Cameroon

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Cameroon#

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Powerful chiefdoms ruled much of the area of present-day Cameroon before it became a German colony known as Kamerun in 1884.

Government type: presidential republic. Chief of state: President Paul BIYA (since 6 November 1982).

Facts#

Capital

Yaounde

Region

Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria

Area

total : 475,440 sq km; land: 472,710 sq km; water: 2,730 sq km

Population

31,518,954 (2025 est.)

Languages

24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)

Currency

Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF)

Time zone

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Refugees#

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

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