CAMEROON: 10 Interesting Facts You Didn't Know. Courses SPEAK SWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS👉🏼https://theafricanscript.ck.page/speakswahili SELLING ON JUMIA👉🏼https://theafricanscript.ck.page/sellingonjumia Travel Documentation Apply For Your VISA Here👉🏼https://www.ivisa.com/apply-online?utm_source=theafricanscript Passport Photos👉🏼https://www.ivisa.com/photos?utm_source=theafricanscript Become A Channel Member YOUTUBE👉🏼 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3qg5SxJHWUx7Zp4mhXaIMg/join PATREON👉🏼 https://www.patreon.com/theafricanmythsshow?fan_landing=true PAYONEER SUPPORT👉🏼gnn.abdul@gmail.com Buy Channel Merchandise STORE👉🏼https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3qg5SxJHWUx7Zp4mhXaIMg/store Sponsorships, Mentions & Consultations EMAIL👉🏼ganwinmarketing@gmail.com Visit Our Blog 👉🏼https://theafricanscript.blogspot.com/ Social Media FACEBOOK 👉🏼 https://www.facebook.com/The-African-Myths-Show-495431917645385/?modal=admin_todo_tour In this video, we present the 10 most interesting facts about Cameroon that you probably didn't know. Cameroon is a Central African country with a population of 25 million people. Its capital city is Yaounde and the Largest city is Douala. CAMEROON: 10 Interesting Facts You Didn't Know 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - Canada In Africa 2:05 - Wettest Country 2:37 - African Soccer Kings 3:35 - Home To The World's Giant Frog 4:29 - Second Longest-Serving President 5:17 - Second Most Linguistic Country 5:53 - Girls Marry at 15 Years 6:28 - Triangular Map 6:57 - World's Most Dangerous Lake 7:45 - The Best Flora & Fauna Canada In Africa Cameroon is both an Anglophone and Francophone country. This makes it the only country that has had both languages considered as official languages since achieving her independence. English is spoken in the South West and North west regions whereas French is spoken in the rest of the country. Wettest Country Debundscha Point on Mount Cameroon (along with the nearby village of Debundscha) is one of wettest places on Earth. It has mean annual precipitation of more than 10,000mm – an average rarely seen elsewhere in the world. African Soccer Kings Cameroon has the second most successful African football team after Egypt. They have won the Africa Cup of Nations championship five times and have been runners up twice. Home To The World's Giant Frog The world’s largest frog can be found in Cameroon. The goliath frog (Conraua goliath) can grow up to 34cm long, weigh over 3.2kg and builds their own ponds using heavy rocks. Second Longest-Serving President In 2018, President Paul Biya was elected for a seventh term. Biya has been president since 1982, making him Africa’s second-longest serving leader and, at 88 in 2021, he is the oldest leader in Africa. Second Most Linguistic Country There are as many as 275 local languages spoken in Cameroon, making it one of the most linguistically diverse countries. Girls Marry at 15 Years In cameroon, the legal age for mariage for girls is 15 years. This has received alo of cristism from the international community Triangular Map If you look attentively at a map of the country, it looks like an elongated triangle. World's Most Dangerous Lake In 1986, poisonous gas was discharged from Lake Nyos killing around 1,800 people and 3,500 livestock as well as innumerable birds and insects. Carbon dioxide from a pocket of volcanic magma below the Earth’s crust slowly accumulates on the bottom of the lake before eventually discharging. Scientists have now installed pipes to safely vent the gas. The Best Flora & Fauna Did you know that every variety of flora and fauna that is available in tropical Africa can be found in Cameroon as well? It is home to at least 409 species of mammals and 165 species of birds. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Comoros, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leon, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe DISCLAIMER: Some links above are affiliate links. This means If you click the link and purchase something I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us to continue creating these videos - Thank you for supporting the channel!

• published: 24 Jul 2021
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