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Cameroon
Cameroon is a country in Middle Africa with its capital in Yaoundé.
- Capital
- Yaoundé
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Population
- 29.4 million
- Languages
- English, French
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (Fr)
- Area
- 475,442 km²
- Borders
- 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇹🇩 Chad 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
💡 Called 'Africa in miniature' — has every climate the continent offers.
About the flag
It once had two stars for the federation of East and West Cameroon; when the country became a unitary state in 1975, a single star of unity took their place.
How to spot it: Vertical green-red-yellow tricolour with a yellow star in the red middle; Senegal is green-yellow-red with a green star.
Often confused with: 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇲🇱 Mali