Passport/Visa Requirements: Passports, visas, proof of onward passage and sufficient funds are required of Australian, Canadian, U.K. and U.S. citizens. Reconfirm travel document requirements with your carrier before departing.
Population: 15,421,937.
Languages: English, French, indigenous languages..
Predominant Religions: Animist, Christian, Islamic..
Time Zone: 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (+1 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is not observed.
Voltage Requirements: 220 volts.
Telephone Codes: 237, country code;
For More Information
Tourist OfficesCameroon does not have tourist offices in Australia, Canada or the the U.K.
Cameroonian Embassies
Canada: High Commission of Cameroon, 170 Clemow Ave., Ottawa, ON K1S 2B4. Phone 613-236-1522. Fax 613-236-3885. E-mail cameroon@comnet.ca.
U.K.: High Commission of Cameroon, 84 Holland Park, London W11 3SB. Phone 20-7727-0771. Fax 20-7792-9353.
U.S.: Embassy of Cameroon, 2349 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20008. Phone 202-265-8790. Fax 202-387-3826.
Cameroon does not have diplomatic representation in Australia.
Foreign Embassies Serving Cameroon
Australia is represented by its embassy in Nigeria: 2 Ozumba Mbadiwe Ave., Victoria Island, Lagos. Phone 234-1-261-8875. Fax 234-1-261-8703. E-mail ahclagos@hyperia.com.
Canadian High Commission, Immeuble Stamatiades, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, Yaounde. Phone 232-311. Fax 221-090. E-mail yunde@dfait-maeci.gc.ca.
British High Commission, Avenue Winston Churchill, Yaounde. Phone 220-545. Fax 220-148. E-mail BHC@yaounde.mail.fco.gov.uk.
U.S. Embassy, Rue Nachtigal, Yaounde. Phone 234-014. Fax 230-753. There is a U.S. Embassy office in Douala. Phone 425-331. Fax 427-790.
Additional Reading
Travels in West Africa by Mary Kingsley (Phoenix Press). The Victorian explorer's account of her travels in west and central Africa.
The Innocent Anthropologist: Notes from a Mud Hut by Nigel Barley (Waveland Press). An anthropologist's humorous look at his experiences in northern Cameroon.
Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon by Makuchi (Ohio University Press). Short pieces of fiction about women in Cameroon.
