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Cameroon
Location marker · geographic overview
6° N / 12° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Yaoundé
- Population
- 29,123,744 2024
- Area
- 475,442 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English, French
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (XAF)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Cameroon
Cameroon (French: Cameroun) is a country in Central Africa. Known as "Africa in miniature", the country is known for its geological, linguistic, artistic, and cultural diversity: some 250 languages are spoken in this mid-sized country. Cameroon was colonised by three European countries — Germany, France, and the United Kingdom.
Food & everyday culture
Ndole: slightly bitter vegetables with peanuts, fish, prawns or beef. Often considered the national dishRead the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-16. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Calling code
- +237
- Internet domain
- .cm
- Land border codes
- CAF, TCD, COG, GNQ, GAB, NGA
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .cm. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.