| Africa > Middle Africa > Cameroon | |
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| Official Name Republic of Cameroon | |
| Motto Peace - Work - Fatherland | |
| Region Africa | |
| Sub-Region Middle Africa | |
| Capital Yaounde | |
| Currency Cfa Franc Beac (XAF) | |
| Independence Day 1 Jan 1960: Independence from France and United Kingdom in 1960. | |
| Population 20,386,799 | |
| Nationality Cameroonian | |
| Ethnic Group 31% Cameroon Highlanders, 19% Equatorial Bantu, 11% Kirdi, 10% Fulani, 8% Northwestern Bantu, 7% Eastern Nigritic, 13% other African, <1% non-African | |
| Area 475,442 km2 | |
| Neighbor Countries Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria | |
| Time Zone WAT (UTC+1) | |
| Geo Location Latitude 6.00, Longitude 12.00 | |
| Dialing Code +237 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code CM | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code CMR | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 120 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee CMR | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .cm | |