North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

The North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region is one of two autonomous regions in . It was created along with the by the Autonomy Statute of 7 September 1986 through a division of the former Zelaya Department.
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  • Type: autonomous region of Nicaragua with 541,000 residents
  • Description: autonomous region in northeastern Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “Amihanan nga Rehiyon han Caribe”, “Amihanan nga Rehiyon han Karibe”, “Atlantico Norte”, “Autonoma regionen på den norra karibiska kusten”, “Aŭtonoma regiono de la Norda Kariba Marbordo”, “Autonome Regio Noord-Caribische Kust”, “Autonome Region der Nordkaribikküste”, “Autonome Region der nördlichen Karibikküste”, “Autonomiczny Region Północnego Wybrzeża Karaibskiego”, “Autonomna regija Sjeverne karipske obale”, “Autonomní region Severní karibské pobřeží”, “Awtonomong Rehiyon sa Amihanang Baybayon sa Karibe”, “Chinchay Karibe suyu”, “Côte Caraïb-Nord”, “Den autonome region på den nordlige caribiske kyst”, “Den autonome regionen på den nordlige karibiske kysten”, “Északi Karib-régió”, “Északi Karib-tengerparti Autonóm Régió”, “Ipar Atlantikoko Eskualde Autonomoa”, “Ipar Karibeko eskualdea”, “Ipar Karibeko Kostako Eskualde Autonomoa”, “Karibe mamaquchap Chinchay k’uchu awtunumu suyu”, “Kuzey Karayip Bölgesi”, “Kuzey Karayip Kıyısı Özerk Bölgesi”, “Noord-Caribische regio”, “Norda Kariba regiono”, “Nordkaribikregion”, “Nordlige caribiske region”, “Nordlige karibiske region”, “Norra karibiska regionen”, “North Atlantic”, “North Caribbean Coast”, “North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Department”, “North Caribbean Region”, “Pak Caribe Hái-kîⁿ”, “Pohjoinen Karibian alue”, “Pohjoisen Karibian rannikon autonominen alue”, “RAAN”, “RACCN”, “Rannvro emren an Aod Karaib Norzh”, “Rannvro Karaib Norzh”, “Região Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Norte”, “Região do Caribe Norte”, “Regió Autònoma de la Costa Carib Nord”, “Regió del Carib Nord”, “région autonome de la Côte caraïbe Nord”, “région caraïbe Nord”, “Región Caribe Norte”, “Region Karaibów Północnych”, “Regione Autonoma del Nord Atlantico”, “regione autonoma della Costa Caraibica Nord”, “regione caraibica nord”, “Regiunea autonomă a Coastei Caraibe de Nord”, “Regiunea Caraibelor de Nord”, “Rexión Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Norte”, “Rexión do Caribe Norte”, “Severokaribský region”, “Šiaurės Karibų pakrantės autonominis regionas”, “Šiaurės Karibų regionas”, “Sjevernokaripska regija”, “Vùng Caribe Bắc”, “Vùng tự trị Bờ biển Caribe Bắc”, “Wilayah Autonomi Pantai Caribbean Utara”, “Wilayah Caribbean Utara”, “Wilayah Karibia Utara”, “Wilayah Otonom Pesisir Karibia Utara”, “Ziemeļkarību piekrastes autonomais reģions”, “Ziemeļkarību reģions”, “Αυτόνομη περιοχή της Βόρειας Ακτής της Καραϊβικής”, “Βόρεια καραϊβική περιοχή”, “Автономен регион на Северниот карипски брег”, “Автономний регіон Північного Карибського узбережжя”, “Автономный регион Северного Карибского побережья”, “Аўтаномны рэгіён Паўночнага Карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”, “Аутономни регион Северне карипске обале”, “Паўночна-карыбскі рэгіён”, “Північно-атлантичний автономномний регіон”, “Північнокарибський регіон”, “Севернокарипски регион”, “Северокарибский регион”, “ჩრდილოეთ კარიბის რეგიონი”, “ჩრდილოეთ კარიბის სანაპიროს ავტონომიური რეგიონი”, “ხინოტეგას დეპარტამენტი”, “إقليم الساحل الكاريبي الشمالي ذاتي الحكم”, “إقليم الكاريبي الشمالي”, “شمالی کیریبین خطہ”, “شمالی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار ریجن”, “شمالی کیریبین ساحل کا خودمختار علاقہ”, “منطقهٔ خودمختار ساحل کارائیب شمالی”, “منطقهٔ کارائیب شمالی”, “उत्तरी कॅरिबियन किनारा स्वायत्त प्रदेश”, “उत्तरी कॅरिबियन प्रदेश”, “उत्तरी कैरिबियाई क्षेत्र”, “उत्तरी कैरिबियाई तट स्वायत्त क्षेत्र”, “উত্তর ক্যারিবীয় অঞ্চল”, “উত্তর ক্যারিবীয় উপকূল স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চল”, “ઉત્તર કેરેબિયન કાંઠાનો સ્વાયત્ત વિસ્તાર”, “ઉત્તર કેરેબિયન પ્રદેશ”, “வடக்கு கரீபியக் கரை தன்னாட்சி பகுதி”, “வடக்கு கரீபியப் பகுதி”, “ఉత్తర కరీబియన్ తీరం స్వాయత్త ప్రాంతం”, “ఉత్తర కరీబియన్ ప్రాంతం”, “ಉತ್ತರ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಕರಾವಳಿ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”, “ಉತ್ತರ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”, “උතුරු කැරිබියානු වෙරළ ස්වයංපාලන කලාපය”, “เขตปกครองตนเองชายฝั่งแคริบเบียนเหนือ”, “ภูมิภาคแคริบเบียนเหนือ”, “북카리브 지역”, “북카리브해안 자치지역”, “北カリブ地域”, “北カリブ海岸自治地域”, “北加勒比地区”, “北加勒比地區”, and “北加勒比海岸自治区”
  • Historically known as: “Atlántico Norte”

North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

Latitude
14° north
Longitude
-84.25° or 84° 15′ west
Population
541,000
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Abbreviation
“RAAN”
Abbreviation
“RACN”
Open location code
766Q2Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
3830307
Wiki­data ID
Q498452
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሰሜን ካሪቢያን ዳርቻ”
  • Arabic: “إدارة إقليم الساحل الكاريبي الشمالي ذاتي الحكم”
  • Arabic: “إقليم شمال الساحل الكاريبي المستقل”
  • Arabic: “ريجيون أوتونوما ديل أتلانتيكو نورت”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal Karib Sahili”
  • Basque: “Ipar Karibe Kostako Eskualde Autonomoa”
  • Basque: “Ipar Karibeko Kostako Eskualde Autonomoko departamendua”
  • Belarusian: “Аўтаномны рэгіён паўночна-карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
  • Belarusian: “Дэпартамент Аўтаномнага рэгіёну Паўночнага Карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর আটলান্টিক স্বায়ত্বশাসিত অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর ক্যারিবীয় উপকূল স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চলের বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Departamant Rannvro emren an Aod Karaib Norzh”
  • Breton: “Rannvro emren an Aod Karib Norzh”
  • Catalan: “Departament de la Regió Autònoma de la Costa Carib Nord”
  • Catalan: “Regió Autònoma de l’Atlàntic Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento han Awtonomong Rehiyon han Amihanan nga Baybayon han Caribe”
  • Cebuano: “North Atlantic Autonomous Region”
  • Chinese: “北加勒比海岸自治区部门”
  • Chinese: “北加勒比海岸自治區”
  • Chinese: “北加勒比海岸自治區部門”
  • Czech: “Departement Autonomního regionu severokaribského pobřeží”
  • Czech: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Czech: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Danish: “Departement for den autonome region på den nordlige caribiske kyst”
  • Danish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Dutch: “Departement van de Autonome Regio Noord-Caribische Kust”
  • Dutch: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Dutch: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma Regiono Norda Kariba Marbordo”
  • Esperanto: “departemento de la Aŭtonoma Regiono de la Norda Kariba Marbordo”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoisen Karibian rannikon autonomisen alueen departementti”
  • Finnish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Finnish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • French: “Atlántico Norte”
  • French: “département de la région autonome de la Côte caraïbe Nord”
  • French: “Région autonome de la Côte caraïbe nord”
  • Galician: “Departamento da Rexión Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Norte”
  • Galician: “Rexión Autónoma do Atlántico Norte”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ ატლანტიკის ავტონომიური რეგიონი”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ კარიბის სანაპიროს ავტონომიური რეგიონის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Atlántico Norte”
  • German: “Departement der Autonomen Region der Nordkaribikküste”
  • German: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • German: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Greek: “Ατλάντικο Νόρτε”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Ατλαντική Αυτόνομη Περιοχή”
  • Greek: “Τμήμα της Αυτόνομης Περιοχής της Βόρειας Ακτής της Καραϊβικής”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર કેરેબિયન કાંઠાના સ્વાયત્ત વિસ્તારનો વિભાગ”
  • Gujarati: “રીજન ઑટોનોમા ડેલ એટલાન્ટિકો નોર્ટ”
  • Hausa: “North Caribbean Coast”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी कैरिबियाई तट स्वायत्त क्षेत्र का विभाग”
  • Hindi: “रीजन ऑटोनोमा डेल अटलांटिको नोर्टे”
  • Hungarian: “Az Északi Karib-tengerparti Autonóm Régió departmanja”
  • Hungarian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Otonom Pesisir Karibia Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Wilayah Otonom Pesisir Karibia Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Italian: “dipartimento della regione autonoma della Costa Caraibica Nord”
  • Italian: “regione Autonoma Atlantico Nord”
  • Italian: “Regione Autonoma della costa caraibica settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “北アトランティコ自治地域”
  • Japanese: “北カリブ海岸自治地域（県）”
  • Japanese: “北カリブ自治地域”
  • Javanese: “Pesisir Karibia Lor”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಕರಾವಳಿ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ವಿಭಾಗ”
  • Kannada: “ರೆಜಿಯಾನ್ ಆಟೊನೊಮಾ ಡೆಲ್ ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಿಕೊ ನಾರ್ಟೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Кариб жағалау”
  • Kirghiz: “Северная Кариб Берег”
  • Korean: “북아틀란티코 자치구”
  • Korean: “북카리브 자치구”
  • Korean: “북카리브해안 자치지역 (주)”
  • Ladino: “Departamento de la Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Ladino: “Rejion Otonoma de la Beira Karibe Norte”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļatlantijas autonomais reģions”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļkarību piekrastes autonomā reģiona departaments”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļu Karību Krasta autonomais reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Atlantiko autonominis regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Karibų Kranto autonominis regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Karibų pakrantės autonominio regiono departamentas”
  • Macedonian: “Департамент на Автономниот регион на Северниот карипски брег”
  • Macedonian: “Северноатлантски автономен регион”
  • Malay: “Jabatan Wilayah Autonomi Pantai Caribbean Utara”
  • Malay: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Marathi: “उत्तरी कॅरिबियन किनारा स्वायत्त प्रदेशाचा विभाग”
  • Marathi: “क्षेत्र ऑटोनोमा डेल अटलांटिक नॉर्ट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Caribe Hái-kîⁿ Chū-tī-khu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “北加勒比海岸自治區部門”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Departement for den autonome regionen på den nordlige karibiske kysten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Norwegian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Oromo: “North Caribbean Coast”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰ ਕੈਰੀਬੀਅਨ ਤਟ”
  • Persian: “دپارتمان منطقهٔ خودمختار ساحل کارائیب شمالی”
  • Persian: “ناحیه خودمختار ساحل کارائیب شمالی”
  • Polish: “Departament Autonomicznego Regionu Północnego Wybrzeża Karaibskiego”
  • Polish: “Region Autonomiczny Atlántico Norte”
  • Polish: “Wybrzeże Karaibskie Północne”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento da Região Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Região Autônoma da Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمالی کاریبین ساحل”
  • Quechua: “Chinchay Atlantiku Awtunumu suyu”
  • Quechua: “Departamento Autonomo Región Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Regiunii autonome a Coastei Caraibe de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Autonomă a Atlanticului de Nord”
  • Russian: “Атлантико-Норте”
  • Russian: “Атлантический Северный”
  • Russian: “Департамент Автономного региона Северного Карибского побережья”
  • Scots: “North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Department”
  • Scots: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Serbian: “Атлантико Норте”
  • Serbian: “Департамент Аутономног региона Северне карипске обале”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Autonomna regija Sjeverni Atlantik”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “departman Autonomne regije Sjeverne karipske obale”
  • Sinhala: “North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Department”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු කැරිබියන් වෙරළ ස්වයං පාලන කලාපය, නිකරගුවාව”
  • Somali: “North Caribbean Coast”
  • Spanish: “Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Spanish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Spanish: “Región Autónoma Atlántico Norte” (historical)
  • Swahili: “North Caribbean Coast”
  • Swedish: “Departement för den autonoma regionen på den norra karibiska kusten”
  • Swedish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Swedish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Tajik: “Сохили Кориби Шумоли”
  • Tamil: “பகுதி ஆடோனோமா டெல் அட்லான்டிகோ நோர்ட்”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு கரீபியக் கரை தன்னாட்சி பகுதியின் துறை”
  • Tatar: “Shimoliy Karib Sahili”
  • Telugu: “అటోనోమా డెల్ అట్లాంటికో నార్టె ప్రాంతం”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర కరీబియన్ తీర స్వాయత్త ప్రాంతం యొక్క విభాగం”
  • Thai: “กรมของเขตปกครองตนเองชายฝั่งแคริบเบียนเหนือ”
  • Thai: “แคว้นปกครองตนเองโกสตาการิเบนอร์เต”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Karayip Kıyısı Özerk Bölgesi departmanı”
  • Turkish: “Özerk Bölge”
  • Ukrainian: “Автономний Регіон Північної Атлантики”
  • Ukrainian: “Департамент Автономного регіону Північного Карибського узбережжя”
  • Urdu: “شمالی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “محکمہ برائے شمالی کیریبین ساحل کا خودمختار علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Kariб Shorelini”
  • Vietnamese: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh của Vùng tự trị Bờ biển Caribe Bắc”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Departamento han Awtonomo nga Rehiyon han Amihanan nga Baybayon han Karibe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”

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