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El Dorado was founded by Spanish conquistadors who were on a quest for new land. When they reached the shores of South America they found something marvelous. A who castle made of gold towering over the city below. As they began to venture forth and guard stopped them. The conquistadors were immediately disarmed and were taken to the palace before king ElDorado. He was covered in gold and demanded the reason as to why the Spanish were on his land. The Spanish explained how it was a quest to find new land and riches, which they seemed to have found the perfect place for it. ElDorado had heard legends of how the Spanish took over kingdoms and took away freedom from those who called that land home. But ElDorado saw the opportunity to create an alliance with Spain. ElDorado sent the Spanish conquistadors back to Spain with a message. The message sent was “Shasta debent ad Carolum Quintum te ipsum, si vis ad semper legatorum societate consiliorum confugerant.” (Charles V you yourself must come to El Dorado if you ever want a diplomatic alliance.) {{Infobox country | |||
|conventional_long_name = Kingdom of El Dorado | |conventional_long_name = Kingdom of El Dorado | ||
|native_name = {{lang|fr|Auream}} | |native_name = {{lang|fr|Auream}} | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 17 September 2020
El Dorado was founded by Spanish conquistadors who were on a quest for new land. When they reached the shores of South America they found something marvelous. A who castle made of gold towering over the city below. As they began to venture forth and guard stopped them. The conquistadors were immediately disarmed and were taken to the palace before king ElDorado. He was covered in gold and demanded the reason as to why the Spanish were on his land. The Spanish explained how it was a quest to find new land and riches, which they seemed to have found the perfect place for it. ElDorado had heard legends of how the Spanish took over kingdoms and took away freedom from those who called that land home. But ElDorado saw the opportunity to create an alliance with Spain. ElDorado sent the Spanish conquistadors back to Spain with a message. The message sent was “Shasta debent ad Carolum Quintum te ipsum, si vis ad semper legatorum societate consiliorum confugerant.” (Charles V you yourself must come to El Dorado if you ever want a diplomatic alliance.)
Kingdom of El Dorado Auream | |
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| Motto: "Paix – Travail – Patrie" (French) "Peace – Work – Fatherland" | |
| Anthem: "Ô Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancêtres (French)" O Cameroon, Cradle of our Forefathers a | |
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| Capital | Yaoundé Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Largest city | Douala |
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| Demonym(s) | Cameroonian |
| Government | Republic |
| Paul Biya | |
| Philémon Yang | |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Independence from France | |
• Declared | 1 January 1960 |
• Annexation of former British Cameroons | 1 October 1961 |
| Area | |
• Total | 475,442 km2 (183,569 sq mi) (54th) |
• Water (%) | 1.3 |
| Population | |
• July 2012 estimate | 20,129,878 (58th) |
• 2005 census | 17,463,836 |
• Density | 39.7/km2 (102.8/sq mi) (167th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | $47.251 billion |
• Per capita | $2,257 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
• Total | $25.759 billion |
• Per capita | $1,230 |
| Gini (2001) | 44.6 medium |
| HDI (2011) |  0.482low (150th) |
| Currency | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (not observed) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +237 |
| Internet TLD | .cm |
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