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Cameroon

Cameroon This beautiful country will take you through rainforests, wildlife, amazing beaches along the Gulf on Guinea, or major attractions like Foumban, center of african traditional art and the Sultans museum, with many foundings like musical instruments, jewellery and so on going way back in time.

Area: 475.567 Km²
Population: 15.803.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 33 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Yaoundé (710.000 pop., 1.119.000 urban aggl.)
Major cities: Douala 850.000 pop. (1.320.000 urban aggl.)
Ethnic majority: Bantu 40%, Equatorial Bantu 20%, others 40%
Border countries: Nigeria NORTH-WEST, Chad and Central African Republic EAST, Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea SOUTH

Principal mountains: Mount Cameroun 4070 m
Principal rivers: Sanaga 1000 Km
Principal lakes: Lake Chad 1500 Km² (Cameroonian part, total 16.300 Km²)
Principal islands: -
Climate: Equatorial - tropical

Language: French, English (officials), Ethnic dialects
Religion: Indigenous Beliefs 51%, Christian 33%, Muslim 16%
Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine Franc (XAF)

Fixed public holidays: 1/1, 11/2, 1/5, 20/5, 21/5, 15/8, 25/12
Dialling code: 00237
GMT: +1

World Heritage List:

• Dja Faunal Reserve (1987)

All state

Algeria	Angola	Benin
Botswana	Burkina Faso	Burundi
Cameroon	Cape Verde	Central African Republic
Chad	Comoros	Congo
Congo, Democratic Rep	Cote d Ivoire	Djibouti
Egypt	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea
Ethiopia	Gabon	Gambia
Ghana	Guinea	Guinea Bissau
Kenya	Lesotho	Liberia
Libya	Madagascar	Malawi
Mali	Mauritania	Mauritius
Morocco	Mozambique	Namibia
Niger	Nigeria	Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe	Senegal	Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Africa
Sudan	Swaziland	Tanzania
Togo	Tunisia	Uganda
Zambia	Zimbabwe