Kumo, Nigeria

Kumo
Kumo
City
Kumo
Coordinates (Gombe): 10°02′59″N 11°11′59″E / 10.0496°N 11.1997°E / 10.0496; 11.1997
Government
 • EmirHRH Dr. Umar Muhammad Atiku
Time zoneWAT

Kumo is a city and the headquarters of Akko local government in Gombe state, northeastern Nigeria. Kumo is the second largest commercial center in Gombe state, It is located on the A345 highway approximately 40 km south of Gombe. It serves as a collecting point for vegetables, peanuts (groundnuts), cotton, and corn (maize) and as a local trade centre for the sorghum, millet, cowpeas, cassava (manioc), goats, cattle, sheep, fowl, and cotton raised by the Fulani, Tangale, and Hausa peoples of the surrounding area.The secondary highway between Gombe and Yola serves the town.

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