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Cameroon
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Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroons coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. French and English are the languages of Cameroon. The country is referred to as Africa in miniature for its geological and cultural diversity. Natural features include beaches, deserts, mountains, rainforests, the country is well known for its native styles of music, particularly makossa and bikutsi, and for its successful national football team. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area Rio dos Camarões, which became Cameroon in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate in the north in the 19th century, Cameroon became a German colony in 1884 known as Kamerun. After World War I, the territory was divided between France and the United Kingdom as League of Nations mandates, the Union des Populations du Cameroun political party advocated independence, but was outlawed by France in the 1950s, leading to the Cameroonian Independence War. It waged war on French and UPC militant forces until 1971, in 1960, the French-administered part of Cameroon became independent as the Republic of Cameroun under President Ahmadou Ahidjo. The southern part of British Cameroons federated with it in 1961 to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon, the federation was abandoned in 1972. The country was renamed the United Republic of Cameroon in 1972, Cameroon enjoys relatively high political and social stability. This has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, railways, nevertheless, large numbers of Cameroonians live in poverty as subsistence farmers. Power lies firmly in the hands of the president since 1982, Paul Biya. The English-speaking territories of Cameroon have grown increasingly alienated from the government, politicians and civil society in English-speaking regions have called for greater decentralization and even complete separation or independence from the former French-governed territories. The territory of present-day Cameroon was first settled during the Neolithic Era, the longest continuous inhabitants are groups such as the Baka. From here, Bantu migrations into eastern, southern, and central Africa are believed to have originated about 2,000 years ago, the Sao culture arose around Lake Chad c. AD500 and gave way to the Kanem and its successor state, kingdoms, fondoms, and chiefdoms arose in the west. Portuguese sailors reached the coast in 1472 and they noted an abundance of the ghost shrimp Lepidophthalmus turneranus in the Wouri River and named it Rio dos Camarões, which became Cameroon in English
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Telephone numbers in Ghana
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The Ghana telephone numbering plan is the system used for assigning telephone numbers in Ghana. It is regulated by the National Communications Authority, which responsibility for telecommunications. Since 1 May 2010, all numbers and mobile numbers have 9 national numbers after the 0 trunk code. Due to the unreliability of fixed-line infrastructure in Ghana, mobile phones are widely used. Competition among the various mobile carriers has spurred growth with a penetration rate of 98% in 2010. The poor call quality of mobile phones, however, means more people hold more than one mobile phone. The various mobile carriers in Ghana have each assigned a network code
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Telephone numbers in France
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The French telephone numbering plan is not only used for metropolitan France but also for the French overseas departments and some overseas collectivities. 09 Non-geographic number All geographic numbers are dialed in the ten-digit format, the international access code also changed from 19 to the International Telecommunication Unions recommended 00, bringing France into line with many other countries. When calling France from abroad, the leading zero should be omitted, for example, to call a number in Southwest France, French people usually state phone numbers as a sequence of five double-digit numbers, e. g. 0x xx xx xx xx. For numbers in the Île-de-France surrounding Paris, the old codes 3 and 6 joined the old seven digit numbers to become eight digit numbers and were assigned to the Paris area code 1, in 1996, this changed to the present ten-digit system. Following liberalisation in 1998, subscribers could access different carriers by replacing the 0 with another digit, for example, Cegetel required subscribers to dial 7, e. g. Paris 71 xx xx xx xx, instead of 01 xx xx xx xx. Similarly, the access code using Cegetel would be 70 instead of 00. The 09 prefix was introduced in September 2006 and older numbers such as 08 7X XX XX XX are replaced by 09 5X XX XX XX, guadeloupe shares its country code with the collectivities Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin). Calls between the DOMs and metropolitan France require only the 0 to be dialed. g, on 21 June 1996, Monaco similarly adopted its own country code 377, replacing access from France. Internet in France ARCEP, La numérotation, French official plan French Phone system by Whitepages World Telephone Numbering Guide, France
