Frankenstein Islands
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Verified member of the Nations of Saint Joan of Arc (School Community)
{{Infobox country
|conventional_long_name = Republic of Cameroon
|native_name = République du Cameroun
|common_name = Cameroon
|image_flag = Flag of Cameroon.svg
|alt_flag = Vertical tricolor (green, red, yellow) with a five-pointed gold star in the center of the red.
|image_coat = Coat of arms of Cameroon.svg
|symbol_type = Coat of arms
|image_map = Cameroon (orthographic projection).svg
|alt_map = Location of Cameroon on the globe.
|national_motto =
"Paix – Travail – Patrie" (French)
"Peace – Work – Fatherland"
|national_anthem =
"Ô Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancêtres (French)"
O Cameroon, Cradle of our Forefathers a
|official_languages = {{hlist |French |English |German |[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian}}
|demonym = Cameroonian
|ethnic_groups =
- 31% Cameroon Highlanders
- 19% Equatorial Bantu
- 11% Kirdi
- 10% Fulani
- 8% Northwestern Bantu
- 7% Eastern Nigritic
- 13% other African
- <1% non-African
|capital = Yaoundé
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|largest_city = Douala
|government_type = Republic
|leader_title1 = President
|leader_name1 = Paul Biya
|leader_title2 = Prime Minister
|leader_name2 = Philémon Yang
legislature = National Assembly
|area_rank = 54th
|area_km2 = 475,442
|area_sq_mi = 183,568
|percent_water = 1.3
|population_estimate = 20,129,878
|population_estimate_rank = 58th
|population_estimate_year = July 2012
|population_census = 17,463,836
|population_census_year = 2005
|population_density_km2 = 39.7
|population_density_sq_mi = 102,8
|population_density_rank = 167th
|GDP_PPP = $47.251 billion
|GDP_PPP_year = 2011
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $2,257
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank =
|GDP_nominal = $25.759 billion
|GDP_nominal_year = 2011
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $1,230
|sovereignty_type = Independence from France
|established_event1 = Declared
|established_date1 = 1 January 1960
|established_event2 = Annexation of former
British Cameroons
|established_date2 = 1 October 1961
|HDI_year = 2011
|HDI_change = increase
|HDI = 0.482
|HDI_ref =
|HDI_rank = 150th
|Gini_year = 2001
|Gini_change =
|Gini = 44.6
|Gini_ref =
|Gini_rank =
|currency = Central African CFA franc
|currency_code = XAF
|time_zone = WAT
|utc_offset = +1
|time_zone_DST = not observed
|utc_offset_DST = +1
|drives_on = right
|calling_code = +237
|cctld = .cm
|footnote_a = These are the titles as given in the Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon, Article X. The French version of the song is sometimes called Chant de Ralliement, as in National Anthems of the World; and the English version "O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers", as in DeLancey and DeLancey 61.
}}