Geography of Cameroon
- Cameroon is: a country
- Location:
- Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Africa
- Middle Africa
- West Africa
- Time zone: West Africa Time (UTC+01)
- Extreme points of Cameroon
- High: Fako on Mount Cameroon 4,040 m (13,255 ft)
- Low: Bight of Bonny 0 m
- Land boundaries: 4,591 km
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- Nigeria 1,690 km
- Chad 1,094 km
- Central African Republic 797 km
- Republic of the Congo 523 km
- Gabon 298 km
- Equatorial Guinea 189 km
- Coastline: Gulf of Guinea 402 km
- Population of Cameroon: 17,795,000(2005) - 58th most populous country
- Area of Cameroon: 475,442 square kilometres (183,569 sq mi) - 53rd largest country
- Atlas of Cameroon
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