South-West Region
The Southwest Region or South-West Region is a region with special status in Cameroon. Its capital is Buea. As of 2015, its population was 1,553,320. Along with the Northwest Region, it is one of the two Anglophone regions of Cameroon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: region of Cameroon with 1,320,000 residents
- Description: region of Cameroon
- Also known as: “South-West”, “South-West Province”, “Southwest”, “Southwest Province”, and “Southwest Region”
South-West Region
- Category: electoral unit
- Location: Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“South-West Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المنطقة الجنوبية الغربية”
- Arabic: “جنوب غرب”
- Armenian: “Հարավարևմտյան շրջան”
- Asturian: “Rexón del Suroeste”
- Asturian: “Rexón Suroeste”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənub-qərb bölgəsi”
- Basque: “Hego-mendebaldea (Kamerun)”
- Basque: “Hego-mendebaldea”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Заходні рэгіён, Камерун”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёва-заходні рэгіён”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Заходні рэгіён”
- Bengali: “সাউথওয়েস্ট”
- Catalan: “Regió del Sud-oest”
- Cebuano: “South-West Region”
- Chinese: “Sud-Ouest Chiu”
- Chinese: “西南区”
- Danish: “Sud-Ouest”
- Danish: “Sydvest region”
- Dutch: “Sud-Ouest”
- Esperanto: “Sudokcidenta Kameruno”
- Esperanto: “Sudokcidenta Regiono”
- Estonian: “Edelapiirkond”
- Finnish: “Southwest”
- Finnish: “Sud-Ouest”
- French: “Province du Sud-Ouest”
- French: “Région du Sud-Ouest”
- French: “Sud-Ouest du Cameroun”
- French: “Sud-Ouest”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთ-დასავლეთის რეგიონი”
- German: “Sud-Ouest”
- Greek: “Νοτιοδυτική Περιφέρεια, Καμερούν”
- Gujarati: “સાઉથવેસ્ટ”
- Hebrew: “אזור דרום-מערב”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण पश्चिम”
- Indonesian: “Region Barat Daya, Kamerun”
- Italian: “regione del Sudovest”
- Italian: “Regione del Sudovest”
- Japanese: “南西州”
- Kannada: “ನೈಋತ್ಯ”
- Korean: “남서부주”
- Kotava: “KamerunaSudOuestGola”
- Latvian: “Dienvidrietumu reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Pietvakarių regionas”
- Malay: “Southwest”
- Marathi: “साऊथवेस्ट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sud-Ouest Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Sud-Ouest (Regiuun uun Kameruun)”
- Northern Frisian: “Sud-Ouest”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sud-Ouest”
- Norwegian: “Sud-Ouest”
- Persian: “منطقه جنوب غربی”
- Polish: “Region Południowo-Zachodni”
- Portuguese: “Sudoeste”
- Romanian: “Provincia de Sud-Vest, Camerun”
- Russian: “Юго-Западный регион”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jugozapad (regija, Kamerun)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jugozapad”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු බටහිර”
- Slovenian: “Jugozahod”
- Slovenian: “Southwest”
- Spanish: “Region del Sudoeste”
- Spanish: “Región del Sudoeste”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kusini-Magharibi, Kamerun”
- Swedish: “Sydvästra regionen”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Ҷануби Ғарбӣ”
- Tamil: “சௌதவெஸ்ட்”
- Tamil: “தென்மேற்கு மண்டலம்”
- Tatar: “Көньяк-Көнбатыш төбәге”
- Telugu: “వాయవ్య”
- Thai: “เซาร์ทเวส”
- Turkish: “Güneybatı Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Південно-Західний регіон”
- Urdu: “جنوب مغربی ریجن”
- Urdu: “جنوب مغربی علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Tây Nam”
- Wu Chinese: “西南区 (喀麦隆)”
- Wu Chinese: “西南区（喀麦隆）”
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