"[Kuteb] live mainly in what is now Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. There are two or three hamlets of Kuteb speakers in Cameroun. Their area covers a rough triangle with its apex at Takum, the major commercial center (10° E, 7° N)... The Gamana River cuts through the southern part of the area, and the Donga runs north and south across the east side. Bordering the Cameroun mountains, the Kuteb area is typical savannah (lots of grass and small trees) dotted with hills, which, incidentally, have provided protection in recent history during inter-ethnic warfare. The nickname ande ti rikwen (‘mountain people’) perhaps developed during this period."

"Local tradition says that the people scattered to their present villages from Usa Mountain on the east side of the area."

"The Kutep are found in Wukan division of [former] Benue-Plateau state. The territory occupied almost entirely by the Kutep can conventiently be defined by the River Gamana to the south, the boundary with Katsina Ala division to the west, the boundary with the North-Eastern State to the east, and the road connecting Katsina Ala, Takum and Gaiama to the north. There are at least three Kutep settlements in the Yukuben territory beyond the River Gamana, and one beyond the North-Eastern State boundary."