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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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The Poney Mousseye is a breed of small Cameroon pony, standing up to 12 hands high and occurring in various colours, but mostly grey. They have great stamina and endurance and are unusually resistant to the sleeping sickness spread by the tsetse fly that also lives around the river Logone. The Poney Mousseye is a placid, good natured and gentle pony good for riding.
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The Bamessing are a tribe of Cameroon.
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The Bamum (Mum, Mom) are a sedentary people of West Africa centred around Foumban in Cameroon. They are primarily farmers, who conduct a little fishing and less hunting, growing chiefly maize, millet, cassava and sweet potatoes.
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The term pygmies describes various indigenous races of people found in Africa who are characterised by their very short stature. Most of the pygmy tribes are forest dwellers living in the area of central Africa around the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo and Gabon.
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The franc was the former principle monetary unit of France and later Belgium and is the principle monetary unit of Switzerland, Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda and some other countries. The first French franc was struck, in gold, in 1360 and bore an impression of John II on horseback. The name franc was given from the device Francorum Rex, king of the French, on the coin when first struck.
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CM is an abbreviation for Cameroon
CM is an abbreviation for Master in Surgery
CM is an abbreviation for Centimetre
CM is an abbreviation for Command Module
CM is an abbreviation for Congregation of the Mission
CM is an abbreviation for Candidate Material
CM is an abbreviation for Centre Matched
CM is an abbreviation for Centre of Mass
CM is an abbreviation for Circular Mil
CM is an abbreviation for Common Meter
CM is an abbreviation for Configuration Management
CM is an abbreviation for Continuous Monitoring
CM is an abbreviation for Counter Measure
The Bakassi is a Cameroon light forces type P 48S missile patrol craft of 308 tons displacement, launched in October 1982. Two SACM AGO 195V16 CZSHR diesel engines rated at 6400 hp provide a speed of 25 knots and a range of 2000 miles at 16 knots. She is manned by a crew of 39 including six officers. She caries eight Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 missiles in two quad launchers and two Bofors 40 mm/70 guns.
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Adamawa is a hilly region of the Sudan ,partly in Nigeria and partly in Cameroon.
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The Adoumaoua Massif is a plateau rich in bauxite and an important grazing land in central Cameroon.
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