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South Region

The South Region is located in the southwestern and south-central portion of the . It is bordered to the east by the , to the north by the , to the northwest by the , to the west by the Gulf of Guinea, and to the south by the countries of , , and .
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  • Type: State with 635,000 residents
  • Description: region of Cameroon
  • Also known as: “South” and “South Province”

South Region

Latitude
2.7312° or 2° 43′ 53″ north
Longitude
11.6255° or 11° 37′ 32″ east
Population
635,000
Elevation
654 metres (2,146 feet)
Open location code
6FJHPJJG+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2169076412
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2221789
Wiki­data ID
Q857122
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“South Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المنطقة الجنوبية”
  • Arabic: “جنوب”
  • Asturian: “Rexón del Sur”
  • Asturian: “Rexón Sur”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub bölgəsi”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldea (Kamerun)”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldea”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы рэгіён”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিন/সাউথ”
  • Breton: “Rannvro ar C’hreisteiz”
  • Breton: “Rannvro ar Su”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Su”
  • Catalan: “Regió del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “South Region”
  • Chinese: “Sud Chiu”
  • Chinese: “南部区”
  • Chinese: “南部區”
  • Chinese: “南部省”
  • Danish: “Sud”
  • Danish: “Syd Region”
  • Dutch: “Sud”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Kameruno”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Regiono”
  • Estonian: “Lõunapiirkond”
  • Finnish: “South”
  • Finnish: “Sud”
  • French: “Province du sud”
  • French: “Province du Sud”
  • French: “Région du Sud”
  • French: “Sud du Cameroun”
  • French: “Sud”
  • Galician: “Rexión do Sur”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთის რეგიონი”
  • German: “CM-SU”
  • German: “Kamerun-Sud”
  • German: “Sud”
  • German: “Süd”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια του Νότου, Καμερούν”
  • Greek: “Περιφέρεια του Νότου”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ”
  • Hebrew: “אזור הדרום”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Region Selatan, Kamerun”
  • Indonesian: “Region Selatan”
  • Italian: “Provincia del Sud”
  • Italian: “regione del Sud”
  • Italian: “Regione del Sud”
  • Italian: “Sud”
  • Japanese: “南部州”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ”
  • Korean: “남부주”
  • Kotava: “KamerunaSudGola”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidu reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų regionas”
  • Malay: “South Region, Cameroon”
  • Malay: “South Region”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sud Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sud (Regiuun uun Kameruun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sud”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sud”
  • Norwegian: “Sud”
  • Persian: “منطقه جنوب”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Południowa”
  • Polish: “Region Południowy”
  • Portuguese: “Região Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Sud”
  • Portuguese: “Sul”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Sud, Camerun”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Sud”
  • Russian: “Южный регион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jug (regija, Kamerun)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jug”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණ”
  • Slovenian: “South”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Region del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Región del Sur”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kusini, Kamerun”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kusini”
  • Swedish: “Södra regionen”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Çanubī”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ҷанубӣ”
  • Tamil: “சவுத்”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு மண்டலம்”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк төбәк”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ”
  • Thai: “เซาท์”
  • Turkish: “Güney Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “South Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Південний регіон”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی ریجن”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Phía Nam”
  • Wu Chinese: “南部区 (喀麦隆)”
  • Wu Chinese: “南部区（喀麦隆）”
  • Wu Chinese: “南部区”
  • Yoruba: “Gúúsù”

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