CAMEROON
(Republic of Cameroon)

Capital: Yaounde

Flag: The flag represents a tricolor of green, red and yellow vertical strips with one gold star printed in the center of a red strip.

ANTHEM: The national anthem begins "O Cameroun, berceau de nos ancetres" ("O Cameroon, a cradle of our ancestors").

MONETARY BULLETIN: "Communaute Financiere Africaine franc" (CFA Fr) which was originally tied to the French franc is tied to euro since January, 1999 with a rate of 655,957 CFA francs to 1 euro. The franc franc of CFA is issued in coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 CFA francs and banknotes from 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 and 10000 CFA francs. CFA Fr1 = $0,00192 (or $1 = CFA Fr521.74) as of 2005.

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: the metric system is the legal standard.

HOLIDAYS: New year, on January 1; Youth Day, on February 11; Labor Day, on May 1; National day, on May 20; Christmas, on December 25. Moveable religious feasts include Rise, Good Friday, Easter Monday, the End of Ramadan (Djoulde Soumae) and the Innocent person's Festival ("Id al-Kabir" or "Djoulde Laihadji").

TIME: 13:00 - 12:00.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Located in the Western Africa, Cameroon having the form of an oblong triangle has the area of 475 440 sq.km (183 568 quarter. Miles), 1 206 km long (749 miles) nanosecond and 717 km (446 miles). Rather, the space occupied by Cameroon is a little more, than in the State of California. It borders on Russia and Che Chad, in the Central African Republic, on e-e and on the Republic of Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, on the southwest coast of the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) and on w and nw Nigeria, with a total length of border of 4 993 km (3,103 miles). Length of the coastline is 402 km (249 miles) of this length.

Capital: Cameroon, Yaounde, it is located in the southern central part of the country.

TOPOGRAPHY

There are four geographical regions. The western lowland (rising from sea level to 600 m / 2000 feet) stretches along the coast of the gulf Guinea and averages about 100 km (60 miles) on width. The northwest uplands consist of the forest volcanic mountains reaching more than 2 440 m (8 000 feet) in height. Mt. Cameroon (4095 m / 13 435 feet) which is isolated on the coast in the south, is the only active volcano of the country and the highest peak in the Western Africa. The central area of the plateau stretches to the east from the western lowland and northwest highlands to border with the Central African Republic and for the North to the Beneu River (Benue). It includes the Adamava plateau, at the height from 900 to 1500 m (from 2950 to 4 920 feet). It is transitional area where the wood concedes to the savanna. The northern region in essence is the extensive plain of the savanna which goes down to the basin of Chad. From two main Beneu Rivers it is navigable several months within a year, and Sanaga isn't navigable. The part of the lake Chad is in the territory of Cameroon.