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Features of Cameroon* |
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Geography
Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic
Ocean, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
Map references: Africa
People
Population: 14,261,557 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 46% (male 3,295,924; female 3,266,429)
15-64 years: 51% (male 3,602,037; female 3,627,625)
65 years and over: 3% (male 213,176; female 256,366)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.89% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 78.7 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 52.6 years
male: 51.55 years
female: 53.68 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions:
Religions: indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 33%,
Muslim 16%
Languages: 24 major African language groups, English
(official), French (official)
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995
est.)
total population: 63.4%
male: 75%
female: 52.1%
Government
Country Abbreviation: CM
Type of government: unitary republic; multiparty
presidential regime (opposition parties legalized 1990)
Independence: 1 January 1960 (from UN trusteeship under
French administration)
National holiday: National Day, 20 May (1972)
Constitution: 20 May 1972
Legal system: based on French civil law system, with
common law influence; does not accept compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
major opposition parties:
Other political or pressure groups:
International organization participation: ACCT, ACP,
AfDB, BDEAC, CCC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC,
PCA, UDEAC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Jerome MENDOUGA
chancery: 2349 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20008
telephone: [1] (202) 265-8790 through 8794
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Charles H. TWINING
embassy: Rue Nachtigal, Yaounde
mailing address: B. P. 817, Yaounde
telephone: [237] 23-40-14, 23-05-12
FAX: [237] 23-07-53
Flag: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side),
red, and yellow with a yellow five-pointed star centered in
the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $16.5 billion (1995
est.)
GDP real growth rate: 1.8% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $1,200 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Communications
Telephones: 36,737 (1991 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 11, FM 11, shortwave 0
Radios: 2 million (1993 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1995)
Televisions: NA
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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