Cameroon republic in western Africa, bounded on the north by Lake Chad; on the east by Chad and the Central African Republic; on the south by the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea; and on the west by the Bight of Biafra (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) and Nigeria. The country is shaped like an elongated triangle, and forms a bridge between West Africa and Central Africa. The country has a total area of 475,442 sq km (183,569 sq mi). Yaoundé is the capital, and Douala is the largest city. Cameroon has a tropical climate, humid in the south but increasingly dry to the north. On the coast the average annual rainfall is about 4,060 mm (about 160 in). On the exposed slopes of Cameroon Mountain and the other peaks of the west, rainfall is almost constant and in places can reach 10,000 mm (400 in) a year. In the semiarid northwest annual rainfall averages about 380 mm (about 15 in). A dry season in the north lasts from October to April. The average temperature in the south is 25°C (77°F), on the plateau it is 21°C (70°F), and in the north it is 32°C (90°F).
Population
16 million (UN, 2003)
Area
475,442 sq km
Ethnicity/ Race
Bamileke, Bamoun, Ewondo, Fulani, Kirdi, European and non-African
Major Languages
French (official), English (official), Spanish. There are 240 local African languages
Religion
Christianity35%, Islam25%, indigenous beliefs25%
Capital City
Yaounde
Major Cities
Douala, Garoua
Currency
1 CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc = 100 centimes
Cameroon And Tunisia Sign Tourism Co-operation Agreement
www.allAfrica.comCameroon and Tunisia signed an agreement to mutually promote tourism activities in the two countries.
Deliberations of the Cameroon-Tunisia Joint Commission wrapped up yesterday on a positive note following the signing of a cooperation agreement on tourism promotion. The agreement which was signed at the end of the Cameroon-Tunisia mixed commission on tourism defines the guiding principles along which the two countries will work. It equally identifies some of the projects that would be realised by the two countries in a bid to promote tourism activities in the two countries.
Two major areas of interest characterised the workshop which peceded the agreement. These are : Training and infrastructure Development. As far as training is concerned, the two parties committed themselves to create a pilot training centre in Cameroon of the model that is found in Tunisia. They also agreed to organise study missions in staistics, marketing, tourism site development, financing and planning. In the same light, Tunisia will increase scholarship opportunities for Cameroonians in tourism and hotel management. The Cameroonioan side on its part expressed the desire to benefit from Tunisian pedagogic assistance in form of training. In this wise, it suggested that two experts be placed at the disposal of Cameroon for a determined period.
As far as infrastructure development is concerned, the two parties agreed to exchange expertise in the sub sector. Tunisia expressed the interest to realise tourism infrastructure development projects in Cameroon and support the putting in place of a global tourism strategy as well as the Cameroon development plan. In addition, Tunisia promised to assist Cameroon in the privatisation process of hotels managed by the Ministry of Tourism.
The Cameroonian delegation was headed by Mrs Marthe-Angeline Minja, Secretary General at the Ministry of Tourism. The Tunisian delegation on its part was led by Mouldi Mhedhbi, general administrator and director of cabinet at the Ministry of Tourism and Handicraft.
