Cameroon (as part of its successor Cross River State)

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Cameroon is a Central African country bordering Nigeria’s Cross River region, known for its diverse geography, cultures, and bilingual (French and English) colonial heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sovereign state
borderDispute Bakassi Peninsula with Nigeria
borderRegionWithNigeria Cross River region
bordersCountry Central African Republic
Chad
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
capital Yaoundé
colonialHistory German colony as Kamerun until World War I
colonialSuccessorState British Cameroons
French Cameroon
continent Africa
currency Central African CFA franc
drivesOn right
formerColonialPower France
United Kingdom
governmentType unitary presidential republic
hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
hasGeographicalFeature Cameroon Highlands
Mount Cameroon
Sahelian north
coastal plains
tropical rainforests
hasRiver Benue River
Cross River (border area)
linked to: Cross River

Sanaga River
Wouri River
highestPoint Mount Cameroon
independenceDate 1 January 1960 (French Cameroon)
1 October 1961 (Southern Cameroons union with Cameroon)
independenceFrom France
United Kingdom
knownFor cultural diversity
diverse geography
linguistic diversity
largestCity Douala
legalSystem mixed civil law and common law
locatedOn Bight of Biafra
memberOf African Union
Commonwealth of Nations
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
United Nations
nickname Africa in miniature
officialLanguage English
French
regionalLanguagesCount over 200 local languages
subregion Central Africa

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South-Eastern State hasBorderWith Cameroon (as part of its successor Cross River State)