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Geography - note Cameroon, in 30 editions.

The entry for Cameroon published Geography - note in 30 editions of 36, from 1996 to 2025. The text changed in 3 editions. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.

editions changed the text
3
the first edition with it
1996
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Geographic note” (1996), “Geography - note” (1997 to 2025), “Geography-note” (1998) and “Geography--note” (1999).

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The same text in 8 editions, 2017 to 2024.

  • sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa because of its central location on the continent and its position at the west-south juncture of the Gulf of Guinea;
  • throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity;
  • Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano

sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa; Africa because of its central location on the continent and its position at the west-south juncture of the Gulf of Guinea; throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Cameroon: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 1996–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/cameroon/geography-note.

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