Cameroon is located in central Africa on the Atlantic Ocean with an area of 475,000 square kilom it is slightly smaller than Spain and has around 30 million inhabitant the capital of the strongly authoritarian presidential Republic is yunde the country is particularly known for its senic and ethnic diversity Cameroon borders Nigeria to the West Chad and the Central African Republic to the East and Congo Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to the South the north of Cameroon is flat and characterized by the Chad Bassin here lies Lake Chad one of the largest Inland Lakes in Africa although its
size has been greatly reduced in recent decades due to drying out the Mandara Mountains run along the border with Nigeria the adamawa plateau Rises up to over 2,000 M high in the West and Northwest there are also other mountains ranges in the west including the Western High plateau in the southwest not far from the coast is the 4,95 m high mount Cameroon an active volcano the Ben River the most important tributary of the Niger has its source in the mountains of Cameroon the the logon River partly forms the border with Chad the most important river
in the south is the Saga which flows into the Gulf of Guinea the country has great climatic diversity and is therefore sometimes regarded as Africa in miniature most of it belongs to the tropical climate zone with a tropical rainforest climate in the far south a tropical Monsoon climate and then a tropical Savannah climate in the center of the country where the dry season lasts from December M to January in the north on the other hand a step climate and finally a desert climate can be found this also results in a diverse landscape which ranges from
the desert and steps in the North to the Savannah and tropical rainforest of the South the largest city in Cameroon is duala with a population of well over 2 million people while the capital Y also has around 2 million inhabitants other important cities are guua Banda marua and bfam the official languages are French and English which is used in the regions in the west known as Southern cameroons this division dates back to the Colonial period when the German Colony was divided between France and Great Britain however Cameroon is ethically and linguistically extremely diverse and more
than 200 different languages are spoken belonging to the four main groups at afroasiatic languages especially housea around Lake Chad Niger Congo languages for example fola nyos Saharan languages and Bantu languages such as dwala in the southwest almost 60% of the population are Christians half of whom are Catholics and half Protestants Islam is the second largest religion in the country and is mainly practiced by the fulbe and haa in the north and the canori in the far north traditional African religions are practiced in rural areas in particular economically Cameroon is a developing country and its per
capita income is only around ,500 today its most important trading partner is the People's Republic of China Agriculture is an essential part of cameroon's economy and contributes around the third of the gross domestic product important agricultural products include yams cocoa coffee bananas cotton palm oil Rubber and tea Cameroon is for instance one of the largest cocoa and coffee producers in Africa Cameroon has oil and natural gas reserves boite iron ore gold and diamonds can also be found there the most important branches of Industry include food processing the textile industry the chemical industry and wood processing
industry accounts for just under a quarter of GDP services are playing an increasingly important role in the cameroonian economy these include Banking and Financial Services duala is considered the country's financial center and Retail trade tourism accounts for a good 4% of GDP and is seen as a potential growth sector popular destinations include the waza national park with its abundant Wildlife such as elephants and giraffes or the beaches of limbe and kby for Beach tourism widespread corruption is seen as a major obstacle to growth in addition the conflict in the South cameroons which is striving for
Independence continues to smolder the most important international airports are located in duala and yunde however Road Transportation plays the main role and Cameroon is an important Transit country due to central location the railroad line from duala to enere plays an important role in the transportation of good the most important ports are duala and kby and that brings us to the end of this brief overview of Cameroon thanks for watching until next time
