The Cameroon
Across Africa in a country
Countries contrast with the many facets of Cameroon includes its own territory faces the most representative of Africa. Since the volcanic beaches of the seaboard to the immense savannahs of northern stretches the range of original landscapes of Africa. Primary forest, mountains and crops, arid bush of large national parks rich in wildlife ... remarkable: from south to north is lined with beautiful scenery of Africa.
Undeveloped tourist destination, especially those preserved and diversified wealth offering visitors a snapshot of deepest Africa particularly authentic.
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The name Cameroon is derived from "Rio de Camaroes", name given by Portuguese explorer Fernando Po to the mouth of the Wouri because of the abundance of shrimp in the river he explored in 1472.
- Area: 475,000 km ²
- Common borders with six countries: Nigeria (West), Chad (North and Northeast), Fed.
Central (East), Rép.du Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea (South).
400km of coastline with the Atlantic Ocean
- Population: 15.4 million inhabitants (2004),> 250 ethnic groups
- Religions: Christian (50%), Muslims (20%) and Animists (30%).
- Administrative capital: Yaoundé
- Economic capital: Douala (port city)
- Independent since January 1, 1960.
- Government: multiparty democracy
- President Paul Biya since 1982
- Languages: Bilingual Francophones (78%) Anglophones (22%),> 250 dialects
- Highest point: Mount Cameroon, 4095 meters
- Climate: progressive evolution of the Sahelian climate in the far north to the humid equatorial climate in the South
- Economy:
agriculture (cocoa, coffee, tea, tobacco, cotton, rubber, bananas ...)
industry (oil, food, textile, wood processing)
tertiary sector
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