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location:
western africa. bordering the bight of biafra. between equatorial guinea and nigeria
geographic coordinates:
6 00 n. 12 00 e
map references:
africa
area:
total: 475.440 sq km land: 469.440 sq km water: 6.000 sq km
area - comparative:
slightly larger than california
land boundaries:
total: 4.591 km border countries: central african republic 797 km. chad 1.094 km. republic of the congo 523 km. equatorial guinea 189 km. gabon 298 km. nigeria 1.690 km
coastline:
402 km
maritime claims:
territorial sea: 50 nm
climate:
varies with terrain. from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north
terrain:
diverse. with coastal plain in southwest. dissected plateau in center. mountains in west. plains in north
elevation extremes:
lowest point: atlantic ocean 0 m highest point: fako (on mount cameroon) 4.095 m
natural resources:
petroleum. bauxite. iron ore. timber. hydropower
land use:
arable land: 12.81% permanent crops: 2.58% other: 84.61% (2001)
irrigated land:
330 sq km (1998 est.)
natural hazards:
volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from lake nyos and lake monoun volcanoes
environment - current issues:
waterborne diseases are prevalent; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; poaching; overfishing
environment - international agreements:
party to: biodiversity. climate change. climate change-kyoto protocol. desertification. endangered species. hazardous wastes. law of the sea. ozone layer protection. tropical timber 83. tropical timber 94 signed. but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
geography - note:
sometimes referred to as the hinge of africa; throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; mount cameroon. the highest mountain in sub-saharan west africa. is an active volcano
population:
16.380.005 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to aids; this can result in lower life expectancy. higher infant mortality and death rates. lower population and growth rates. and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (july 2005 est.)
age structure:
0-14 years: 41.7% (male 3.457.180/female 3.375.668) 15-64 years: 55% (male 4.537.281/female 4.477.163) 65 years and over: 3.3% (male 239.634/female 293.079) (2005 est.)
median age:
total: 18.6 years male: 18.45 years female: 18.76 years (2005 est.)
population growth rate:
1.93% (2005 est.)
birth rate:
34.67 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
death rate:
15.4 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
infant mortality rate:
total: 68.26 deaths/1.000 live births male: 72.14 deaths/1.000 live births female: 64.27 deaths/1.000 live births (2005 est.)
life expectancy at birth:
total population: 50.89 years male: 50.71 years female: 51.08 years (2005 est.)
total fertility rate:
4.47 children born/woman (2005 est.)
hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate:
6.9% (2003 est.)
hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids:
560.000 (2003 est.)
hiv/aids - deaths:
49.000 (2003 est.)
major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea. hepatitis a. and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever are high risks in some locations water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2004)
nationality:
noun: cameroonian(s) adjective: cameroonian
ethnic groups:
cameroon highlanders 31%. equatorial bantu 19%. kirdi 11%. fulani 10%. northwestern bantu 8%. eastern nigritic 7%. other african 13%. non-african less than 1%
religions:
indigenous beliefs 40%. christian 40%. muslim 20%
languages:
24 major african language groups. english (official). french (official)
literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79% male: 84.7% female: 73.4% (2003 est.)
country name:
conventional long form: republic of cameroon conventional short form: cameroon former: french cameroon
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