West Region

The West Region is 14,000 km2 of territory located in the central-western portion of the . It borders the to the northwest, the to the northeast, the to the southeast, the to the southwest, and the to the west.
  • State with about 2,270,000 residents
  • Description: region of Cameroon
  • Also known as
    “West”
    “West Province”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foumbot.
is a town and commune in .
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Latitude
5.5211° or 5° 31′ 16″ north
Longitude
10.6529° or 10° 39′ 10″ east
Open location code
6FQGGMC3+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yoruba—“West Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ምዕራብ”
  • Arabic: “الغرب”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Rexón del Oeste”
  • Asturian: “Rexón Oeste”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərb”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldea (Kamerun)”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldea”
  • Belarusian: “Заходні рэгіён”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েস্ট”
  • Breton: “Rannvro ar C’hornaoueg”
  • Breton: “Rannvro ar C’hornôg”
  • Breton: “Rannvro ar C’huzh-heol”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Kornaoueg”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Kornôg”
  • Catalan: “Regió Oest”
  • Cebuano: “West Region”
  • Chinese: “西部区”
  • Chinese: “西部區”
  • Croatian: “Regija Zapad”
  • Danish: “Ouest”
  • Danish: “Vest Region”
  • Dutch: “Ouest”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Kameruno”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Regiono”
  • Estonian: “Läänepiirkond”
  • Finnish: “Ouest”
  • Finnish: “West”
  • French: “Ouest”
  • French: “Province de l’Ouest”
  • French: “Région de l’Ouest”
  • French: “Région de Ouest”
  • Galician: “Rexión do Oeste”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Ouest”
  • German: “West”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Περιφέρεια, Καμερούν”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Περιφέρεια”
  • Gujarati: “વેસ્ટ”
  • Hausa: “Yamma”
  • Hebrew: “אזור המערב”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम”
  • Indonesian: “Region Barat, Kamerun”
  • Indonesian: “Region Barat”
  • Italian: “Regione dell’Ovest”
  • Japanese: “西部州”
  • Javanese: “Kulon”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс”
  • Kirghiz: “Батыс”
  • Korean: “서부주”
  • Kotava: “KamerunaOuestGola”
  • Latvian: “Rietumu reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų regionas”
  • Malay: “West Region, Cameroon”
  • Malay: “West Region”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ouest Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “Region Barat, Kamerun”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ouest (Regiuun uun Kameruun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ouest”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ouest”
  • Norwegian: “Ouest”
  • Oromo: “Lixa”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮ”
  • Persian: “منطقه غرب”
  • Polish: “Region Zachodni”
  • Portuguese: “Oeste”
  • Pushto: “لويديځ”
  • Pushto: “لوېديځه سيمه”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Vest, Camerun”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Vest”
  • Russian: “Западный регион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapad (regija, Kamerun)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapad”
  • Sinhala: “බස්නාහිර”
  • Slovenian: “Ouest”
  • Slovenian: “West”
  • Slovenian: “Zahod”
  • Somali: “Galbeed”
  • Spanish: “Región del Oeste”
  • Spanish: “Región Occidental”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Magharibi, Kamerun”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Magharibi”
  • Swedish: “Västra regionen”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ғарбӣ”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு மண்டலம்”
  • Tamil: “வெஸ்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Батыш”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш төбәге”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ”
  • Thai: “เวส”
  • Turkish: “Batı Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний регіон”
  • Urdu: “مغربی ریجن”
  • Urdu: “مغربی علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “G’arb”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Phía Tây”
  • Wu Chinese: “西部区(喀麦隆)”
  • Wu Chinese: “西部区”
  • Yoruba: “ìwọ̀ oòrùn”

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