Cameroon

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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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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

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Mvaï spokenIn Cameroon
Nilo-Saharian phylum spokenIn Cameroon
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Nilo-Saharian spokenIn Cameroon
Tiv language spokenIn Cameroon
XAF usedIn Cameroon
First Lady usedInCountry Cameroon
subject surface form: West Africa Time