African ChangeMakers Initiative – Cameroon Chapter.

African ChangeMakers Initiative.
Cameroon Chapter.

Cameroon Chapter Home: https://africanchangemakers.org/cameroon

President Email: cameroon@africanchangemakers.org

Dimitri Gildas Tatsapdjia President	Gisèle Beatrice Sonfack Vice President	Munyuy Mercy Vermyuy Secretary
Foyet Koban Financial Sec/Treasurer	Tataw Phil Collins Chidi Event Manager	Catherine Ndumbe Welfare Manager
Bage Eric Mesumbe Project Manager	Kevin Noubissi Kaba Public Relation Officer	Ayeah, Gideon Gobti Fundraising Manager

Country Profile

Official Name:
Republique du Cameroun (fr)
Republic of Cameroon (eng)

Short Form: Cameroun/Cameroon

Formerly: French Cameroon, British Cameroon, Federal Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Cameroon

ISO Country Code: cm

Time:

Local Time = UTC +1h

Actual Time: Thu-Feb-20  20:11

Country Calling Code: +237

Capital City: Yaounde (pop. 1.1 million)

Other Cities: Douala, major seaport and commercial capital (1.3 million), Garoua (424,312), Maroua (409,546), Bafoussam (319,457), Bamenda (321,490), Nkongsamba (166,262), and Ngaoundere (216,300).

Government:

Republic; with a strong central government dominated by president.

Independence: 1 January 1960 (for areas formerly ruled by France) and

1 October 1961 (for territory formerly ruled by Britain).

Constitution: 2 June 1972, last amended in January 1996.

Geography:

Location: Central West Africa bordering the Bight of Biafra (part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean)

Area: 475,650 km² (183,650) sq. mi.).

Terrain: Northern plains, central and western highlands, southern and coastal tropical forests. Highest peak: Mt. Cameroon (13,353 ft.).

Climate: Northern plains, the Sahel region–semiarid and hot (7-month dry season);

Central and western highlands where Yaounde is located–cooler, shorter dry season; southern tropical forest–warm, 4-month dry season; Coastal tropical forest, where Douala is located–warm, humid year-round.

People:

Nationality: Cameroonian(s); French noun and adjective–Camerounais(e).

Population (2016): 24 million

Ethnic groups: About 250.

Religions: Christian 53%, Muslim 22%, indigenous African 25%.

Languages: French and English (both official) and about 270 African languages and dialects, including pidgin, Fulfulde, and Ewondo.

Literacy: 75%

Natural resources: Oil, timber, hydroelectric power, natural gas, cobalt, nickel.

Agriculture products: timber, coffee, tea, bananas, cocoa, rubber, palm oil, pineapples, cotton.

Industries: Petroleum production and refining, aluminum production, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber, ship repair

Exports – commodities: crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, and cotton.

Exports partners: China 16.7%, India 15.7%, Spain 6.2%, Belgium 6.1%, France 6.1%, Portugal 5.6%, Netherlands 5%, Italy 5% (2015)

Imports – commodities: machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food, cereals, fish.

Imports partners: China 27.9%, Nigeria 13.9%, France 10.9%, Belgium 4.1% (2015)

Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF)

Source: https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/cameroon