Kumo, Nigeria

Kumo Kumo
City
Kumo
Population
• Total	35,712 (2,016)
Time zone	WAT

Kumo is a City and the headquarter 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 at 40 km approx 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), peanuts, goats, cattle, sheep, fowl, horses, donkeys, and cotton raised by the Fulani, Tangale, and Hausa peoples of the surrounding area. The secondary highway between Gombe and Biliri serves the town.

Kofar Tashan Magarya Kumo

Population

Population (2016) 337,853.

Institutions

1. Gombe State University of Science and Technology

1. Barunde School of Health Technology.
2. College of Human Resources And Development (CHURD), Kumo
3. Galadima Atiku College of Education
4. Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, Kumo Study Center.

Notable Places

1. Akko Emir's Palace

Akko Emir's Palace

1. Gombe State University of Science and Technology
2. Maiganga Coal Mine
3. Akko Local Government Secretariat
4. New Specialist Hospital Kumo

Festivals

1. Hawan Sallah

Religion

Islam is the most commonly practiced religion in Kumo.

Notable People

1. Usman Bello Kumo
2. Aliyu Modibbo Umar
3. Dr. Usman Ardo Kumo
4. Sa'idu Umar Kumo
5. Gidado Bello Kumo