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Republic of Cameroon
former: French Cameroon
former: British Cameroon
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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95,000 (2001) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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300,000 (2002) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: available only to business and government
domestic: cable, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (2002) |
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Radios:
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2.27 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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1 (2002) |
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Televisions:
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450,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.cm |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2002) |
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Internet users:
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45,000
note: Cameroon also had more than 100 cyber-cafes in 2001 (December 2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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1,008 km
narrow gauge: 1,008 km 1.000-m gauge (2002) |
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Highways:
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total: 34,300 km
paved: 4,288 km unpaved: 30,012 km (2000) |
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Waterways:
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2,090 km (of decreasing importance) (2002) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Bonaberi, Douala, Garoua, Kribi, Tiko |
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Airports:
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49 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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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 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 38
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 20 under 914 m: 11 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force, National Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard |
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Military manpower - military age:
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18 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 3,872,965 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,959,357 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 174,308 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$118.6 million (FY00/01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.4% (FY98/99) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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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 |