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Cameroon

SudExtrême-NordNordAdamaouaNord-OuestSud-OuestEstLittoralOuestCentreSudExtrême-NordNordAdamaouaNord-OuestSud-OuestEstLittoralOuestCentreNigeriaChadC.A.R.CongoLake Chad
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Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

Powerful chiefdoms ruled much of the area of present-day Cameroon before it became a German colony known as Kamerun in 1884. After World War I, the territory was divided between France and the UK as League of Nations mandates. French Cameroon became independent in 1960 as the Republic of Cameroon. The following year, the southern portion of neighboring British Cameroon voted to merge with the new country to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. In 1972, a new constitution replaced the federation with a unitary state, the United Republic of Cameroon.

Capital
Yaounde
Government
presidential republic
Population
31,518,954
Area
475,440 sq km
Location
Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
Climate
varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north
Natural resources
petroleum; bauxite; iron ore; timber; hydropower
Languages
24 major African language groups; English (official); French (official)
Religions
Roman Catholic 33.1%; Muslim 30.6%; Protestant 27.1% other Christian 6.1%; animist 1.3%…
Independence
1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
Administrative divisions
10 regions (régions, singular - région); Adamaoua, Centre, East (Est), Far North (Extrême-Nord), Littoral, North (Nord),…
Currency
Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF)
Export partners
Netherlands 21%; France 14%; UAE 13%; India 9%…
Import partners
China 43%; France 6%; India 6%; Belgium 4%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

Subdivisions

10 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.

NameTypeCode
SudProvinceCM-SU
Extrême-NordProvinceCM-EN
NordProvinceCM-NO
AdamaouaProvinceCM-AD
Nord-OuestProvinceCM-NW
Sud-OuestProvinceCM-SW
EstProvinceCM-ES
LittoralProvinceCM-LT
OuestProvinceCM-OU
CentreProvinceCM-CE

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Currency
Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF)
Languages
24 major African language groups; English (official); French (official)
Government
presidential republic
Climate
varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north

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