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World Gazetteer Results for Mutengene:
NameMutengene
Geographical TypeLocality
Population47478
Latitude
Longitude
CountryCameroon
Administrative DivisionSudouest
3rd Administrative DivisionHodonín
Dictionary Results for Cameroon:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Cameroon
    n 1: an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on
         the West African coast
    2: a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under
       French and British control until 1960 [syn: Cameroon,
       Republic of Cameroon, Cameroun]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Cameroon

   Introduction Cameroon
   ---------------------
                            Background: The former French Cameroon and part
                                        of British Cameroon merged in 1961
                                        to form the present country.
                                        Cameroon has generally enjoyed
                                        stability, which has permitted the
                                        development of agriculture, roads,
                                        and railways, as well as a petroleum
                                        industry. Despite movement toward
                                        democratic reform, political power
                                        remains firmly in the hands of an
                                        ethnic oligarchy.
  
   Geography Cameroon
   ------------------
                              Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight
                                        of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea
                                        and Nigeria
                Geographic coordinates: 6 00 N, 12 00 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 475,440 sq km
                                        water: 6,000 sq km
                                        land: 469,440 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than California
                       Land boundaries: total: 4,591 km
                                        border countries: Central African
                                        Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km,
                                        Republic of the Congo 523 km,
                                        Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298
                                        km, Nigeria 1,690 km
                             Coastline: 402 km
                       Maritime claims: territorial sea: 50 NM
                               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
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Fako (on Cameroon
                                        Mountain) 4,095 m
                     Natural resources: petroleum, bauxite, iron ore,
                                        timber, hydropower
                              Land use: arable land: 12.81%
                                        permanent crops: 2.58%
                                        other: 84.62% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 330 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: volcanic activity with periodic
                                        releases of poisonous gases from
                                        Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes
          Environment - current issues: water-borne diseases are prevalent;
                                        deforestation; overgrazing;
                                        desertification; poaching;
                                        overfishing
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
                                        the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection,
                                        Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber
                                        94
                                        signed, but not ratified: Nuclear
                                        Test Ban
                      Geography - note: sometimes referred to as the hinge
                                        of Africa; throughout the country
                                        there are areas of thermal springs
                                        and indications of current or prior
                                        volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon,
                                        the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan
                                        west Africa, is an active volcano
  
   People Cameroon
   ---------------
                            Population: 16,184,748
                                        note: estimates for this country
                                        explicitly take into account the
                                        effects of excess mortality due to
                                        AIDS; this can result in lower life
                                        expectancy, higher infant mortality
                                        and death rates, lower population
                                        and growth rates, and changes in the
                                        distribution of population by age
                                        and sex than would otherwise be
                                        expected (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 42.1% (male 3,443,505;
                                        female 3,367,571)
                                        15-64 years: 54.5% (male 4,431,524;
                                        female 4,392,155)
                                        65 years and over: 3.4% (male
                                        253,242; female 296,751) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 2.36% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 35.66 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 12.08 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.01 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 68.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 54.36 years
                                        female: 55.23 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 53.51 years
                  Total fertility rate: 4.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 7.73% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 540,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 52,000 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Cameroonian(s)
                                        adjective: Cameroonian
                         Ethnic groups: 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 40%, Christian
                                        40%, Muslim 20%
                             Languages: 24 major African language groups,
                                        English (official), French
                                        (official)
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 63.4%
                                        male: 75%
                                        female: 52.1% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Cameroon
   -------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Cameroon
                                        conventional short form: Cameroon
                                        former: French Cameroon
                       Government type: unitary republic; multiparty
                                        presidential regime (opposition
                                        parties legalized in 1990)
                                        note: preponderance of power remains
                                        with the president
                               Capital: Yaounde
              Administrative divisions: 10 provinces; Adamaoua, Centre, Est,
                                        Extreme-Nord, Littoral, Nord, Nord-
                                        Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Ouest
                          Independence: 1 January 1960 (from French-
                                        administered UN trusteeship)
                      National holiday: Republic Day (National Day), 20 May
                                        (1972)
                          Constitution: 20 May 1972 approved by referendum;
                                        2 June 1972 formally adopted;
                                        revised January 1996
                          Legal system: based on French civil law system,
                                        with common law influence; has not
                                        accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Paul BIYA
                                        (since 6 November 1982)
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        popular vote for a seven-year term;
                                        election last held 12 October 1997
                                        (next to be held NA October 2004);
                                        prime minister appointed by the
                                        president
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Peter Mafany MUSONGE (since 19
                                        September 1996)
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        president from proposals submitted
                                        by the prime minister
                                        election results: President Paul
                                        BIYA reelected; percent of vote -
                                        Paul BIYA 92.6%; note - supporters
                                        of the opposition candidates
                                        boycotted the elections, making a
                                        comparison of vote shares relatively
                                        meaningless
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or
                                        Assemblee Nationale (180 seats;
                                        members are elected by direct
                                        popular vote to serve five-year
                                        terms; note - the president can
                                        either lengthen or shorten the term
                                        of the legislature)
                                        elections: last held 17 May 1997
                                        (next to be held NA 2002)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - RDCP
                                        109, SDF 43, UNDP 13, UDC 5, UPC-
                                        K 1, MDR 1, MLDC 1; note - results
                                        from seven contested seats were
                                        canceled by the Supreme Court,
                                        further elections on 3 August 1997
                                        gave these seats to the RDCP
                                        note: the constitution calls for an
                                        upper chamber for the legislature,
                                        to be called a Senate, but it has
                                        yet to be established
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court (judges are appointed
                                        by the president); High Court of
                                        Justice (consists of nine judges and
                                        6 substitute judges, elected by the
                                        National Assembly)
         Political parties and leaders: Cameroonian Democratic Union or UDC
                                        [Adamou NDAM NJOYA]; Democratic
                                        Rally of the Cameroon People or RDCP
                                        [Paul BIYA]; Movement for the
                                        Defense of the Republic or MDR
                                        [Dakole DAISSALA]; Movement for the
                                        Liberation and Development of
                                        Cameroon or MLDC [leader Marcel
                                        YONDO]; Movement for the Youth of
                                        Cameroon or MYC [Dieudonne TINA];
                                        National Union for Democracy and
                                        Progress or UNDP [Maigari BELLO
                                        BOUBA, chairman]; Social Democratic
                                        Front or SDF [John FRU NDI]; Union
                                        of Cameroonian Populations or UPC
                                        [Augustin Frederic KODOCK]
          Political pressure groups and Southern Cameroon National Council
                               leaders: [Frederick Ebong ALOBWEDE]; Human
                                        Rights Defense Group [Albert MUKONG,
                                        president]
             International organization ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC, C, CCC,
                         participation: CEEAC, CEMAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-19, G-
                                        77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
                                        ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
                                        ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO
                                        (correspondent), ITU, MONUC, NAM,
                                        OAU, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UN Security
                                        Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO,
                                        UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIK, UPU, WCL,
                                        WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jerome
                                        MENDOUGA
                                        chancery: 2349 Massachusetts Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 387-3826
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 265-8790
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador George
                                    US: McDade STAPLES
                                        embassy: Rue Nachtigal, Yaounde
                                        mailing address: P. O. Box 817,
                                        Yaounde; pouch: American Embassy,
                                        Department of State, Washington, DC
                                        20521-2520
                                        telephone: [237] 23-40-14, 22-17-94
                                        FAX: [237] 23-07-53
                                        branch office(s): Douala
                      Flag description: 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 Cameroon
   ----------------
                    Economy - overview: Because of its oil resources and
                                        favorable agricultural conditions,
                                        Cameroon has one of the best-endowed
                                        primary commodity economies in sub-
                                        Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many
                                        of the serious problems facing other
                                        underdeveloped countries, such as a
                                        top-heavy civil service and a
                                        generally unfavorable climate for
                                        business enterprise. Since 1990, the
                                        government has embarked on various
                                        IMF and World Bank programs designed
                                        to spur business investment,
                                        increase efficiency in agriculture,
                                        improve trade, and recapitalize the
                                        nation's banks. In June 2000, the
                                        government completed an IMF-
                                        sponsored, three-year structural
                                        adjustment program; however, the IMF
                                        is pressing for more reforms,
                                        including increased budget
                                        transparency and privatization.
                                        International oil and cocoa prices
                                        have considerable impact on the
                                        economy.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $26.4
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 4.9% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,700
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 44%
                                        industry: 20%
                                        services: 36% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 48% (2000 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (2000 est.)
                           Labor force: NA
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 70%, industry and
                                        commerce 13%, other 17%
                     Unemployment rate: 30% (2001 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $2.2 billion
                                        expenditures: $2.1 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (FY00/01 est.)
                            Industries: petroleum production and refining,
                                        food processing, light consumer
                                        goods, textiles, lumber
     Industrial production growth rate: 4.2% (1999 est.)
              Electricity - production: 3.623 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 2.57%
                                        hydro: 97.43%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 3.369 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber,
                                        bananas, oilseed, grains, root
                                        starches; livestock; timber
                               Exports: $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: crude oil and petroleum products,
                                        lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum,
                                        coffee, cotton
                    Exports - partners: Italy 24%, France 18%, Netherlands
                                        10% (2000 est.)
                               Imports: $1.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery, electrical equipment,
                                        transport equipment, fuel, food
                    Imports - partners: France 29%, Germany 7%, US 6%, Japan
                                        6% (2000 est.)
                       Debt - external: $10.9 billion (2000 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: on 23 January 2001, the Paris Club
                                        agreed to reduce Cameroon's debt of
                                        $1.3 billion by $900 million; total
                                        debt relief now amounts to $1.26
                                        billion
                              Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine
                                        franc (XAF); note - responsible
                                        authority is the Bank of the Central
                                        African States
                         Currency code: XAF
                        Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine
                                        francs (XAF) per US dollar - 742.79
                                        (January 2002), 733.04 (2001),
                                        711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95
                                        (1998), 583.67 (1997); note - from 1
                                        January 1999, the XAF is pegged to
                                        the euro at a rate of 655.957 XAF
                                        per euro
                           Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
  
   Communications Cameroon
   -----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 95,000 (2001)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 300,000 (2002)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: available only
                                        to business and government
                                        domestic: cable, microwave radio
                                        relay, and tropospheric scatter
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
                                        Ocean)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 11, FM 8, shortwave 3 (1998)
                                Radios: 2.27 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 1 (1998)
                           Televisions: 450,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .cm
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 29 (2002)
                        Internet users: 20,000 (2000)
                                        note: in 2000, Cameroon also had 112
                                        cyber-cafes
  
   Transportation Cameroon
   -----------------------
                              Railways: total: 1,104 km
                                        narrow gauge: 1,104 km 1.000-m gauge
                                        (1995 est.)
                              Highways: total: 34,300 km
                                        paved: 4,288 km
                                        unpaved: 30,012 km (1995)
                             Waterways: 2,090 km (of decreasing importance)
                     Ports and harbors: Bonaberi, Douala, Garoua, Kribi,
                                        Tiko
                              Airports: 49 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 11
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1
                                        under 914 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 38
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 21
                                        under 914 m: 10 (2001)
  
   Military Cameroon
   -----------------
                       Military branches: Army, Navy (includes naval
                                          infantry), Air Force, National
                                          Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard
        Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
        Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 3,872,965 (2002
                                          est.)
     Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 1,959,357 (2002
                                 service: est.)
             Military manpower - reaching males: 174,308 (2002 est.)
                   military age annually:
           Military expenditures - dollar $118.6 million (FY00/01)
                                  figure:
       Military expenditures - percent of 1.4% (FY98/99)
                                     GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Cameroon
   -----------------------------
              Disputes - international: oral arguments on the land and
                                        maritime boundary disputes between
                                        Cameroon and Nigeria were presented
                                        to the ICJ; disputes center around
                                        Bakasi Peninsula, where armed
                                        clashes continue, Bouram Island on
                                        Lake Chad, and the maritime boundary
                                        and economic zone dispute in the
                                        Gulf of Guinea, which also involves
                                        Equatorial Guinea; Lake Chad Basin
                                        Commission urges signatories
                                        Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
                                        to ratify delimitation treaty over
                                        lake region, the site of continuing
                                        armed clashes
  
                                       



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