Wum was created in 1948 by the British colonial administration. Since its creation, more than 30 district officers, chairmen, municipal administrators and elected mayors have headed the council as executive officers. Wum council covers an area of 776 km2 and has a population of 51000 inhabitants as per the 1987 census. This population is rated as 49% male 51% female with a population density of 66inhabitants per km2. the municipality is made up of two main linguistic groups; nyi’iema (aghem) and laimbwue (Bu). It should be noted here that there exist no industrial activities in Wum municipality.
Although there are no industrial activities, the municipality is blessed with a lot of economic potentials, Touristic sites, Rice, Groundnuts, Forest products/spices
Sand, stones clay ,Oil palms, Dairy products. Major activities will include Agriculture Maize, rice, potatoes, cocoa, yams bean, cocoyam, soya bean eucalyptus, groundnuts, Livestock; cattle goats pigs horses. Cash crops palm oil Arabica/Robusta coffee pepper cocoa bean and groundnuts. Education, Health Religion Arts, culture and Sports are also some activities you can find in our municipality. We say welcome and enjoy your stay among us. And tell a friend to tell a friend.
The municipality is also confronted with the ugly phenomenon of stray animals that often leads to destruction of crops by these animals. The destruction of crops always results to conflicts between the owners of the stray animals, and the farm owners. The biggest of such antagonism is the perennial farmer-grazer conflict. The division is well know because of this conflict that is as old as over three decades. The farmers and the grazers all need each other in the their daily living. As long as we need food to eat, we must protect it since we also need meat to complement our sumptuous meals. We will always disagree to agree.
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