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Cameroon
Capital: Yaoundé
- Cameroon covers about 475,442 square kilometres and is often called Africa in miniature for its coast, desert, mountains, rainforest and savanna.
- Cameroon has about 250 native languages, alongside French and English, which are both official.
- Mount Cameroon, an active volcano of about 4,040 metres, is the highest point in western and central Africa, rising near the Gulf of Guinea.