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Cameroon (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 06 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 6.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 012 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Earliest inhabitants of region were Pygmies; Bantu-speakers followed and then Muslim Fulani 11th-19th centuries; was part of Cameroons 1869-1922, under German, later Anglo-French control; united with former British trust territory, S Cameroons, in 1961; official languages are French and English, though 24 major African languages are also spoken. |
Names: |
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Cameroun (preferred,C,V,Danish)
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Cameroun (French-P,U,N)
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République du Cameroun (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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Cameroon (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Cameroon (Tagalog)
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Cameroon (Vietnamese)
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Cameroon (Danish)
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Cameroon (Scots Gaelic)
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Cameroon (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Cameroon (Pampanga)
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Republic of Cameroon (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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Kamerun (C,O,Maltese)
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Kamerun (Indonesian)
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Kamerun (Azerbaijani)
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Kamerun (Croatian)
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Kamerun (Bosnian)
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Kamerun (Magyar (Hungarian))
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Kamerun (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Kamerun (Finnish)
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Kamerun (Swedish)
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Kamerun (Polish)
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Kamerun (Slovak)
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Kamerun (Slovene)
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Kamerun (Basque)
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Kamerun (German-P,U,N)
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Kamerun (Low German)
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Kamerun (Albanian)
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Kamerun (Czech)
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Kamerun (Faroese)
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Kamerun (Estonian)
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Kamerun (Turkish)
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Kamerun (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Kamerun (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Kamerun (Norwegian)
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Kamerun (Northern Sami)
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Kamerun (Ido)
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Camerún (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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Camerún (Aragonese)
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Camerún (Asturian)
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Camerún (Galician)
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República del Camerún (C,O,Spanish,U)
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Kameroen (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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Kameroen (Afrikaans)
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Camarão (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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Камерун (C,V,Tajik)
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Камерун (Serbian)
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Камерун (Macedonian)
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Камерун (Kazakh)
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Камерун (Bulgarian)
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Камерун (Russian-P,U)
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Камерун (Ukrainian)
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Камерун (Belarusian)
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Республика Камерун (C,V,Russian,U)
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喀麦隆 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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喀麦隆共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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اكًاميرون (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةً اكًاميرون (C,V,Arabic,U)
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CMR (C,O,ISO3L)
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CM (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO120 (C,O,ISO3N)
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Cameroonian (C,O,English,U,A)
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קמרון (C,U,Hebrew )
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Camarões (C,U,Portuguese)
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Camarún (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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Cameron (C,U,Occitan)
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Cameron (Arpitan)
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Cameronia (C,U,Latin)
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Camerun (C,U,Nauruan)
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Camerun (Ilocano)
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Camerun (Romanian)
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Camerun (Catalan)
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Camerun (Italian)
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Camerun (Romansh)
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Camerun (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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Camerún - Cameroun (C,U,Galician)
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Camerŵn (C,U,Welsh)
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Ca-mơ-run (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Ca-mơ-run (Cameroon) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Federal Republic of Cameroon (C,U)
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Federation of the Camerouns (C,U)
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i-Cameroon (C,U,Zulu)
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Kaameruun (C,U,Somali)
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Kamaru (C,U,Hausa)
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Kamerona (C,U,Malagasy)
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Kameroun (C,U,Breton)
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Kameroun (Cornish)
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Kamerún (C,U,Icelandic)
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Kamerûn (C,U,Kurdish)
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Kamerūna (C,U,Latvian)
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Kamerunän (C,U,Volapük)
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Kamerūnas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Kamerûne (C,U,Sangho)
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Kamerune (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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Kameruni (C,U,Rundi)
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Kameruni (Bambara)
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Kameruni (Albanian)
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Kameruni (Kikuyu)
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Kameruni (Shona)
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Kameruni (Swahili (generic))
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Kamerun nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Kameruno (C,U,Esperanto)
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Kameruun (C,U,Fulah)
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Kameruuni (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Kamɛrun (C,U,Akan)
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Kamɛrune (C,U,Lingala)
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Kemaluni (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Khameruni (C,U,North Ndebele)
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Orílẹ́ède Kamerúúnì (C,U,Yoruba)
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República dos Camarões (C,U,Portuguese)
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République Fédérale du Cameroun (C,U)
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République Unie du Cameroun (C,U)
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Y Camerŵn (C,U,Welsh)
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カメルーン (C,U,Japanese)
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കാമറൂണ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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ಕ್ಯಾಮರೂನ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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كامېرون (C,U,Uyghur)
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Կամերուն (C,U,Armenian)
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کېمرون (C,U,Pashto)
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الكاميرون (C,U,Arabic)
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កាមេរូន (C,U,Khmer)
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केमेरून (C,U,Sanskrit)
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ประเทศแคเมอรูน (C,U,Thai)
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கேமரூன் (C,U,Tamil)
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कामेरान (C,U,Hindi)
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Καμερούν (C,U,Greek)
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कामेरून (C,U,Marathi)
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카메룬 (C,U,Korean)
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קאמרון (C,U,Hebrew )
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ካሜሩን (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ካሜሩን (Amharic)
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კამერუნი (C,U,Georgian)
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كاميرون (C,U,Arabic)
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ຄາເມລູນ (C,U,Lao)
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کامرون (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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ক্যামেরুন (C,U,Bengali)
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แคเมอรูน (C,U,Thai)
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කැමරූන් (C,U,Sinhala)
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कॅमेरून (C,U,Marathi)
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કૅમરૂન (C,U,Gujarati)
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ಕ್ಯಾಮರೋನ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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ကင်မရွန်း (C,U,Burmese)
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कैमरून (C,U,Hindi)
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ཀ་མེ་རུན། (C,U,Tibetan)
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کیمرون (C,U,Urdu)
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カメルーン共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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کامیروون (C,U,Kurdish)
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కెమరూన్ (C,U,Telugu)
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क्यामेरून (C,U,Nepali)
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କାମେରୁନ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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Cameroon, United Republic of (H,V)
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République unie du Cameroun (H,V)
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United Republic of Cameroon (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Additional Parents: |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1960 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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republic (C) |
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former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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trust territory (H) |
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French, 1946-1960 |
mandate (H) |
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French, 1922-1946 |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Yaoundé .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Cameroon, Centre Region) [1088293] |
historical connection .... |
Kotoko Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [8711694] |
member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1995 |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1960 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Federal Republic of Cameroon.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2233387 |
Federation of the Camerouns.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2233387 |
République Fédérale du Cameroun.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2233387 |
République Unie du Cameroun.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2233387 |
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