What is "kutum"

n. A freshwater fish ((taxlink Rutilus frisii kutum subspecies noshow=1)) native to the Caspian Sea.

Kutum is a town in the Sudanese state of North Darfur. It lies northwest of the state capital, Al-Fashir. The town is located along a wadi and therefore also known as Wadi Kutum. It lies north along the Marrah Mountains; the Kutum volcanic field is better known as the Tagabo Hills. As of 2006, it had a population of 45,000, predominantly of the Fur, Tunjur and Berti ethnicities. Kutum lies on one of the traditional north-south migration routes used by Darfuri pastoralists.

Kutum is a town in the Sudanese state of North Darfur.

Kutum may also refer to:

• Caspian kutum, Rutilus kutum, a fish in the carp family from the Caspian Sea and its freshwater tributaries
• Vyrezub, Rutilus frisii, a fish in the carp family from the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Sea of Marmara, and their freshwater tributaries

• , a tributary of Volga River

• Kutum Volcanic Field, Sudan