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Cameroon (officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a Central African country bordering Nigeria to the west, Chad to the northeast, Central African Republic to the east and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south). It has an area of ??475,440 square kilometers, and a population of 26,546,000, according to the UN average estimate for 2020.
Cameroon is characterized by great morphological and cultural diversity. There are beaches, deserts, mountains, rainforests and savannas in its territory and more than 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups live there.
The capital is Yaounde and the largest city is Douala. The official languages ??are French and English.
Its name comes from the name Rio dos Camaroes (River of Shrimp) given to the area by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century. In the 19th century the Fulah Islamic ethnic group founded the Emirate of Andamawa in the north of the country while other groups established their own kingdoms in the west and northwest.
In 1884 Cameroon became a German colony. After World War I, the region was divided between France and Great Britain under the auspices of the League of Nations.
The Union des Populations du Cameroun party sought independence but was outlawed in the 1950s. In 1960, French Cameroon became independent as the Republic of Cameroon and was chaired by Ahmadinejad.
The southern part of British Cameroon joined him in 1961 to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
The country became a unified democracy in 1972 and in 1984 was renamed the Republic of Cameroon.