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   Note: This section last updated 4th April 2021

In Fula (Fulfulde), Adlam script:

(where indicates the decimal separator and the thousands separator). Numbers in Adlam are written from right to left.

In Fula (Fulfulde), Latin script; Ewondo and French:

   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

In English:

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 4th April 2021

In Fula (Fulfulde), Adlam script:

   yyyy-mm-dd

In Fula (Fulfulde), Latin script; Ewondo, English and French:

   dd/mm/yyyy

   14:32   

The official languages of Cameroon are English and French . There are 277 other languages spoken. The most widespread of these are: Ewondo (577 700 speakers); Fulfulde (668 700 speakers) and Cameroon Pidgin (2 000 000 speakers, mainly as a second language).

Any address written in a non-native language will be written in French or English. Deliveries are made only to post office boxes (Boîte Postale, or BP in French).

Though postal deliveries are only to mailing addresses, street addresses will be found for the use of couriers, visitors etc. As not all streets are named, these may often be descriptive and unstructured, using directionals such as “Behind the Cinema”, “Next to the Petrol Station” and “in the vicinity of the Bank”. Examples:

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written as Boîte Postale, or BP in French.

Cameroon has no postal code system.

Cameroon - Postal code format graphic

Cameroon - Postal code format

Cameroon - Postal code specifics

Cameroon - Postal code regular expression

Cameroon - Postal code level of coverage

Cameroon - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 27th July 2014

Refer to Exonyms in Cameroon for full lists of place names in Cameroon in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

Cameroon has 10 provinces , not used in addresses:

    Adamaoua 
    Centre 
    Est/East 
    Extreme-Nord/Far North 
    Littoral/Coast 
    Nord/North 
    Nord-Ouest/Northwest 
    Ouest/West 
    Sud/South 
    Sud-Ouest/Southwest 

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   Note: This section last updated 11th December 2014

Cameroon telephone numbers have no area codes. All numbers are 9 digits long. Mobile numbers commence with 65-67 or 69.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm