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1st Flag of Cameroon: A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow. [8] 1916–1960: Flag of The French Cameroon: A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). 1916–1961: Flag of The United Kingdom: A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). 1916–1961
Flag of British Cameroon: 1957–1961: Flag of Cameroon: 1961–1975: Flag of Cameroon: 1876–1910: Flag of the Cape Colony: 1975–1992: Flag of Cape Verde: 1963–1975: Flag of the Comoros: 1975–1978: Flag of the Comoros: 1978–1992: Flag of the Comoros: 1992–1996: Flag of the Comoros: 1996–2001: Flag of the Comoros: 1885–1960: Flag ...
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English: This map shows the English-language names of the countries of Africa during the Colonial era (specifically, in the year 1947), and is colour-coded according to the colonial powers. Català: Mapa de l'Àfrica colonial el 1947
British Cameroons or British Cameroon was a British mandate territory in British West Africa, formed of the Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons.Today, the Northern Cameroons forms parts of the Borno, Adamawa and Taraba states of Nigeria, [1] while the Southern Cameroons forms part of the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon.
Cameroon, [a] officially the Republic of Cameroon, [b] is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , and the Republic of the Congo to the south.
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.
French Cameroon (91% of current Cameroon) (1918–1960) (formerly a German colony, Mandate, Protectorate then French Colony) São Tomé and Príncipe (1709) The Senegalese Tirailleurs, led by Colonel Alfred-Amédée Dodds, conquered Dahomey (present-day Benin) in 1892. French East Africa and Indian Ocean French Madagascar (1896–1960)