喀麥隆共和國（英文：Republic of Cameroon；法文：République du Cameroun）是位於非洲中西部的單一製共和國。喀麥隆西方與尼日利亞接壤，東北與東邊分別和乍得與中非相靠，南方則與赤道幾內亞、加蓬及剛果共和國毗鄰。喀麥隆的海岸綫緊依邦尼灣，其屬於幾內亞灣及大西洋的一部分。喀麥隆由於其地質與文化的多樣性，而有“小非洲”美譽，其自然地理風貌包括海灘、沙漠、高山、雨林及熱帶莽原等。當地的最高峰是西南部的喀麥隆火山，大城市則有杜阿拉、雅溫得及加魯阿等，並棲居了超過200個種族與語言族群。喀麥隆以其國傢足球隊及本土音樂風格著稱，其中又以馬庫薩與比庫西最為人知。喀麥隆的官方語言為英語與法語。
1.阿達馬瓦省（法語：Province de l'Adamaoua，英語：Adamawa Province）
2.中央省（法語：Province du Centre，英語：Centre Province）
3.東方省（法語：Province de l'Est，英語：East Province）
4.極北省（法語：Province de l'Extrême-Nord，英語：Extreme North Province）
5.利托拉省（法語：Province du Littoral，英語：Littoral Province），意為沿岸省
6.北方省（法語：Province du Nord，英語：North Province）
7.西北省（法語：Province du Nord-Ouest，英語：Northwest Province）
8.西方省（法語：Province de l'Ouest，英語：West Province）
9.南方省（法語：Province du Sud，英語：South Province）
10.西南省（法語：Province du Sud-Ouest，英語：Southwest Province）
文化
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The Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun) is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Bonny, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. The country is called "Africa in miniature" for its geological and cultural diversity. Natural features include beaches, deserts, mountains, rainforests, and savannas. The highest point is Mount Cameroon in the southwest, and the largest cities are Douala, Yaoundé, and Garoua. Cameroon is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups. The country is well known for its native styles of music, particularly makossa and bikutsi, and for its successful national football team. English and French are the official languages.
Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area Rio dos Camarões ("River of Prawns"), the name from which Cameroon derives. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate in the north in the 19th century, and various ethnic groups of the west and northwest established powerful chiefdoms and fondoms. Cameroon became a German colony in 1884. After World War I, the territory was divided between France and Britain as League of Nations mandates. The Union des Populations du Cameroun political party advocated independence but was outlawed in the 1950s. It waged war on French and Cameroonian forces until 1971. In 1960, French Cameroun became independent as the Republic of Cameroun under President Ahmadou Ahidjo. The southern part of British Cameroons merged with it in 1961 to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. The country was renamed the United Republic of Cameroon in 1972 and the Republic of Cameroon in 1984.
Compared to other African countries, Cameroon enjoys relatively high political and social stability. This has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, railways, and large petroleum and timber industries. Nevertheless, large numbers of Cameroonians live in poverty as subsistence farmers. Power lies firmly in the hands of the president, Paul Biya, and his Cameroon People's Democratic Movement party, and corruption is widespread. The Anglophone community has grown increasingly alienated from the government, and Anglophone politicians have called for greater decentralisation and even the secession of the former British-governed territories.
中央省