The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">      Population: 14,261,557 (July 1996 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 46% (male 3,295,924; female 3,266,429)

       15–64 years: 51% (male 3,602,037; female 3,627,625)

       65 years and over: 3% (male 213,176; female 256,366) (July 1996 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.89% (1996 est.)

      Birth rate: 42.49 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Death rate: 13.56 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female

       all ages: 1 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 78.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 52.6 years male: 51.55 years female: 53.68 years (1996 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 5.99 children born/woman (1996 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Cameroonian(s)

       adjective: Cameroonian

      Ethnic divisions: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%,

       Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%,

       other African 13%, non-African less than 1%

      Religions: indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 33%, Muslim 16%

      Languages: 24 major African language groups, English (official),

       French (official)

      Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1995 est.)

       total population: 63.4%

       male: 75%

       female: 52.1%

      Government—————

      Name of country:

       conventional long form: Republic of Cameroon

       conventional short form: Cameroon

       former: French Cameroon

      Data code: CM

      Type of government: unitary republic; multiparty presidential regime (opposition parties legalized 1990)

      Capital: Yaounde

      Administrative divisions: 10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre, Est,

       Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Ouest

      Independence: 1 January 1960 (from UN trusteeship under French

       administration)

      National holiday: National Day, 20 May (1972)

      Constitution: 20 May 1972

      Legal system: based on French civil law system, with common law influence; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Paul BIYA (since 6 November 1982) elected

       for a five-year term by universal suffrage; election last held 11

       October 1992 (next to be held NA October 1997); results - President

       Paul BIYA reelected with about 40% of the vote amid widespread

       allegations of fraud; SDF candidate John FRU NDI got 36% of the

       vote; UNDP candidate Bello Bouba MAIGARI got 19% of the vote

       head of government: Prime Minister Simon ACHIDI ACHU (since 9 April

       1992) appointed by the president

       cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president

      Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale): elections last held 1 March 1992 (next to be held NA March 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats (180 total) CPDM 88, UNDP 68, UPC 18, MDR 6

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court

      Political parties and leaders: Cameroon People's Democratic

       Movement (CPDM) (government-controlled and the only party until

       legalization of opposition parties in 1990), Paul BIYA, president

       major opposition parties: National Union for Democracy and Progress

       (UNDP); Social Democratic Front (SDF); Cameroonian Democratic Union

       (UDC); Union of Cameroonian Populations (UPC); Movement for the

       Defense of the Republic (MDR)

      Other political or pressure groups: Alliance for Change (FAC),

       Cameroon Anglophone Movement (CAM)

      International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC,

       CCC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,

       ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat,

       Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UDEAC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,

       UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jerome MENDOUGA chancery: 2349 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 265–8790 through 8794

      US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Charles H. TWINING embassy: Rue Nachtigal, Yaounde mailing address: B. P. 817, Yaounde telephone: [237] 23–40-14, 23–05-12 FAX: [237] 23–07-53

      Flag: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

      Economy———

      Economic overview: Because of its offshore oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions, Cameroon has one of the best-endowed, most diversified primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the serious problems facing other underdeveloped countries, such as political СКАЧАТЬ