Cameroon

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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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Cameroons 2
Cameroon (Fang-speaking areas) 1
Cameroon (regional or national language status) 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 (113)

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

Lake Chad basin → LCBCMembers → Cameroon ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Bantu languages → areSpokenIn → Cameroon ⓘ
Benue River → basinCountry → Cameroon ⓘ
Ogooué River → basinCountry → Cameroon ⓘ
Chad → borderCountry → Cameroon ⓘ
Chadians → borderCountry → Cameroon ⓘ
Gabon → borderCountry → Cameroon ⓘ
AEF → borderedBy → Cameroon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cameroons
this entity surface form: Cameroons
Congo → borderedBy → Cameroon ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of the Congo
subject surface form: Ubangi-Shari
Adamawa State → borders → Cameroon ⓘ
Benue State → borders → Cameroon ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea → borders → Cameroon ⓘ
Taraba State → borders → Cameroon ⓘ
Borno State → bordersCountry → Cameroon ⓘ
Río Muni → bordersCountry → Cameroon ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → contains → Cameroon ⓘ
West Africa → containsCountry → Cameroon ⓘ
Benue River → country → Cameroon ⓘ
Bulu language → country → Cameroon ⓘ
Congo Rainforest → country → Cameroon ⓘ
Ewondo language → country → Cameroon ⓘ
Lake Chad basin → country → Cameroon ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Tiv language → country → Cameroon ⓘ
Congo River → countryTraversed → Cameroon ⓘ
Efik people → diaspora → Cameroon ⓘ
Chadians → diasporaPresence → Cameroon ⓘ
German Empire → hadColony → Cameroon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kamerun
Adamawa State → hasBorderState → Cameroon ⓘ
Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Cameroon ⓘ