South-West Region

The Southwest Region or South-West Region is a region with special status in . Its capital is . As of 2015, its population was 1,553,320. Along with the , it is one of the two Anglophone regions of Cameroon.
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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

Latitude
5.2° or 5° 12′ north
Longitude
9.3° or 9° 18′ east
Population
1,320,000
Elevation
270 metres (886 feet)
Open location code
6FQF6822+22
Geo­Names ID
2221788
Wiki­data ID
Q607499
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“South-West Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ-ምዕራብ”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة الجنوبية الغربية”
  • Arabic: “جنوب غرب”
  • Armenian: “Հարավարևմտյան շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Rexón del Suroeste”
  • Asturian: “Rexón Suroeste”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub-qərb bölgəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub-Qərb”
  • Basque: “Hego-mendebaldea (Kamerun)”
  • Basque: “Hego-mendebaldea”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Заходні рэгіён, Камерун”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёва-заходні рэгіён”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Заходні рэгіён”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ-পশ্চিম”
  • Bengali: “সাউথওয়েস্ট”
  • Catalan: “Regió del Sud-oest”
  • Cebuano: “South-West Region”
  • Chinese: “Sud-Ouest Chiu”
  • Chinese: “西南区”
  • Croatian: “Regija Jugozapad”
  • 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”
  • Galician: “Rexión do Suroeste”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ-დასავლეთის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Sud-Ouest”
  • German: “Südwesten”
  • Greek: “Νοτιοδυτική Περιφέρεια, Καμερούν”
  • Gujarati: “સાઉથવેસ્ટ”
  • Hausa: “Kudu-Yamma”
  • Hebrew: “אזור דרום-מערב”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण पश्चिम”
  • Indonesian: “Region Barat Daya, Kamerun”
  • Italian: “regione del Sudovest”
  • Italian: “Regione del Sudovest”
  • Japanese: “南西州”
  • Japanese: “南西部”
  • Javanese: “Kidul-Kulon”
  • Kannada: “ನೈಋತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік-Батыс”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк-Батыс”
  • Korean: “남서부주”
  • Kotava: “KamerunaSudOuestGola”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidrietumu reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietvakarių regionas”
  • Malay: “Barat Daya”
  • Malay: “Southwest”
  • Marathi: “साऊथवेस्ट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sud-Ouest Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “Region Barat Daya, Kamerun”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sud-Ouest (Regiuun uun Kameruun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sud-Ouest”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sud-Ouest”
  • Norwegian: “Sud-Ouest”
  • Oromo: “Kibba-Lixa”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ-ਪੱਛਮ”
  • Persian: “جنوب‌غربی”
  • Persian: “منطقه جنوب غربی”
  • Polish: “Region Południowo-Zachodni”
  • Portuguese: “Sudoeste”
  • Pushto: “سوېل لويديځ”
  • 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”
  • Somali: “Koonfur-Galbeed”
  • Spanish: “Region del Sudoeste”
  • Spanish: “Región del Sudoeste”
  • Spanish: “Suroeste”
  • Swahili: “Kusini-Magharibi”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kusini-Magharibi, Kamerun”
  • Swedish: “Sydvästra regionen”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ҷануби Ғарбӣ”
  • Tajik: “Ҷануби-Ғарбӣ”
  • Tamil: “சௌதவெஸ்ட்”
  • Tamil: “தென்மேற்கு மண்டலம்”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк-Батыш”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк-Көнбатыш төбәге”
  • Telugu: “వాయవ్య”
  • Thai: “เซาร์ทเวส”
  • Turkish: “Güneybatı Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Південно-Західний регіон”
  • Urdu: “جنوب مغربی ریجن”
  • Urdu: “جنوب مغربی علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janub-G’arb”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Tây Nam”
  • Wu Chinese: “西南区 (喀麦隆)”
  • Wu Chinese: “西南区（喀麦隆）”

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