Cameroon

Coordinates: 6°N 12°E / 6°N 12°E / 6; 12

Republic o Cameroon [République du Cameroun] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (French)
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Motto:  "Paix – Travail – Patrie" (French) "Peace – Work – Fatherland"
Anthem:  Ô Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancêtres  (French) O Cameroon, Cradle o oor Forefaithers a
Caipital	Yaoundé[1] 3°52′N 11°31′E / 3.867°N 11.517°E / 3.867; 11.517
Lairgest ceety	Douala[1]
Offeecial leids	French Inglis
Ethnic groups	31% Cameroon Hielanders 19% Equatorial Bantu 11% Kirdi 10% Fulani 8% Northwastren Bantu 7% Eastren Nigritic 13% ither African <1% non-African
Demonym(s)	Cameroonian
Govrenment	Unitar dominant-pairty presidential republic
• Preses	Paul Biya
• Prime Meenister	Joseph Ngute
Legislatur	Pairlament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Naitional Assembly
Unthirldom frae Fraunce
• Declared	1 Januar 1960
• Union wi umwhile British Cameroons	1 October 1961
Aurie
• Total	475,442 km2 (183,569 sq mi) (54th)
• Water (%)	0.57
Population
• Julie 2013 estimate	22,534,532[1] (56t)
• 2005 census	17,463,836[2]
• Density	39.7/km2 (102.8/sq mi) (167t)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$81.535 billion[3]
• Per capita	$3,358[3]
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Tot	$29.547 billion[3]
• Per capita	$1,217[3]
Gini (2007)	44.6[4] medium
HDI (2015)	0.518[5] law · 153rd
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	+237
ISO 3166 code	CM
Internet TLD	.cm
Thir are the teetles as gien in the Constitution o the Republic o Cameroon, Airticle X (English at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 Februar 2006) an French at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 Februar 2006) versions). 18 Januar 1996. The French version o the sang is whiles cried [Chant de Ralliement] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help), as in Swarovski Orchestra (2004). National Anthems of the World. Koch International Classics; an the Inglis version "O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers", as in DeLancey an DeLancey 61.

The Republic o Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun) is a kintra o central an wastren Africae. It is bordered bi Nigerie tae the wast; Chad tae the northeast; the Central African Republic tae the east; an Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, an the Republic o the Congo tae the sooth. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight o Bonny, pairt o the Gulf o Guinea an the Atlantic Ocean. The kintra is cawed "Africae in miniature" for its geological an cultural diversity. Natural features include beaches, deserts, muntains, rainforests, an savannas. The heichest point is Munt Cameroon in the soothwast, an the lairgest ceeties are Douala, Yaoundé, an Garoua. Cameroon is hame tae ower 200 different linguistic groups. The kintra is weel kent for its native styles o muisic, particularly makossa an bikutsi, an for its successful naitional fitbaa team. Inglis an French are the offeecial leids.

1. ↑ ^{a b c} "Cameroon". World Factbook. CIA. Archived frae the original on 15 Mey 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
2. ↑ "Rapport de présentation des résultats définitifs" (PDF) (in French). Institut national de la statistique. p. 6. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 21 Julie 2012.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} "Cameroon". International Monetary Fund.
4. ↑ "Distribution of family income – Gini index". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived frae the original on 13 Juin 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
5. ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.