Date of creation : 1993 by Decree No. 93/321 of 25 November 1993 relating to the creation of Urban and Rural Councils in Cameroon.
Type : Rural Council
Location and boundaries :
Benakuma a municipality corresponds to the Menchum Valley Subdivision.
The subdivision is located between latitude 6°10’ and 6° 31’ North of the equator and between longitude 9°10’ and longitude 10°20’ East of Greenwich.
The council has borders :
- to the north with Wum Central Subdivision,
- to the East with Bafut Subdivision,
- to the South-West with Akwaya Subdivision in the South West region of Cameroon,
- to the South with Njikwa Council and to the West with the Republic of Nigeria.
