Subject:	RE: Your Mission to Cameroon Schools
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Date:	Wed, May 14, 2008 2:47 am
To:	sam@followersofjesuschrist.org

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Geography

Cameroon is a West Central African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon and is nearly twice the size of the U. S. state Oregon. Mount Cameroon at 13,350 ft; (4,069 m), near the coast, is the highest elevation in the country. Principal rivers are the Benue, Nyong, and Sanaga.

Government

A 1972 plebiscite, created a unitary republic, formed out of East and West Cameroon to replace the former federal republic.

History

Bantu speaking peoples were among the first groups to settle Cameroon, followed by the Muslim Fulani in the 18th and 19th centuries. Colonial rule was not established until 1884, when treaties with tribal chiefs brought the area under German domination. After World War I, the League of Nations gave the French a mandate over 80% of the area, and the British 20% bordering Nigeria. After World War II, the country came under a UN trusteeship and in 1946, self-government was granted. The Cameroon People's Union emerged as the dominant party by campaigning for reunification of French and British Cameroon and for independence. Accused of being Communist, the party waged a campaign of revolutionary terror from 1955 to 1958, when it was defeated. In British Cameroon, unification was promoted by the leading party, the Kamerun National Democratic Party, led by John Foncha.

Cameroon became an independent republic on Jan. 1, 1960. In 1961 the southern part of the British territory joined the new Federal Republic of Cameroon but the northern section voted for unification with Nigeria.  Ahmadou Ahidjo was President of Cameroon from independence until he was replaced in 1982 by prime minister, Paul Biya; both administrations of authoritarian nature.

As oil, timber, and coffee exports have expanded, the economy has continued to improve, despite prevalent corruption, and environmental degradation remains a concern. In June 2000 the World Bank agreed to provide more than $200 million to build a $3.7 billion pipeline connecting the oil fields in neighboring Chad with the Cameroon coast. In Aug. 2006 Nigeria finally turned over the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, a move Nigeria had resisted the World Court ruling since 2002.

More Facts about the Republic of Cameroon

National name: République du Cameroun
President: Paul Biya (1982)
Prime Minister: Ephraïm Inoni (2004)

Land area: 181,251 sq mi (469,440 sq km); total area: 183,567 sq mi (475,440 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 18,060,382 (growth rate: 2.2%); birth rate: 35.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 65.8/1000; life expectancy: 52.9; density per sq mi: 100

Capital: Yaoundé, 1,395,200 (metro. area), 1,154,400 (city proper)
Largest city: Douala, 1,490,500 (metro. area), 1,274.300 (city proper)
Monetary unit: CFA Franc
Languages: French, English (both official) plus  24 major African language groups

Ethnicity/race: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwest Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%

Religions: indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Islam 20%

Literacy rate: 79% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP $42.2 billion (2006 est.); per capita $2,400. Real growth rate: 4.1%. Inflation: 2.4%. Unemployment: 30% (2001 est.). Arable land: 13%. Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, root starches; livestock; timber. Labor force: 6.394 million; agriculture 70%, industry and commerce 13%, other 17%. Industries: petroleum production and refining, aluminum production, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber, ship repair. Natural resources: petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower. Exports: $4.318 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton. Imports: $3.083 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food. Major trading partners: Spain, Italy, UK, France, U.S., South Korea, Netherlands, Nigeria, Belgium, China, Germany (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 99,400 (2004); mobile cellular: 2.259 million (2005). Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (2002). Television broadcast stations: 1 (2002). Internet hosts: 39 (2006). Internet users: 167,000 (2005)

Transportation: Railways: total: 987 km (2005). Highways: total: 50,000 km; paved: 5,000 km; unpaved: 45,000 km (2004). Waterways: navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy season (2004). Ports and harbors: Douala, Limboh Terminal. Airports: 47 (2004 est.).

International disputes: ICJ ruled in 2002 on the entire Cameroon-Nigeria land and maritime boundary but the parties formed a Joint Border Commission, which continues to meet regularly to resolve differences bilaterally and have commenced with demarcation in less-contested sections of the boundary, starting in Lake Chad in the north; implementation of the ICJ ruling on the Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea is impeded by imprecisely defined coordinates, the unresolved Bakassi allocation, and a sovereignty dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River; Nigeria initially rejected cession of the Bakasi Peninsula, then agreed, but has yet to withdraw its forces while much of the indigenous population opposes cession; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which also includes Chad and Niger.

I call attention to the fact that Christianity in Liberia is on equal footing with what are referred to as "indigenous beliefs" and twice as strong as Muslim. This nation, traditionally was formed by released or Liberated slaves from the U. S., hence the name Liberia.