Territory of Cameroun Territoire du Cameroun | |||||||||
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1916–1960 | |||||||||
Status | Mandate of France | ||||||||
Capital | Yaoundé 3°51′59.108″N 11°31′14.027″E / 3.86641889°N 11.52056306°E | ||||||||
Official languages | French | ||||||||
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Religion | Christianity, Bwiti, Islam | ||||||||
Government | Mandate | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• German Cameroon partitioned | 20 July 1916 | ||||||||
• independence as Cameroon | 1 January 1960 | ||||||||
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French Cameroon, also known as the French Cameroons (French: Cameroun), was a French mandate territory in Central Africa. It now forms part of the independent country of Cameroon.