North-West
The Northwest Region, or North-West Region of Cameroon is part of the territory of the Southern Cameroons, found in the western highlands of Cameroon. It is bordered to the southwest by the Southwest Region, to the south by the West Region, to the east by the Adamawa Region, and to the north by the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Bamenda is the capital of the region.- Type: State
- Description: region of Cameroon
- Category: region of Cameroon
- Location: Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
- Neighbors: Adamaoua
Latitude 6.3775° or 6° 22' 39.1" north | Longitude 10.3864° or 10° 23' 11.1" east |
Population 1,730,000 | Elevation 1565 metres (5135 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 2169076393 | GeoNames ID 2223602 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: إقليم الشمال الغربي
- Arabic: المنطقة الشمالية الغربية
- Avaric: KamerunaNordOuestGola
- 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
- Danish: Northwest
- Dutch: Nord-Ouest
- English: North-West Province
- English: North-West Region
- English: Northwest
- English: Northwest Province
- English: Northwest Region
- Esperanto: Nordokcidenta Kameruno
- Esperanto: Nordokcidenta Regiono
- Estonian: Loodepiirkond
- Finnish: Luoteisalue
- French: Nord-Ouest
- French: Province camerounaise du Nord-Ouest
- French: Province du Nord-Ouest
- French: Province du nord-ouest
- French: Région du Nord-Ouest
- Georgian: ჩრდილო-დასავლეთის რეგიონი
- German: CM-NW
- German: Nord-Ouest
- German: Nordwest
- Greek: Βορειοδυτική Περιφέρεια, Καμερούν
- Gujarati: નોર્થવેસ્ટ
- Hebrew: מחוז צפון-מערב
- Hindi: उत्तरपूर्व
- Indonesian: Provinsi Barat Laut
- 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
- Japanese: 北西州
- Kannada: ವಾಯುವ್ಯ ಕ್ಯಾಮರೂನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
- Korean: 북서부 주
- Korean: 북서 주
- 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: Nord-Ouest
- Norwegian Bokmål: 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
- Sinhala: වයඹ
- Spanish: Provincia del Noroeste
- Spanish: Region del Noroeste
- Spanish: Región del Noroeste
- Swedish: Nordvästra regionen
- Tajik: Vilojati Şimoli Ƣarbī
- Tajik: Вилояти Шимоли Ғарбӣ
- Tamil: நர்தவ்ஸ்ட்
- Tamil: வடமேற்கு மண்டலம்
- Telugu: వాయవ్యం
- Thai: นอร์ทเวสต์
- Turkish: Kuzeybatı Bölgesi
- Turkish: Northwest Bölgesi
- Ukrainian: Північно-Західний регіон
- Urdu: شمال مغربی ریجن
- Urdu: شمال مغربی علاقہ
- Vietnamese: Vùng Tây Bắc
- Wu Chinese: 西北区 (喀麦隆)
- Region Barat Laut, Kamerun
- Regione del Nordovest
- 북서부주
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In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- MarketMarketplace
- Lake NyosLake
- MarketMarketplace
- Oku Fon's PalaceTourist attraction
Other Places
- River ShutoStream
- KweneliStream
- NzemStream
- TsobuStream
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