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Christianity is the majority religion in Cameroon, with significant minorities of the adherents of Islam and traditional faiths. Cameroon is officially a secular country. Christian churches and Muslim centers of various denominations operate freely throughout Cameroon , while the traditionalists operate in their shrines and temples, which are ...
The Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), or in Latin (Universitas Catholica Cameruniae) is a private university located in Bamenda in the North West region of the Republic of Cameroon. It is the Provincial University of the Catholic Church in the Anglophone part of Cameroon and the only Catholic Institution of Higher Education founded by ...
The earliest known civilization to have left clear traces of their presence in the territory of modern Cameroon is known as the Sao civilisation. [6] Known for their elaborate terracotta and bronze artwork and round, walled settlements in the Lake Chad Basin, little else is known with any certainty due to the lack of historical records.
Eight out of the ten regions of Cameroon are primarily francophone and two are anglophone. The official percentage of French and English speakers by the Presidency of Cameroon is estimated to be 70% and 30% respectively. [6] Cameroon is a Francophone and Anglophone country, and in 2023, French is spoken by 11.8 million people out of 28.7 ...
Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon (English Archived 2017-12-15 at the Wayback Machine and French versions). 18 January 1996. Accessed 4 January 2007. Accessed 4 January 2007. DeLancey, Mark W., and Mark Dike DeLancey (2000): Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (3rd ed.).
The regions of Cameroon are divided into 58 divisions or departments. The divisions are further subdivided into subdivisions (arrondissements) and districts. The divisions are listed below, by Macro-Region and region. The constitution divides Cameroon into ten semi-autonomous regions, each under the administration of an elected Regional Council.
A United Nations referendum was held in the British Cameroons on 11 February 1961 to determine whether the territory should join neighbouring Cameroon or Nigeria.This followed an earlier plebiscite in the Northern Cameroons in 1959 which voted to postpone a decision.
The 2016–2017 Cameroonian protests (later known as the Coffin Revolution [5]) were a series of protests that occurred following the appointment of Francophone judges in English-speaking areas of the Republic of Cameroon. [6]