Middle Africa
Flag of Cameroon
Africa in miniature, from Sahel to rainforest.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #f0c000 34%
- #007848 33%
- #c00018 31%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Cameroon in numbers
| Official name | Republic of Cameroon |
|---|---|
| Capital | Yaoundé |
| Region | Middle Africa, Africa |
| Population | 26,545,864 |
| Area | 475,442 km² · 56 people per km² |
| Currency | Central African CFA franc (XAF) |
| Languages | English, French |
| Country codes | CM · CMR · .cm |
| Coastline | Has a coast |
Things worth knowing
- Cameroon takes its name from the Portuguese word for the prawns that explorers found teeming in the Wouri estuary in the fifteenth century.
- The country straddles a deep linguistic divide, with English-speaking and French-speaking regions inherited from its split colonial administration.
- Mount Cameroon, a still-active volcano near the coast, is the highest peak in West Africa and its drenched flanks rank among the wettest places on Earth.
Did you know
In 1986 Lake Nyos suddenly released a vast cloud of carbon dioxide, a rare natural disaster that suffocated more than 1,700 people in nearby valleys overnight.
Neighbours
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.