Cameroonis a country inCentral Africa. It is bordered byNigeriato the west;Chadto the northeast; theCentral African Republicto the east; andEquatorial Guinea,Gabon, and theRepublic of the Congoto the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on theBight of Bonny, part of theGulf of Guineaand the Atlantic Ocean.
While Cameroon is not the largest country in Africa, in some ways it's as large as Africa itself. Known as "Africa in miniature" it features French and English speaking portions, Muslim and Christian dominated regions, the tallest mountain in West Africa and terrain that includes rain forest, desert plains, mountains and high plateau.
Its inland capital, Yaoundé, and its biggest city, the seaport Douala, are transit points to ecotourism sites as well as beach resorts like Kribi – near the Chutes de la Lobé waterfalls, which plunge directly into the sea – and Limbe, home to a wildlife center.