom area and neighbouring communities.
Bui Division combines major cultural institutions, high mountain landscapes and productive farming communities. Kumbo is its principal urban and administrative centre.
Donga-Mantung lies toward the northern and north-eastern part of the region. It is characterised by highlands, valleys, farming communities and important connections toward Cameroon's border areas.