Douala, on the Bight of Bonny, with an estimated population of 637,000, is the chief port. Cameroon contains about 140 ethnic groups who speak 24 major languages. Among the more important ethnic groups are the Bamileke, a Bantu-speaking people, and the Fulani, a Muslim people. French and English are both official languages. Education French principles of education predominate in Cameroon's secondary and technical schools.
Mission schools play an important role in education and are partly subsidized by the government.
In the late 1980s total annual enrollment in primary schools was about 1,723,000, and in secondary schools, about 288,500. The University of Yaound , which was established in 1962, has faculties of law, arts, and science. A total of more than 19,500 students are enrolled in institutions of higher education. Economy Agricultural activities are the main occupation of the vast majority of the population of Cameroon. Livestock raising is important in the Adamawa Massif region.