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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government
- National Capital City: Yaounde
- Form of government: President (5 years) and cabinet, unicameral
National Assembly (5 years)
- Population: 15,746,179 (49% urban) (2003 est.)
- Total area: 475,439 sq. km
- Languages: French and English (official), Sudanese, Bantu
- Religions: Traditional animist beliefs (39%), Christian (39%), Muslim (21%)
- Per capita GDP: $1,700 p.a. (2002 est.)
- Exports: $1.9bn; crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa
beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton
- Literacy: 79%
- Life expectancy: 48.1 years (49.0f, 47.2m)
Sources
- Essential data
- CIA World Factbook
| country data - Cameroon
- U.S. State Department | Bureau of African Affairs
| country profile - Cameroon
- Social development
- OneWorld.net | country database - Cameroon- news articles selected from around the world
- World Bank | country brief - Cameroon
- Africa Confidential
| news articles on Cameroon
- UNICEF | children's health & education statistics - Cameroon
- IRINnews.org | news archive - Cameroon - news articles from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- U.S. Refugee Committee | World Refugee Survey country report - Cameroon
- Human rights
- Amnesty International | Report 2001 - Cameroon
- International Lesbian and Gay Association
| Country Survey - Cameroun
| - information for those working to promote lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
- Governance
- Governments on the WWW - Cameroon - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- CIA Library | Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
| - Cameroon
- Political Resources
| - Cameroon
- Transparency International Corruption Index
- World Audit.org | national statistics and reports - Cameroon - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency
International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
- ElectionWorld.org | election results in Cameroon
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(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- CameroonNet
- Cameroon-info.net
- Cameroon portal
- Cameroon Online
- Cameroun Plus
- Douala
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- Presidence de la Republic du Cameroun (Civil Cabinet)
- Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (Ministère des Relations Extérieures du Cameroun)
- Ministry of Higher
Education (Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur)
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- Africa Governance Alert (AGA) - works to defend and promote human rights as a whole, in terms of good governance, with
special attention paid to education, democracy, peace, refugee issues, transparency in administration and global governance
- Centre for Democracy and
Development (CDD) (London) - non-governmental organisation
which aims to promote the values of democracy, peace & human
rights in Africa and especially in the West African sub-region
- European Union Development Programme - Cameroun
- Friends of Cameroon
- contact point for former members of the USA Peace Corps
- Self-Help Addiction Rehabilitation (SARC) - brings together professionals in different disciplines to exchange ideas and expertise
in the fight against drugs
- Environment
- Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund
(CWAF) - UK registered charity that runs the Mvog-Betsi
zoo and Mefou National Park in Cameroon, in conjunction with
the Cameroon government
- Centre
for Environment and Development (CED) (Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement)
- Politics
- Bakweri Land Claims
Committee (BLCC) (Buea) - campaigns for compensation for,
and restitution of, Bakweri lands initially expropriated by
the Germans at the end of the 19th Century, and taken over by
the Government of Cameroon immediately after the reunification
of British and French Cameroons in 1961
- Leftist Parties of the
World - Cameroon
- Rassemblement Démocratique
Du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC) (Cameroon People's Democratic
Movement)
- Front Social Démocrate
(SDF) (Social Democratic Front) (Bamenda)
- Southern Cameroons
National Council (SCNC) - campaigns for a Federal Republic
of Southern Cameroons, which is located in the Gulf of Guinea,
West Africa, and is bordered by Nigeria to the West and Cameroon
to the East
- Women's Issues
- Association for Support
to Women Entrepreneurs (ASAFE) (Association pour le Soutien
et l'Appui à la Femme Entrepreneur) - non-profit development
NGO whose primary aim is the promotion and development of entrepreneurship
- Organisation
des Femmes pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et le Développement
(OFSAD) du Cameroun - non-government, non-profit, apolitical
organisation that promotes the basic family welfare and nutritional
education of women and children in Cameroon
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Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
- Cameroonian Association of Engineers and
Informaticians (Frankfurt, Germany) - professional organization
of Cameroonian Engineers in Germany
- Helvetas Cameroon
(Barnenda) - Swiss association for international cooperation
which aims to contribute to the improvement of the living
conditions of rural populations in Cameroon
- Education
- Cameroon Students Association
in the United States of America (CAMSA-USA) (Greenbelt,
MD, USA) - advocate for students of Cameroonian nationality
or descent in the United States
- École Virtuelle School-Yaoundé
Campus (Computer School in Africa) - project of La Société
Éducative (SÉA), Alberta Canada
- Dorcas
Biligual Primary School (Ecole Privée Bilingue Dorcas) (Yaounde)
- Pan African Institute
for Development-West Africa (PAID-WA) (Buea) - non-governmental,
not-for-profit institution which offers a wide range of residential
training courses on its campus in Buea, and organises in-country
courses across West Africa
- Education - Universities & Higher Education
- Université de Dschang
(University of Dschang)
- Institut Africain
d'Informatique (IAI) (African Institute of Information Technology)
(Yaoundé)
- Religions & Beliefs
- Church
of Patmos (Yaounde) - English-speaking community of the
Mission of the Evangelical Church in Cameroon (MECC)
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Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature
- AFHEMI Museum (Yaounde) - contemporary
museum and art gallery specialising in the collection, preservation,
conservation and restoration of African antiques, works of art,
history and culture
- Ka'abo - African arts
and craft
- Aloys MBezele Solo
(Yaounde) - scupture gallery
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Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies
- Football
- Cameroon Football
Federation (Fédération Camerounaise de Football)
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Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers
- Cameroon Airlines
- Cameroon Airlines South
Africa
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Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society
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Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment
- Cameroon Newswire
Network
- Network Douala
- Cameroon and world news
- Cameroon-Tribune
- bilingual daily newspaper covering national news and current
events
- Camnet - internet service provider
- Le Marabout - monthly satirical magazine focusing on the countries of West Africa
- CRTV
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Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services
- Cameroon Chamber of Commerce
(CCIM) (Douala)
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Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation
- Société Générale de Banques au Cameroun (SGBC)
- Standard
Chartered Bank Cameroon
- World Bank Group
in Cameroon
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