| COUNTRY FACTS: CAMEROON | |
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| Name(official): | Republic of Cameroon |
| Name(short): | Cameroon |
| Capital City: | Yaounde |
| Location: | Western Africa |
| Coordinate: | 6 00 N, 12 00 E |
| Independence: |
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| President: | Paul Biya (President), Ephraim Inoni (Prime Minister) |
| Type of Government: | Republic |
| Total Area: | 475 440sq.km. |
| Population: | 17 340 702(July 2006 est.) |
| People: | Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1% |
| Religion: | Indigenous beliefs 40%, christians 40%, muslims 20% |
| Languages: | French and English are the official languages, 24 major African languages are also spoken. |
| Literacy: | 79%total, 84.7%male, 73.4%female (2003 est.) |
| Currency: | Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc (1CFAF =100centimes) |
| GDP(per capita): | $1 900 (2005est.) |
| Arable Land: | 12.54% (2005 est.) |
| Agriculture: | coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root starches; livestock; timber |
| Natural resources: | Petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, timber, hydropower. |
| Embassy in Japan: | Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon, Chancery: 3-27-16, Nozawa, Setagaya-ku. Post Code: 154-0003 Tel. 03-5430-4985 |
| General Info: | |
| International Phone Code: | +237 |
ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
MAJOR CITIES
Yaounde, Douala, Garoua, Bamenda, Maroua, Bafoussam, Ngaoundere.
NEWS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- United Nations
- African Union
- ECCAS
- NEPAD
GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre, Est, Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Ouest.