Foumban

Foumban or Fumban is a city in , lying north east of . It has a population of 83,522. It is a major town for the Bamoun people and is home to a of traditional arts and culture.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Foumban Royal Palace.

Museum
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The is a historical building in the city of Foumban, capital of . It is the seat of the Kingdom of Bamum, where the Chief-Superior of the peoples of the valley of the East bank of the Noun resides.

Foumban

Latitude
5.7282° or 5° 43′ 42″ north
Longitude
10.8972° or 10° 53′ 50″ east
Population
130,000
Elevation
1,179 metres (3,868 feet)
IATA airport code
FOM
United Nations Location Code
CM FOM
Open location code
6FQGPVHW+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 248096516
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2231506
Wiki­data ID
Q1439847
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Foumban” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فاومبان”
  • Asturian: “Foumban”
  • Belarusian: “Фумбан”
  • Bulgarian: “Фоумбан”
  • Catalan: “Foumban”
  • Cebuano: “Foumban”
  • Chinese: “Foumban”
  • Chinese: “豐班”
  • Dutch: “Foumban”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فاومبان”
  • Finnish: “Foumban”
  • French: “Foumbam”
  • French: “Foumban”
  • French: “Fumban”
  • German: “Foumban”
  • Hebrew: “פומבאן”
  • Hungarian: “Foumban”
  • Italian: “Foumban”
  • Japanese: “フーバン”
  • Japanese: “フーンバン”
  • Malay: “Foumban”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Foumban”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Foumban”
  • Polish: “Foumban”
  • Portuguese: “Foumban”
  • Romanian: “Foumban”
  • Russian: “Фумбан”
  • Spanish: “Foumban”
  • Spanish: “Fumban”
  • Swahili: “Foumban”
  • Swedish: “Foumban”
  • Tagalog: “Foumban”
  • Turkish: “Foumban”
  • Ukrainian: “Фумбан”
  • Urdu: “فومبان”

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