| Menchum | |
| Settlement Type: | Department |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Cameroon |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northwest Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wum |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 4469 |
| Population As Of: | 2005 |
| Population Total: | 161,998 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | WAT |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Coordinates: | 6.6433°N 10.1397°W |
Menchum is a department of Northwest Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 4469 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 161,998.[1] The capital of the department lies at Wum.The Menchum River drains this area, flowing westward into Nigeria to join the Benue River.
The department is divided administratively into 5 communes and in turn into villages.