City: Cameroon
Capital: Yaoundé
3°52′N 11°31′E / 3.867°N 11.517°E / 3.867; 11.517
Largest city: Douala
Official languages: French
English
Ethnic groups: 31% Cameroon Highlanders
19% Equatorial Bantu
11% Kirdi
10% Fulani
8% Northwestern Bantu
7% Eastern Nigritic
13% other African
<1% non-African
Demonym: Cameroonian
Government: Unitary dominant-party presidential republic
• President: Paul Biya
• Prime Minister: Philémon Yang
Legislature: Parliament
• Upper house: Senate
• Lower house: National Assembly
Independence from France• Declared: 1 January 1960
• Union with former
British Cameroons: 1 October 1961
Area• Total: 475,442 km (183,569 sq mi) (53rd)
• Water (%): 0.57
Population• 2016 estimate: 23,439,189 (56th)
• 2005 census: 17,463,836
• Density: 39.7/km (102.8/sq mi) (167th)
GDP (PPP): 2017 estimate
• Total: $81.535 billion
• Per capita: $3,358
GDP (nominal): 2017 estimate
• Total: $29.547 billion
• Per capita: $1,217
Gini (2007): 44.6
medium
HDI (2015): 0.518
low · 153rd
Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)
Time zone: WAT (UTC+1)
Drives on the: right
Calling code: +237
ISO 3166 code: CM
Internet TLD: .cm
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Coordinates: 6°N 12°E / 6°N 12°E / 6; 12
Restaurants in Cameroon
1. Bandjoun Station
2. Carre des Artistes
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Dedicated to arts, at Carre des artistes we sell fine arts materials such as acrylic paints, brushes, canvas... we exhibit and sell artworks created by young and talented Cameroonian artists and we offer paintinf and drawing classes to young art lovers.
3. Doual'Art
Place du Gouvernement Bonanjo, Douala Cameroon +23733433259 [email protected] http://www.doualart.org/
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4.5 based on 31 reviews
4. Marche des Fleurs
5. Marche Artisanal de Douala
6. Kumba Market
Kumba Cameroon
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
7. Presbyterian Handicraft Center
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
8. Bamenda Handicraft Cooperative Society
Foot Hill Station Road, Bamenda Cameroon +237 6 77 75 56 73 http://www.bamendahandicraftcoop.com
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9. Musee Provincial de Douala
Douala Cameroon +237 2 42 42 92 93
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