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Cameroon has a population of about 19Million in which 80% are French-speaking and 20% are English-speaking.The percentage of cameroonians less than 15years,65years and above 65yars are 46%,51% and 3% respectively.The birth rate is estimated at 4.2% and the death rate is estimated at 1.4%.The population growth rate is about 2.89%. Cameroon is one of the two bilingual countries in the world.Apart for English and French,there exist 24 other major languages.The Ethnic groups of Cameroon have the following percentages;Cameroon Highlanders 31%,Equatorial Bantu 19%,Kribi 11%,Fulani 10%,Northwestern Nantu 8%,Eastern Nigritic 7%,other Africans 13%,non Africans less than 1%.Cameroon has so many religions among which are indigenous beliefs 51%,Christians 33%,Muslim 16%.Cameroon has so many touristic sites among which are the Botanical Garden,the sea in Limbe and the Mount Fako;in the South West Province,the kribi area in the South Province,the Sultan’s Palace of the People of the Bamoums in Foumban;in the West Province and the Waza Park in the Far North Province

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1. Cameroon FactsCameroon is found in the West of Africa.She is bounded to the west by Nigeria,to the East by Central African Republic,to the south by Equatorial Guinea and to the North by Chad.Cameroon has a total area of about 475,440sq.km in...
2. Cameroon history timeline* 1884: Dr. Gustav Nachtigal arrives on the coast of Cameroon and signs protection contracts with local villages. * 1887: Captain Kund ventures into the southern hinterland. * 1890: Captain Morgen extends exploration of southern Cameroon until reaching the site...
3. Cameroon EducationEducational studies in Cameroon is not compulsory but more than three quarter of the inhabitants of Cameroon do attend Nursery,primary,secondary,High school or the University.These universities include Yaounde I,Yaounde II,Buea(the only English University in the country),Dschang,Douala and Ngaoundere.Some of the professional...
4. Transportation in CameroonCameroon has just a few transportation means which links her to other parts of the World.Among which are the two international Airports in Douala and Yaounde,the Douala Seaport which saves as a transportation medium for incoming and outgoing goods.There also...
5. Cameroon IndustriesCameroon has some many industries among which are petroleum production and refining,food processing,light consumer goods,textiles,lumber industries.Cameroon exports and import products.The exporting comodites include Crude Oil and Petroleum Products,Lumber,Aluminum,Cocoa,Beans,Coffee and Cotton while the importing comodites are Machinces and Electrical equipmenets,food,consumer goods,transport...
6. Language of Seychelles IslandsThe vocabulary of the Seychellois- Creole language is based on 18th century French roots, mingled with Kaffir, Malagasy, Bantu, and Indian elements.  It is definitely more than just pidgin French, but a language in its own right.  It is an...
7. Language of Bhutan: DzongkhaDzongkha is the national language of Bhutan. It has some similarity to Tibetan in speaking, while the alphabets are exactly same as Tibetan (but uses different style of scripts). It is also taught in schools and all students can speak...
8. Luxembourg LanguageIf you visit Luxembourg City and enter one of the shops, you may notice that the Luxembourg shopkeepers instantly switch back and forth between several languages as they wait on the foreign tourists. It is quite usual for a native...