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Republic of Cameroon
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Vertical tricolor (green, red, yellow) with a five-pointed gold star in the center of the red.
Flag
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Coat of arms
Motto:
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"Peace – Work – Fatherland"
Anthem:
"Ô Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancêtres (French)"
O Cameroon, Cradle of our Forefathers a
Location of Cameroon on the globe.
Capital Yaoundé
Largest city Douala
Official languages
FrenchEnglish
Ethnic groups
31% Cameroon Highlanders
19% Equatorial Bantu
11% Kirdi
10% Fulani
8% Northwestern Bantu
7% Eastern Nigritic
13% other African
<1% non-African
Demonym(s) Cameroonian
Government Republic
• President
Paul Biya
• Prime Minister
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) Increase 0.482
low · 150th
Currency Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
Driving side right
Calling code +237
ISO 3166 code CM
Internet TLD .cm
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