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.
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