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    Introduction


    The former French Cameroon and part of British Cameroon merged in 1961 to form the present country. Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry. Despite movement toward democratic reform, political power remains firmly in the hands of an ethnic oligarchy.


    Location


    Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria


    Geographic coordinates


    6 00 N, 12 00 E


    Area


    total: 475,440 sq km water: 6,000 sq km land: 469,440 sq km


    Area - comparative


    slightly larger than California


    Land boundaries


    total: 4,591 km border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km


    Coastline


    402 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 50 NM


    Climate


    varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north


    Terrain


    diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Fako (on Mount Cameroon) 4,095 m


    Natural resources


    petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower


    Land use


    arable land: 12.81% permanent crops: 2.58% other: 84.61% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    330 sq km (1998 est.)


    Natural hazards


    volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes


    Environment - current issues


    water-borne diseases are prevalent; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; poaching; overfishing


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa; throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano


    Population


    16,063,678 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Yaounde


    Phone Code


    +237


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