Template:Infobox country

{{Infobox country
|conventional_long_name = Republic of Cameroon
|native_name = {{lang|fr|''République du Cameroun''}}
|common_name = Cameroon
|image_flag = Flag of Cameroon.svg
|alt_flag = Vertical tricolor (green, red, yellow) with a five-pointed gold star in the center of the red.
|image_coat = Coat of arms of Cameroon.svg
|symbol_type = Coat of arms
|image_map = Cameroon (orthographic projection).svg
|alt_map = Location of Cameroon on the globe.
|national_motto = <br/>{{native phrase|fr|"Paix – Travail – Patrie"|italics=off}}<br/>{{small|"Peace – Work – Fatherland"}}
|national_anthem = <br/>"{{native phrase|fr|[[O Cameroon, Cradle of our Forefathers|Ô Cameroun, Berceau de nos Ancêtres]]|nolink=yes|italics=off}}"<br/>{{raise|0.2em|{{small|''O Cameroon, Cradle of our Forefathers''}} {{lower|0.1em|<sup>a</sup>}}}}
|official_languages = {{hlist |[[French language|French]] |[[English language|English]]}}
|demonym = Cameroonian
|ethnic_groups =
 {{unbulleted list
  | {{nowrap|31% [[Ethnic groups in Cameroon|Cameroon Highlanders]]}}
  | 19% [[Bantu peoples|Equatorial Bantu]]
  | 11% [[Kirdi]]
  | 10% [[Fula people|Fulani]]
  |  8% [[Bantu peoples|Northwestern Bantu]]
  |  7% Eastern Nigritic
  | 13% other African
  | <1% non-African
 }}
|capital = [[Yaoundé]]<ref name="Cameroon - Infoplease.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107382.html |title=Cameroon |publisher=Infoplease |accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref>
|coordinates = {{coord|3|52|N|11|31|E}}
|largest_city = [[Douala]]<ref name="Cameroon - Infoplease.com"/>
|government_type = [[Republic]]
|leader_title1 = [[List of heads of state of Cameroon|President]]
|leader_name1 = [[Paul Biya]]<ref name="Cameroon - Infoplease.com"/>
|leader_title2 = [[Prime Minister of Cameroon|Prime Minister]]
|leader_name2 = [[Philémon Yang]]
|legislature = [[National Assembly (Cameroon)|National Assembly]]
|area_rank = 54th <!--Demographic Yearbook 1.-->
|area_magnitude = 1 E11
|area_km2 = 475,442
|area_sq_mi = 183,568 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|percent_water = 1.3 <!--CIA World Factbook-->
|population_estimate = 20,129,878<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html |title=Cameroon |work=The World Factbook |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
|population_estimate_rank = 58th <!--UN World Population Prospects-->
|population_estimate_year = July 2012
|population_census = 17,463,836<ref>{{cite web |title={{lang|fr|Rapport de présentation des résultats définitifs}} |url=http://www.statistics-cameroon.org/downloads/Rapport_de_presentation_3_RGPH.pdf |format=PDF |page=6 |publisher={{lang|fr|Institut national de la statistique}} |accessdate=21 July 2012 |language=French}}</ref>
|population_census_year = 2005
|population_density_km2 = 39.7
|population_density_sq_mi = 102,8 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|population_density_rank = 167th <!--UN World Population Prospects-->
|GDP_PPP = $47.251 billion<ref name="imf2">{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=39&pr.y=9&sy=2009&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=622&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |title=Cameroon |publisher=International Monetary Fund |accessdate=2012-04-18}}</ref>
|GDP_PPP_year = 2011
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $2,257<ref name="imf2"/>
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank =
|GDP_nominal = $25.759 billion<ref name="imf2"/>
|GDP_nominal_year = 2011
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $1,230<ref name="imf2"/>
|sovereignty_type = Independence {{nobold|from [[France]]}}
|established_event1 = Declared
|established_date1 = 1 January 1960
|established_event2 = {{nowrap|Annexation of former<br/>[[British Cameroons]]}}
|established_date2 = 1 October 1961
|HDI_year = 2011
|HDI_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|HDI = 0.482 <!--number only-->
|HDI_ref = <ref>http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table1.pdf</ref>
|HDI_rank = 150th
|Gini_year = 2001
|Gini_change =  <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|Gini = 44.6 <!--number only-->
|Gini_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2172.html |title=Distribution of family income – Gini index |work=The World Factbook |publisher=CIA |accessdate=2009-09-01}}</ref>
|Gini_rank =
|currency = [[Central African CFA franc]]
|currency_code = XAF
|country_code =
|time_zone = [[West Africa Time|WAT]]
|utc_offset = +1
|time_zone_DST = not observed
|utc_offset_DST = +1
|drives_on = right
|calling_code = [[+237]]
|cctld = [[.cm]]
|footnote_a = These are the titles as given in the ''Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon'', Article X. The French version of the song is sometimes called {{lang|fr|''Chant de Ralliement''}}, as in ''National Anthems of the World''; and the English version "O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers", as in DeLancey and DeLancey 61.
}}

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{{Infobox geopolitical organization
|name =
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  |titlestyle = background:transparent;font-size:85%;
  |title = {{resize|130%|European Union}}
  |liststyle = text-align:center;
  | {{smaller|{{native name|bg|Европейски съюз}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|hr|Europska unija}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|cs|Evropská unie}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|da|Den Europæiske Union}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|nl|Europese Unie}}<br><!--
   -->{{native name|et|Euroopa Liit}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|fi|Euroopan unioni}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|fr|Union européenne}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|de|Europäische Union}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|el|Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|hu|Európai Unió}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|ga|An tAontas Eorpach}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|it|Unione europea}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|lv|Eiropas Savienība}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|lt|Europos Sąjunga}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|mt|Unjoni Ewropea}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|pl|Unia Europejska}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|pt|União Europeia}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|ro|Uniunea Europeană}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|sk|Európska únia}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|sl|Evropska unija}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|es|Unión Europea}}<br/><!--
   -->{{native name|sv|Europeiska unionen}}<!--
 -->}}
 }}
|linking_name = Europe 
|image_flag = Flag of Europe.svg
|alt_flag = Circle of 12 gold stars on a blue background
|motto = "[[Motto of the European Union|United in diversity]]" <!--
    -->{{#tag:ref|{{cite book |last=Barnard |first=Catherine |title=The Substantive Law of the EU: The four freedoms |edition=2 |date=August 2007  |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199290352 |page=447}} }}<!--
    -->{{#tag:ref|{{cite web |url=http://europa.eu/abc/symbols/motto/index_en.htm |title=United in diversity |accessdate=20 January 2010 |work=[[Europa (web portal)]] |publisher=[[European Commission]] |quote='United in diversity' is the motto of the European Union. The motto means that, via the EU, Europeans are united in working together for peace and prosperity, and that the many different cultures, traditions and languages in Europe are a positive asset for the continent.}} |name="EU-Symbols" }}<!--
    -->{{#tag:ref|{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/FindByProcnum.do?lang=en&procnum=REG/2007/2240 |title=European Parliament: The Legislative Observatory |accessdate=20 January 2010 |work=[[Europa (web portal)]] |publisher=[[European Commission]] |quote=the motto 'United in diversity' shall be reproduced on Parliament's official documents;}} }}
|anthem = <div style="padding-bottom:0.2em;">''[[Anthem of Europe|Ode to Joy]]'' {{#tag:ref||name="EU-Symbols" }} {{small|(orchestral)}}</div><center>[[File:Anthem of Europe (US Navy instrumental short version).ogg]]</center>
|image_map = EU Globe No Borders.svg
|map_caption = An [[Orthographic projection (cartography)|orthographic projection]] of the world, highlighting the European Union and its Member States (green).
|map_width = 220px
|admin_center_type = Political centres
|admin_center = {{unbulleted list |[[Brussels]] ([[Brussels and the European Union|de facto capital]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Brussels' EU capital role seen as irreversible|publisher=Euractiv.com|url=http://www.euractiv.com/pa/brussels-eu-capital-role-seen-ir-news-494302 |accessdate=28 October 2012 |quote=Brussels has become the de facto capital of the European Union}}</ref><ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/policy_advisers/archives/publications/docs/brussels_capital.pdf Brussels, Capital of European Union] - European Commission, 2001.</ref> |[[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg]] |[[Strasbourg]]}}
|largest_city = [[London]]
|official_languages =
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  |titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
  |title = [[Languages of the European Union|24 languages]]
  | {{hlist |[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] |[[Croatian language|Croatian]] |[[Czech language|Czech]] |[[Danish language|Danish]] |[[Dutch language|Dutch]] |[[English language|English]] |[[Estonian language|Estonian]] |[[Finnish language|Finnish]] |[[French language|French]] |[[German language|German]] |[[Greek language|Greek]] |[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] |[[Irish language|Irish]] |[[Italian language|Italian]] |[[Latvian language|Latvian]] |[[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] |[[Maltese language|Maltese]] |[[Polish language|Polish]] |[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] |[[Romanian language|Romanian]] |[[Slovak language|Slovak]] |[[Slovene language|Slovene]] |[[Spanish language|Spanish]] |[[Swedish language|Swedish]]}}
 }}
|demonym = [[Citizenship of the European Union|European]]{{#tag:ref| ''The [[New Oxford American Dictionary]]'', Second Edn., [[Erin McKean]] (editor), 2051 pages, May 2005, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-517077-6}}. |name="OED" }}
|membership_type = [[Member state of the European Union|Member state]]s
|membership =
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  |title = 28 states
  |{{flagcountry|Austria}} |{{flagcountry|Belgium|state}} |{{flagcountry|Bulgaria}}
  |{{flagcountry|Croatia}} |{{flagcountry|Cyprus}} |{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} 
  |{{flagcountry|Denmark}} |{{flagcountry|Estonia}} |{{flagcountry|Finland}} 
  |{{flagcountry|France}}  |{{flagcountry|Germany}} |{{flagcountry|Greece}} 
  |{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |{{flagcountry|Ireland}} |{{flagcountry|Italy}} 
  |{{flagcountry|Latvia}} |{{flagcountry|Lithuania}} |{{flagcountry|Luxembourg}} 
  |{{flagcountry|Malta}} |{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |{{flagcountry|Poland}} 
  |{{flagcountry|Portugal}} |{{flagcountry|Romania}} |{{flagcountry|Slovakia}} 
  |{{flagcountry|Slovenia}} |{{flagcountry|Spain}} |{{flagcountry|Sweden}} 
  |{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} 
 }}
|leader_title1 = [[President of the European Council|President of the European Council]]
|leader_name1 = {{nowrap|[[Herman Van Rompuy]] ([[European People's Party|EPP]])}}
|leader_title2 = [[President of the European Commission|President of the Commission]]
|leader_name2 = {{nowrap|[[José Manuel Barroso]] ([[European People's Party|EPP]])}}
|legislature = [[Legislature of the European Union]]
|upper_house = {{nowrap|[[Council of the European Union]]}}
|lower_house = [[European Parliament]]
|established_event1 = [[Treaty of Paris (1951)|Treaty of Paris]]
|established_date1 = 23 July 1952
|established_event2 = [[Treaty of Rome]]
|established_date2 = 1 January 1958
|established_event3 = {{nowrap|[[Maastricht Treaty|Treaty of Maastricht]]}}
|established_date3 = 1 November 1993
|official_website = {{URL|europa.eu}}
|area_rank = 7th<sup>a</sup><!--gives link to list--><!--Calculated by taking out EU members from the list-->
|area_magnitude = 1 E12
|area_km2 = 4,381,376 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|area_sq_mi = 1,691,658 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|percent_water = 3.08
|population_estimate = 507,890,191{{#tag:ref| {{cite web |url=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=tps00001&tableSelection=1&footnotes=yes&labeling=labels&plugin=1 |title=Total population as of 1 January |publisher=Eurostat |accessdate=23 October 2010}}  |name="eurostat" }}
|population_estimate_rank = 3rd<sup>a</sup><!--gives link to list--><!--Calculated by taking out EU members from the list-->
|population_estimate_year = 2012
|population_density_km2 = 116.2 <!--502,486,499 / 4,324,782km2 = 116.2 people/km2 (1 January 2011)-->
|population_density_sq_mi = 300.9 <!--502,486,499 / 1,669,807sq_mi = 300.9 people/sq_mi (1 January 2011)-->
|population_density_rank = <!--Calculated by taking out EU members from the list-->
<!--IMF GDP data published in September 2011; so please do not use the IMF *projections* for 2011-->
|GDP_PPP = $15.821 trillion{{#tag:ref| {{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=39&pr.y=17&sy=2008&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=998&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=1&a=1 |title=IMF World Economic Outlook Database, April 2012 |publisher=International Monetary Fund |accessdate=23 April 2012}} |name="imf" }}
|GDP_PPP_rank = 1st<sup>a</sup><!--gives link to list--><!--Calculated by taking out EU members from the list-->
|GDP_PPP_year = 2011
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $31,607{{#tag:ref||name="imf"}}<!--same ref as above-->
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 15th<sup>a</sup><!--Calculated by taking out EU members from the list-->
|GDP_nominal = $17.577 trillion{{#tag:ref||name="imf" }}
|GDP_nominal_rank = 1st<sup>a</sup><!--Calculated by taking out EU members from the list-->
|GDP_nominal_year = 2011
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $35,116{{#tag:ref| [http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=21&pr.y=15&sy=2011&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=998&s=NGDPD&grp=1&a=1 Nominal 2011 GDP for the European Union] and [http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=28&pr.y=16&sy=2011&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=941%2C946%2C137%2C122%2C181%2C124%2C918%2C138%2C964%2C182%2C968%2C423%2C935%2C128%2C936%2C939%2C961%2C172%2C184%2C132%2C134%2C174%2C144%2C944%2C178%2C136%2C112&s=LP&grp=0&a= 2011 population for the European Union], [http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/02/weodata/index.aspx World Economic Outlook Database, April 2012], [[International Monetary Fund]]. Accessed on April 23, 2012 |name="imf2" }}
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 14th<sup>a</sup><!--gives link to list--><!--Calculated by taking out EU members from the list-->
|Gini_year = 2010
|Gini_change =  <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|Gini = 30.4 <!--number only-->
|Gini_ref = {{#tag:ref| {{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2172.html |title=Distribution of family income – Gini index |work=The World Factbook |publisher=CIA |accessdate=2012-01-28}} |name="gini" }}
|Gini_rank = 
|HDI_year = 2011
|HDI_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|HDI = 0.876 <!--number only-->
|HDI_ref = <ref name="HDI">Calculated using UNDP data for the member states with weighted population.</ref>
|HDI_rank = 13th<!--Calculated by taking out EU members from the list-->{{\}}25th<sup>a</sup><!--Calculated with EU members in the list-->
|currency =
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 <tr style="height:22px;"><th colspan="4" style="font-size:120%;">[[Eurozone]]{{spaces|2}}{{nobold|{{small|(17 countries)}}}}</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><th>{{flagicon|EU}}<th>[[Euro]]<th>[[Euro sign|€]]<th><code>[[ISO 4217|EUR]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><th colspan="4" style="font-size:120%;">[[Currencies of the European Union|Other currencies]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Bulgaria}}<td>[[Bulgarian lev|Lev]]<td>лв<td><code>[[ISO 4217|BGN]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Croatia}}<td>[[Croatian kuna|Kuna]]<td>kn<td><code>[[ISO 4217|HRK]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}<td>[[Czech koruna|Koruna]]<td>Kč<td><code>[[ISO 4217|CZK]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Denmark}}<td>[[Danish krone|Krone]]<td>kr<td><code>[[ISO 4217|DKK]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Hungary}}<td>[[Hungarian forint|Forint]]<td>Ft<td><code>[[ISO 4217|HUF]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Latvia}}<td>[[Latvian lats|Lats]]<td>Ls<td><code>[[ISO 4217|LVL]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Lithuania}}<td>[[Lithuanian litas|Litas]]<td>Lt<td><code>[[ISO 4217|LTL]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Poland}}<td>[[Polish złoty|Złoty]]<td>zł<td><code>[[ISO 4217|PLN]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Romania}}<td>[[Romanian Leu|Leu]]<td><td><code>[[ISO 4217|RON]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Sweden}}<td>[[Swedish krona|Krona]]<td>kr<td><code>[[ISO 4217|SEK]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}<td>[[Pound sterling]]<td>£<td><code>[[ISO 4217|GBP]]</tr>
 <tr style="height:22px;"><td>{{flagicon|Gibraltar}}<td>[[Gibraltar pound|Pound]]<td>£<td><code>[[ISO 4217|GIP]]</tr>
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|time_zone = 
|utc_offset = +0 to +2
|time_zone_DST = 
|utc_offset_DST = +1 to +3{{#tag:ref| Not including overseas territories |group="lower-alpha"}}
|date_format = 
|cctld = [[.eu]]{{#tag:ref|.eu is representative of the whole of the EU; member states also have their own TLDs. |group="lower-alpha"}}
|calling_code = [[Telephone numbers in the European Union|28 codes]]
|footnote_a = If considered as a single entity.
}}

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