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Republic of Cameroon

(Republique du Cameroun)

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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)

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