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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Cameroon 
 Main prefix
 TJ 
 Time zone
 +1 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 
          Cameroon          
 
 Cameroon 

 Cameroon - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Cameroon          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia.
 
          Cameroon          
 
 Cameroon 
 Capital: 
Yaounde
 Administrative
 divisions: 
10 provinces: Adamaoua, Centre, Est, Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, and Sud-Ouest.
 Population: 
18,060,382 (July 2007 est.)
Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
 Languages: 
24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
6° 00' N, 12° 00' E
 Area total: 
475,440 sq. km
 Land area: 
469,440 sq. km
 Water area: 
6,000 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
4,591 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 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
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Fako (on Cameroon Mountain) 4,095 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.cm
 Currency: 
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF)
responsible authority is the Bank of the Central African States
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Cameroon
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Cameroon
 Former name: 
French Cameroon
 Independence: 
1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
 Constitution: 
20 May 1972 approved by referendum, 2 June 1972 formally adopted, revised January 1996
 Government
 type: 
unitary republic, multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized in 1990)
preponderance of power remains with the president
 National
 holiday: 
Republic Day (National Day), 20 May (1972)
 
          Cameroon          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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