Republic of Cameroon
- Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
- Geographic coordinates: 6 00 N, 12 00 E
- Area: total - 475,440 sq km, land - 469,440 sq km, water - 6,000 sq km
- Land boundaries: total - 4,591 km (border countries - Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km)
- Coastline: 402 km
- Capital: Yaounde
- Independence: 1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
- Population: 17,340,702 (July 2006 est.)
- Nationality: noun - Cameroonian(s), adjective - Cameroonian
- Ethnic groups: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%
- Religions: indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
- Languages: 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
Public domain data from The World Factbook.
