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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 1987 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: “North Atlantic”, “North Atlantic Autonomous Region”, “North Caribbean Coast”, “North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Department”, “North Caribbean Region”, “RAAN”, and “RACCN”
  • 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 Arabic to Waray—“North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إدارة إقليم الساحل الكاريبي الشمالي ذاتي الحكم”
  • Arabic: “إقليم الساحل الكاريبي الشمالي ذاتي الحكم”
  • Arabic: “إقليم الكاريبي الشمالي”
  • Arabic: “إقليم شمال الساحل الكاريبي المستقل”
  • Arabic: “ريجيون أوتونوما ديل أتلانتيكو نورت”
  • Basque: “Ipar Atlantikoko Eskualde Autonomoa”
  • Basque: “Ipar Karibe Kostako Eskualde Autonomoa”
  • Basque: “Ipar Karibeko eskualdea”
  • Basque: “Ipar Karibeko Kostako Eskualde Autonomoa”
  • Basque: “Ipar Karibeko Kostako Eskualde Autonomoko departamendua”
  • Belarusian: “Аўтаномны рэгіён паўночна-карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
  • Belarusian: “Аўтаномны рэгіён Паўночнага Карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
  • Belarusian: “Дэпартамент Аўтаномнага рэгіёну Паўночнага Карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночна-карыбскі рэгіён”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর আটলান্টিক স্বায়ত্বশাসিত অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর ক্যারিবীয় অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর ক্যারিবীয় উপকূল স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর ক্যারিবীয় উপকূল স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চলের বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Departamant Rannvro emren an Aod Karaib Norzh”
  • Breton: “Rannvro emren an Aod Karaib Norzh”
  • Breton: “Rannvro emren an Aod Karib Norzh”
  • Breton: “Rannvro Karaib Norzh”
  • Catalan: “Departament de la Regió Autònoma de la Costa Carib Nord”
  • Catalan: “Regió Autònoma de l’Atlàntic Nord”
  • Catalan: “Regió Autònoma de la Costa Carib Nord”
  • Catalan: “Regió del Carib Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Amihanan nga Rehiyon han Caribe”
  • Cebuano: “Awtonomong Rehiyon sa Amihanang Baybayon sa Karibe”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento han Awtonomong Rehiyon han Amihanan nga Baybayon han Caribe”
  • Cebuano: “North Atlantic Autonomous Region”
  • Chinese: “Pak Caribe Hái-kîⁿ Chū-tī-khu”
  • Chinese: “北加勒比地区”
  • Chinese: “北加勒比地區”
  • Chinese: “北加勒比海岸自治区”
  • 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: “Autonomní region Severní karibské pobřeží”
  • Czech: “Departement Autonomního regionu severokaribského pobřeží”
  • Czech: “RACCN”
  • Czech: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Czech: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Czech: “Severokaribský region”
  • Danish: “Den autonome region på den nordlige caribiske kyst”
  • Danish: “Departement for den autonome region på den nordlige caribiske kyst”
  • Danish: “Nordlige caribiske region”
  • Danish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Dutch: “Autonome Regio Noord-Caribische Kust”
  • Dutch: “Departement van de Autonome Regio Noord-Caribische Kust”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Caribische regio”
  • Dutch: “RAAN”
  • Dutch: “RACCN”
  • Dutch: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Dutch: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma regiono de la Norda Kariba Marbordo”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma Regiono Norda Kariba Marbordo”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento de la Aŭtonoma Regiono de la Norda Kariba Marbordo”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Kariba regiono”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoinen Karibian alue”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoisen Karibian rannikon autonominen alue”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoisen Karibian rannikon autonomisen alueen departementti”
  • Finnish: “RAAN”
  • Finnish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Finnish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • French: “Atlántico Norte”
  • French: “Côte Caraïb-Nord”
  • French: “département de la région autonome de la Côte caraïbe Nord”
  • French: “RACCN”
  • French: “région autonome de la Côte caraïbe Nord”
  • French: “Région autonome de la Côte caraïbe nord”
  • French: “région caraïbe Nord”
  • Galician: “Departamento da Rexión Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Norte”
  • Galician: “Rexión Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Norte”
  • Galician: “Rexión Autónoma do Atlántico Norte”
  • Galician: “Rexión do Caribe Norte”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ ატლანტიკის ავტონომიური რეგიონი”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ კარიბის რეგიონი”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ კარიბის სანაპიროს ავტონომიური რეგიონი”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთ კარიბის სანაპიროს ავტონომიური რეგიონის დეპარტამენტი”
  • Georgian: “ხინოტეგას დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Atlántico Norte”
  • German: “Autonome Region der Nordkaribikküste”
  • German: “Autonome Region der nördlichen Karibikküste”
  • German: “Departement der Autonomen Region der Nordkaribikküste”
  • German: “Nordkaribikregion”
  • German: “RAAN”
  • German: “RACCN”
  • German: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • German: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Greek: “Ατλάντικο Νόρτε”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομη περιοχή της Βόρειας Ακτής της Καραϊβικής”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Ατλαντική Αυτόνομη Περιοχή”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια καραϊβική περιοχή”
  • Greek: “Τμήμα της Αυτόνομης Περιοχής της Βόρειας Ακτής της Καραϊβικής”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર કેરેબિયન કાંઠાના સ્વાયત્ત વિસ્તારનો વિભાગ”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર કેરેબિયન કાંઠાનો સ્વાયત્ત વિસ્તાર”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તર કેરેબિયન પ્રદેશ”
  • Gujarati: “રીજન ઑટોનોમા ડેલ એટલાન્ટિકો નોર્ટ”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी कैरिबियाई क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी कैरिबियाई तट स्वायत्त क्षेत्र का विभाग”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी कैरिबियाई तट स्वायत्त क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “रीजन ऑटोनोमा डेल अटलांटिको नोर्टे”
  • Hungarian: “Az Északi Karib-tengerparti Autonóm Régió departmanja”
  • Hungarian: “Északi Karib-régió”
  • Hungarian: “Északi Karib-tengerparti Autonóm Régió”
  • 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”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Karibia Utara”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Otonom Pesisir Karibia Utara”
  • Italian: “dipartimento della regione autonoma della Costa Caraibica Nord”
  • Italian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Italian: “regione Autonoma Atlantico Nord”
  • Italian: “Regione Autonoma del Nord Atlantico”
  • Italian: “regione autonoma della Costa Caraibica Nord”
  • Italian: “Regione Autonoma della costa caraibica settentrionale”
  • Italian: “regione caraibica nord”
  • Japanese: “北アトランティコ自治地域”
  • Japanese: “北カリブ地域”
  • Japanese: “北カリブ海岸自治地域（県）”
  • Japanese: “北カリブ海岸自治地域”
  • Japanese: “北カリブ自治地域”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಕರಾವಳಿ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಕರಾವಳಿ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ವಿಭಾಗ”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kannada: “ರೆಜಿಯಾನ್ ಆಟೊನೊಮಾ ಡೆಲ್ ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಿಕೊ ನಾರ್ಟೆ”
  • Korean: “북아틀란티코 자치구”
  • Korean: “북카리브 자치구”
  • Korean: “북카리브 지역”
  • Korean: “북카리브해안 자치지역 (주)”
  • Korean: “북카리브해안 자치지역”
  • Ladino: “Departamento de la Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Ladino: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Ladino: “Región Caribe Norte”
  • Ladino: “Rejion Otonoma de la Beira Karibe Norte”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļatlantijas autonomais reģions”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļkarību piekrastes autonomā reģiona departaments”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļkarību piekrastes autonomais reģions”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļkarību reģions”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļu Karību Krasta autonomais reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Atlantiko autonominis regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Karibų Kranto autonominis regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Karibų pakrantės autonominio regiono departamentas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Karibų pakrantės autonominis regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Karibų regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Автономен регион на Северниот карипски брег”
  • Macedonian: “Департамент на Автономниот регион на Северниот карипски брег”
  • Macedonian: “Северноатлантски автономен регион”
  • Macedonian: “Севернокарипски регион”
  • Malay: “Jabatan Wilayah Autonomi Pantai Caribbean Utara”
  • Malay: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Autonomi Pantai Caribbean Utara”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Caribbean Utara”
  • Marathi: “उत्तरी कॅरिबियन किनारा स्वायत्त प्रदेश”
  • Marathi: “उत्तरी कॅरिबियन किनारा स्वायत्त प्रदेशाचा विभाग”
  • Marathi: “उत्तरी कॅरिबियन प्रदेश”
  • Marathi: “क्षेत्र ऑटोनोमा डेल अटलांटिक नॉर्ट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Caribe Hái-kîⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “北加勒比地區”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “北加勒比海岸自治區”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “北加勒比海岸自治區部門”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Atlantico Norte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den autonome regionen på den nordlige karibiske kysten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Departement for den autonome regionen på den nordlige karibiske kysten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordlige karibiske region”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Norwegian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Persian: “دپارتمان منطقهٔ خودمختار ساحل کارائیب شمالی”
  • Persian: “منطقهٔ خودمختار ساحل کارائیب شمالی”
  • Persian: “منطقهٔ کارائیب شمالی”
  • Persian: “ناحیه خودمختار ساحل کارائیب شمالی”
  • Polish: “Autonomiczny Region Północnego Wybrzeża Karaibskiego”
  • Polish: “Departament Autonomicznego Regionu Północnego Wybrzeża Karaibskiego”
  • Polish: “Region Autonomiczny Atlántico Norte”
  • Polish: “Region Karaibów Północnych”
  • Polish: “Wybrzeże Karaibskie Północne”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento da Região Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Norte”
  • Portuguese: “RAAN”
  • Portuguese: “RACCN”
  • Portuguese: “Região Autônoma da Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Região Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Região do Caribe Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Quechua: “Chinchay Atlantiku Awtunumu suyu”
  • Quechua: “Chinchay Karibe suyu”
  • Quechua: “Departamento Autonomo Región Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Quechua: “Karibe mamaquchap Chinchay k’uchu awtunumu suyu”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Regiunii autonome a Coastei Caraibe de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Autonomă a Atlanticului de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea autonomă a Coastei Caraibe de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Caraibelor de Nord”
  • Russian: “Автономный регион Северного Карибского побережья”
  • Russian: “Атлантико-Норте”
  • Russian: “Атлантический Северный”
  • Russian: “Департамент Автономного региона Северного Карибского побережья”
  • Russian: “Северокарибский регион”
  • Scots: “North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Department”
  • Scots: “North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region”
  • Scots: “North Caribbean Region”
  • Scots: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Serbian: “Атлантико Норте”
  • Serbian: “Аутономни регион Северне карипске обале”
  • Serbian: “Департамент Аутономног региона Северне карипске обале”
  • Serbian: “Севернокарипски регион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Autonomna regija Sjeverne karipske obale”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Autonomna regija Sjeverni Atlantik”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “departman Autonomne regije Sjeverne karipske obale”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjevernokaripska regija”
  • Sinhala: “North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region Department”
  • Sinhala: “North Caribbean Region”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු කැරිබියන් වෙරළ ස්වයං පාලන කලාපය, නිකරගුවාව”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු කැරිබියානු වෙරළ ස්වයංපාලන කලාපය”
  • Spanish: “Atlántico Norte”
  • Spanish: “Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Spanish: “RAAN”
  • Spanish: “RACCN”
  • Spanish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Spanish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Spanish: “Región Caribe Norte”
  • Spanish: “Región Autónoma Atlántico Norte” (historical)
  • Swedish: “Autonoma regionen på den norra karibiska kusten”
  • Swedish: “Departement för den autonoma regionen på den norra karibiska kusten”
  • Swedish: “Norra karibiska regionen”
  • Swedish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • Swedish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Tamil: “பகுதி ஆடோனோமா டெல் அட்லான்டிகோ நோர்ட்”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு கரீபியக் கரை தன்னாட்சி பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு கரீபியக் கரை தன்னாட்சி பகுதியின் துறை”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு கரீபியப் பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “అటోనోమా డెల్ అట్లాంటికో నార్టె ప్రాంతం”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర కరీబియన్ తీర స్వాయత్త ప్రాంతం యొక్క విభాగం”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర కరీబియన్ తీరం స్వాయత్త ప్రాంతం”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర కరీబియన్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “กรมของเขตปกครองตนเองชายฝั่งแคริบเบียนเหนือ”
  • Thai: “เขตปกครองตนเองชายฝั่งแคริบเบียนเหนือ”
  • Thai: “แคว้นปกครองตนเองโกสตาการิเบนอร์เต”
  • Thai: “ภูมิภาคแคริบเบียนเหนือ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Karayip Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Karayip Kıyısı Özerk Bölgesi departmanı”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Karayip Kıyısı Özerk Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Özerk Bölge”
  • Ukrainian: “Автономний регіон Північного Карибського узбережжя”
  • Ukrainian: “Автономний Регіон Північної Атлантики”
  • Ukrainian: “Департамент Автономного регіону Північного Карибського узбережжя”
  • Ukrainian: “Північно-атлантичний автономномний регіон”
  • Ukrainian: “Північнокарибський регіон”
  • Urdu: “شمالی کیریبین خطہ”
  • Urdu: “شمالی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار ریجن”
  • Urdu: “شمالی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “شمالی کیریبین ساحل کا خودمختار علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “محکمہ برائے شمالی کیریبین ساحل کا خودمختار علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh của Vùng tự trị Bờ biển Caribe Bắc”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Caribe Bắc”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng tự trị Bờ biển Caribe Bắc”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan nga Rehiyon han Karibe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Departamento han Awtonomo nga Rehiyon han Amihanan nga Baybayon han Karibe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • “Atlántico Norte”
  • “Costa Caribe Norte”
  • “RAAN”
  • “RACCN”
  • “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte”
  • “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte”
  • “Región Caribe Norte”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rosita (City) and Marin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Caño Kuliwás Sirpi and Cerro Waspuw.

Nicaragua: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Managua, León, Granada, and Masaya.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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