Cameroon Facts
Cameroon 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 which 469,440sq.km is land and 6,000sq.km is water.The distances between her and her neighbours are 1,690km,797km,189km and 1,097km respectively.The climate of Cameroon varies with terrain from tropical along the coast to semiarid and hot in the nord.The coastal regions of Cameroon are cold.Cameroon is divided into ten provinces with her capital at Yaounde and Economic capital at Douala.
The provinces and their capitals are as follows:
Far North Province with capital at Maroua
North Province with capital at Garoua
Adamawa with capital country at Ngoundere
South West Province capital at Buea
North West Province with capital at Bamenda
Center Province with capital at Yaounde
Littoral Province with capital at Douala
West Province with capital at Bafoussam
East Province with capital at Bertoua
South Province with capital at Ebolowa
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