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Cameroon
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| Official
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RÉPUBLIQUE
DU CAMEROUN (Republic of Cameroon) |
| Land
Area: |
475,440
square kilometres / 183,520 square miles. |
| Population: |
16,380,000
(est 2005). Density 34.5 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: |
French
and English (both official), Sao, Fulani, Fang, Bamilere. 279 distinct languages
in total. |
| Religions: |
Traditional 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%. |
| Capital: |
Yaoundé.
Population 1,010,000 |
| Currency: |
CFA
franc, divided into 100 centimes. |
| Political: |
The
former French Cameroon and part of British Cameroon merged in 1961 to form today's
Cameroon. Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development
of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry. Despite
movement toward democratic reform, political power remains firmly in the hands
of an ethnic oligarchy. IMF and World bank sponsored 'adjustment reforms' in the
late 20th century will further devastate the economy in the 21st, leaving most
of the population with the usual burden of outragous debt. |
| Geography: |
Topographically divisible into four regions, the southernmost area of equatorial
forest, coastal plain and plateau that extends northwards from the southern frontier
to the Sanaga River transversing the country east to south-west. North of the
Sanaga, deciduous and evergreen forest rises in the east towards the sparsely
populated Adamaoua Massif beyond which the Bénoué
(Benue in Nigeria) drains westwards into the Niger Basin. North of the Bénoué,
semi-arid savannah slopes towards Lake Chad and the lower Chad border. |
| National
Flag - Ratio 2:3 . Print flag |
Climate
in Yaoundé
- elevation 770m |
Position
in Africa |
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