The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

all year to craft drawing 0.6 meters; 282 km

       navigable to craft drawing 1.8 meters

       Ports:

       Kampong Saom, Phnom Penh

       Airports:

       total:

       20

       usable:

       13

       with permanent-surface runways:

       6

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       2

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       8

       Telecommunications:

       service barely adequate for government requirements and virtually

       nonexistent for general public; international service limited to

       Vietnam and other adjacent countries; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no

       FM, 1 TV

      @Cambodia, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Khmer Royal Armed Forces (KRAF):

       created in 1993 by the merger of the Cambodian People's Armed Forces

       and the two non-Communist resistance armies; note - the KRAF is also

       known as the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF)

       Resistance forces:

       National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge)

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 2,182,912; fit for military service 1,217,357; reach

       military age (18) annually 67,463 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       $NA, NA% of GDP

      @Cameroon, Geography

      Location:

       Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between Equatorial

       Guinea and Nigeria

       Map references:

       Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       475,440 sq km

       land area:

       469,440 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly larger than California

       Land boundaries:

       total 4,591 km, Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Congo

       523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km

       Coastline:

       402 km

       Maritime claims:

       territorial sea:

       50 nm

       International disputes:

       demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad, the lack of

       which has led to border incidents in the past, is completed and

       awaiting ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria; boundary

       commission, created with Nigeria to discuss unresolved land and

       maritime boundaries in the vicinity of the Bakasi Peninsula, has not

       yet convened, but a commission was formed in January 1994 to study a

       flare-up of the dispute

       Climate:

       varies with terrain from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in

       north

       Terrain:

       diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center,

       mountains in west, plains in north

       Natural resources:

       petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower potential

       Land use:

       arable land:

       13%

       permanent crops:

       2%

       meadows and pastures:

       18%

       forest and woodland:

       54%

       other:

       13%

       Irrigated land:

       280 sq km (1989 est.)

       Environment:

       current issues:

       water-borne diseases are prevalent; deforestation; overgrazing;

       desertification; poaching

       natural hazards:

       recent volcanic activity with release of poisonous gases

       international agreements:

       party to - Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection,

       Tropical Timber; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate

       Change, Nuclear Test Ban

       Note:

       sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa

      @Cameroon, People

      Population:

       13,132,191 (July 1994 est.)

       Population growth rate:

       2.91% (1994 est.)

       Birth rate:

       40.53 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Death rate:

       11.41 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Net migration rate:

       0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

       Infant mortality rate:

       77.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       total population:

       57.07 years

       male:

       55.03 years

       female:

       59.17 years (1994 est.)

       Total fertility rate:

       5.84 children born/woman (1994 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 (1990)

       total population:

       55%

       male:

       66%

       female:

       45%

       Labor force:

       NA

       by occupation: