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CAMERUN

Location: Africa
Capital:
Yaoundé ( 1.400.000 inhab.)
Main Cities:
Douala
Population:
15,000,000
Area:
475,442 km2
Coin:
1 CFA franc = 100 centimes (no longer used)
Languages:
French, English, Bantu
Religions:
Animist, Christian, Moslem, Protestant
The Independence's Year:
1961
Mountains:
Mountain Camerun (4070 ms.), Highland of the Adamaoua
Rivers:
Sanaga, Nyong, Benue
Lakes:
Ciad

 

 

Great state (wide once and a half Italy) of the central Africa that develops from the Gulf of Guinea to the Lake Ciad.
The coastal band is level, but there is isolated the Camerun Mountain, tall over 4.000 meters; while the inside is constituted in prevalence from the highland of Adamaoua.
The capital is Yaoundè, but the principal city is Douala (great port and important airport), where around a million and half of people live.

 

* Information and news of every kind (and photographic documentation) about Camerun are to disposition of the partners of the Worldwide Geographic Academy: info@accademiageograficamondiale.com

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