Cameroon

E24780

country in Africa sovereign state

Cameroon is a Central African country known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, varied geography from coast to rainforest and savanna, and a mixed French-English colonial heritage.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Cameroon canonical	440
Republic of Cameroon	25
Cameroons	3
French Cameroon	3
Kamerun	2
Cameroon (Fang-speaking areas)	1
Cameroon (regional or national language status)	1
Federal Republic of Cameroon	1
Southern Cameroon	1

Statements (86)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in Africa ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Adamawa Region ⓘ Centre Region ⓘ East Region ⓘ Far North Region ⓘ Littoral Region ⓘ North Region ⓘ Northwest Region ⓘ South Region ⓘ Southwest Region ⓘ West Region ⓘ
borderCountry	Central African Republic ⓘ Chad ⓘ Equatorial Guinea ⓘ Gabon ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ
borderSea	Bight of Biafra ⓘ Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
callingCode	+237 ⓘ
capital	Yaoundé ⓘ
climate	semi-arid in the north ⓘ tropical ⓘ
colonialPredecessor	German Kamerun ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
currency	Central African CFA franc ⓘ
currencyCode	XAF ⓘ
drivesOn	right ⓘ
drivingSide	right ⓘ
fifaCode	CMR ⓘ
formerColonyOf	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
geographicFeature	Adamawa Plateau ⓘ Atlantic coast ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Ocean coastline rainforest ⓘ savanna ⓘ
governmentType	unitary presidential republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister of Cameroon ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President of Cameroon ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Cameroon ⓘ
independenceDate	1960-01-01 ⓘ
independenceFrom	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD	.cm ⓘ
iso3166-1Alpha2	CM ⓘ
iso3166-1Alpha3	CMR ⓘ
largestCity	Douala ⓘ
legalSystem	mixed civil law and common law system ⓘ
majorCity	Bamenda ⓘ Douala ⓘ Garoua ⓘ Maroua ⓘ Yaoundé ⓘ
memberOf	African Union ⓘ Economic Community of Central African States ⓘ surface form: CEMAC Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ Economic Community of Central African States ⓘ Francophonie ⓘ surface form: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie United Nations ⓘ
mountain	Mount Cameroon ⓘ
nationalAnthem	O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers ⓘ
nationalMotto	Paix – Travail – Patrie ⓘ
nickname	Africa in miniature ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
olympicCode	CMR ⓘ
popularSport	football ⓘ
recognizedLanguage	Bassa ⓘ Cameroonian Pidgin English ⓘ Duala ⓘ Ewondo ⓘ Fulfulde ⓘ Ghomalaʼ ⓘ
region	Central Africa ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
religionMajority	Christianity ⓘ
religionMinority	Islam ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ
river	Benue River ⓘ Sanaga River ⓘ Wouri River ⓘ
subregion	Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
timeZone	West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ surface form: West Africa Time
unificationDate	1961-10-01 ⓘ
utcOffset	+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (477)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commonwealth countries → hasMember → Cameroon ⓘ

Nigeria → sharesBorderWith → Cameroon ⓘ

Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Cameroon ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Cameroon ⓘ

Hausa → spokenIn → Cameroon ⓘ

Central European Summer Time → usedIn → Cameroon ⓘ

Gabon → borderCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Nilo-Saharan languages → spokenIn → Cameroon ⓘ

Republic of the Congo → borderingCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Niger–Congo languages → spokenIn → Cameroon ⓘ

Equatorial Guinea → borderCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Gulf of Guinea → borders → Cameroon ⓘ

Fulani → presentInCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

West Africa → containsCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

French → officialLanguageOf → Cameroon ⓘ

French Equatorial Africa → borderedBy → Cameroon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cameroons

Fang language → spokenIn → Cameroon ⓘ

Fang language → region → Cameroon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Cameroon

Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Cameroon ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Cameroon ⓘ

Benue River → country → Cameroon ⓘ

Benue River → basinCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Benue River → sourceCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Chad → borderCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Central Africa → hasPart → Cameroon ⓘ

Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Cameroon ⓘ

Bantu languages → areSpokenIn → Cameroon ⓘ

Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

German Empire → hadColony → Cameroon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kamerun

Congo River → countryTraversed → Cameroon ⓘ

ECCAS → memberState → Cameroon ⓘ

Bioko Island → nearbyCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

West Africa Time (WAT) → usedInCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

subject surface form: West Africa Time

French Community → memberState → Cameroon ⓘ

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Cameroon ⓘ

Río Muni → bordersCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Kanuri → majorCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

West Chadic → geographicDistribution → Cameroon ⓘ

Phacochoerus africanus → rangeCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Central African CFA franc → usedInCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Central African CFA franc → legalTenderIn → Cameroon ⓘ

Central African CFA franc → hasUser → Cameroon ⓘ

Joel Embiid → countryOfCitizenship → Cameroon ⓘ

Economic Community of Central African States → memberState → Cameroon ⓘ

Ogooué River → basinCountry → Cameroon ⓘ

Nilo-Saharian → spokenIn → Cameroon ⓘ

Nilo-Saharian phylum → spokenIn → Cameroon ⓘ

subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum

Congo → borderedBy → Cameroon ⓘ

subject surface form: Republic of the Congo

Islamic Development Bank → hasMember → Cameroon ⓘ

Embassy of Cameroon in Washington, D.C. → country → Cameroon ⓘ