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North-West Region

The Northwest Region, or North-West Region is a region with special status in . Its capital is . The Northwest Region was part of the Southern Cameroons, found in the western highlands of Cameroon.
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  • Type: State with 1,730,000 residents
  • Description: region of Cameroon
  • Also known as: “North-West”, “North-West Province”, “Northwest”, “Northwest Province”, and “Northwest Region”
  • Neighbors:

North-West Region

Latitude
6.3775° or 6° 22′ 39″ north
Longitude
10.3864° or 10° 23′ 11″ east
Population
1,730,000
Elevation
1,565 metres (5,135 feet)
Open location code
6FRG99HP+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2169076393
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2223602
Wiki­data ID
Q823946
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“North-West Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم الشمال الغربي”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة الشمالية الغربية”
  • Asturian: “Rexón del Noroeste”
  • Asturian: “Rexón Noroeste”
  • Basque: “Ipar-mendebaldea (Kamerun)”
  • Basque: “Ipar-mendebaldea”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночна-заходні рэгіён”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночна-Заходні рэгіён”
  • Bengali: “নর্থওয়েস্ট”
  • Breton: “Proviñs ar Gwalarn”
  • Breton: “Rannvro ar Gwalarn”
  • Bulgarian: “Северозападен регион”
  • Catalan: “Regió del Nord-oest”
  • Cebuano: “North-West Region”
  • Chinese: “Nord-Ouest Chiu”
  • Chinese: “西北区”
  • Chinese: “西北區”
  • Chinese: “西北省”
  • Czech: “North-West Province”
  • Czech: “North-West Region”
  • Czech: “Northwest Province”
  • Czech: “Severozápadní provincie (Kamerun)”
  • Czech: “Severozápadní provincie Kamerunu”
  • Danish: “Nord-Ouest”
  • Danish: “Northwest”
  • Dutch: “Nord-Ouest”
  • Esperanto: “Nordokcidenta Kameruno”
  • Esperanto: “Nordokcidenta Regiono”
  • Estonian: “Loodepiirkond”
  • Finnish: “Luoteisalue”
  • Finnish: “Nord-Ouest”
  • French: “Nord-Ouest du Cameroun”
  • French: “Nord-Ouest”
  • French: “Province camerounaise du Nord-Ouest”
  • French: “Province du Nord-Ouest”
  • French: “Région du Nord-Ouest”
  • Galician: “Rexión do Noroeste”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილო-დასავლეთის რეგიონი”
  • German: “CM-NW”
  • German: “Nord-Ouest”
  • German: “Nordwest”
  • Greek: “Βορειοδυτική Περιφέρεια, Καμερούν”
  • Gujarati: “નોર્થવેસ્ટ”
  • Hebrew: “אזור צפון-מערב”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरपूर्व”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Barat Laut”
  • Indonesian: “Region Barat Laut, Kamerun”
  • Indonesian: “Region Barat Laut”
  • Italian: “Nord-Ouest”
  • Italian: “Provincia del Nord-Ovest”
  • Italian: “Provincia del Nordovest”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Nord-Ovest”
  • Italian: “regione del Nordovest”
  • Italian: “Regione del Nordovest”
  • Japanese: “北西州”
  • Kannada: “ವಾಯುವ್ಯ ಕ್ಯಾಮರೂನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “북서 주”
  • Korean: “북서부주”
  • Kotava: “KamerunaNordOuestGola”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļrietumu reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Vakarų regionas”
  • Malay: “Northwest”
  • Marathi: “नॉर्थवेस्ट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nord-Ouest Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nord-Ouest (Regiuun uun Kameruun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nord-Ouest”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Ouest”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Ouest”
  • Persian: “منطقه شمال غربی”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Północno-Zachodnia”
  • Polish: “Region Północno-Zachodni”
  • Portuguese: “Nord-ouest”
  • Portuguese: “Noroeste”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Nord-Vest, Camerun”
  • Romanian: “Provincia de Nord-Vest”
  • Russian: “Северо-Западный регион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverozapad (regija, Kamerun)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverozapad”
  • Sinhala: “වයඹ”
  • Slovenian: “CM-NW”
  • Slovenian: “Northwest”
  • Slovenian: “Severozahod”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Noroeste”
  • Spanish: “Region del Noroeste”
  • Spanish: “Región del Noroeste”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kaskazini-Magharibi, Kamerun”
  • Swedish: “Nordvästra regionen”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Şimoli Ƣarbī”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Шимоли Ғарбӣ”
  • Tamil: “நர்தவ்ஸ்ட்”
  • Tamil: “வடமேற்கு மண்டலம்”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк-Көнбатыш төбәге”
  • Telugu: “వాయవ్యం”
  • Thai: “นอร์ทเวสต์”
  • Turkish: “Kuzeybatı Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Northwest Bölgesi”
  • Tyap: “A̱za-jenshyung”
  • Tyap: “Fam A̱za-jenshyung”
  • Ukrainian: “Північно-Західний регіон”
  • Urdu: “شمال مغربی ریجن”
  • Urdu: “شمال مغربی علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Tây Bắc”
  • Wu Chinese: “西北区 (喀麦隆)”
  • Wu Chinese: “西北区（喀麦隆）”

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