Cameroon - Wikipedia Cameroon, [a] officially the Republic of Cameroon, [b] is a country in Central Africa It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south
History of Cameroon - Wikipedia Cameroon as a political entity emerged from the colonization of Africa by Europeans From 1884, Cameroon was a German colony, German Kamerun, with its borders drawn through negotiations between the Germans, British, and French
Cameroon Maps Facts - World Atlas Cameroon is a Central African country covering an area of 475,442 sq km Cameroon is sometimes called "Africa in miniature" as it features a variety of geographical regions like mountains, desert, savanna, rainforest, and coastal plains
Cameroon — Country Profile | CountryReports French Cameroon achieved independence on January 1, 1960, and in 1961 the southern portion of British Cameroon voted to join it, forming the Federal Republic of Cameroon under President Ahmadou Ahidjo
Cameroon - Country Profile - Nations Online Project Cameroon has a population of 29 million people (in 2024), English and French are official languages, however French is by far the most commonly used language The name Cameroon is derived from the Portuguese word, Camaroes, meaning shrimps
Cameroon - Ethnic Groups, Languages, Religions | Britannica There are three main linguistic groups: the Bantu-speaking peoples of the south, the Sudanic-speaking peoples of the north, and those who speak the Semi-Bantu languages, situated mainly in the west The first Bantu groups included the Maka, Ndjem, and Duala
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