South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

The South 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 421,000 residents
  • Description: autonomous region in eastern Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “Aod Karaib Su”, “Bờ biển Caribe Nam”, “Coasta Caraibe de Sud”, “Costa Caraibica Sud”, “Costa Carib Sud”, “Costa do Caribe Sul”, “Costa do Caribe Sur”, “Costa Karibe Sud”, “Côte caraïbe Sud”, “Déli Karib-tengerpart”, “den sørlige karibiske kysten”, “den sydlige caribiske kyst”, “Dienvidkarību piekraste”, “eteläinen Karibian rannikko”, “Güney Karayip Kıyısı”, “Habagat nga Baybayon han Caribe”, “Habagat nga Baybayon han Karibe”, “Hego Atlantikoko Eskualde Autonomoa”, “Hego Karibeko kosta”, “Jižní karibské pobřeží”, “Južna karibska obala”, “Južna karipska obala”, “Karibska obala”, “Lâm Caribe hái-kîⁿ”, “Lâm Caribe Hái-kîⁿ”, “Moskitija”, “Pantai Caribbean Selatan”, “Pesisir Karibia Selatan”, “Pietų Karibų pakrantė”, “Południowe Wybrzeże Karaibskie”, “RAAS”, “RACCS”, “södra karibiska kusten”, “South Atlantic”, “South Atlantic Autonomous Region”, “South Caribbean Coast”, “Suda Kariba marbordo”, “Südkaribikküste”, “Zuid-Caribische Kust”, “Νότια ακτή της Καραϊβικής”, “Јужен карипски брег”, “Јужна карипска обала”, “Паўднёвае Карыбскае ўзбярэжжа”, “Південне Карибське узбережжя”, “Южное Карибское побережье”, “სამხრეთ კარიბის სანაპირო”, “Հարավային Կարիբյան ափ”, “الساحل الكاريبي الجنوبي”, “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل”, “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار ریجن”, “ساحل کارائیب جنوبی”, “दक्षिण कॅरिबियन किनारा”, “दक्षिण कैरिबियाई तट”, “দক্ষিণ ক্যারিবীয় উপকূল”, “દક્ષિણ કેરેબિયન કાંઠો”, “தெற்கு கரீபியக் கரை”, “దక్షిణ కరీబియన్ తీరం”, “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಕರಾವಳಿ”, “ชายฝั่งแคริบเบียนใต้”, “남카리브해안”, “南カリブ海岸”, and “南加勒比海岸”
  • Historically known as: “Atlántico Sur” and “Región Autónoma Atlántico Sur”
  • Neighbors:

South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

Latitude
11.8459° or 11° 50′ 45″ north
Longitude
-84.1498° or 84° 8′ 59″ west
Population
421,000
Elevation
260 metres (853 feet)
Abbreviation
“RAAS”
Open location code
763QRVW2+83
Geo­Names ID
3830308
Wiki­data ID
Q291279
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ካሪቢያን ዳርቻ”
  • Arabic: “إقليم الساحل الكاريبي الجنوبي ذاتي الحكم”
  • Arabic: “إقليم جنوب الساحل الكاريبي المستقل”
  • Arabic: “ريجيون أوتونوما ديل أتلانتيكو سور”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Կարիբյան ափի ինքնավար շրջան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub Karib Sahili”
  • Basque: “Hego Karibe Kostako Eskualde Autonomoa”
  • Belarusian: “Аўтаномны рэгіён паўднёва-карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
  • Belarusian: “Аўтаномны рэгіён Паўднёвага Карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
  • Bengali: “ডেল আল্টান্টিকো সোর স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ক্যারিবীয় উপকূল স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Rannvro emren an Aod Karaib Su”
  • Breton: “Rannvro emren an Aod Karib Su”
  • Catalan: “Regió Autònoma de l’Atlàntic Sud”
  • Catalan: “Regió Autònoma de la Costa Carib Sud”
  • Cebuano: “Awtonomong Rehiyon han Habagat nga Baybayon han Caribe”
  • Cebuano: “Región Autónoma Atlántico Sur”
  • Chinese: “南加勒比海岸自治区”
  • Chinese: “南加勒比海岸自治區”
  • Czech: “Autonomní region Jižní karibské pobřeží”
  • Czech: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Czech: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Danish: “Den autonome region på den sydlige caribiske kyst”
  • Danish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Dutch: “Autonome Regio Zuid-Caribische Kust”
  • Dutch: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Dutch: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma regiono de la Suda Kariba Marbordo”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma Regiono Suda Kariba Marbordo”
  • Finnish: “Eteläisen Karibian rannikon autonominen alue”
  • Finnish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Finnish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • French: “Atlántico Sur”
  • French: “région autonome de la Côte caraïbe Sud”
  • French: “Région autonome de la Côte caraïbe sud”
  • Galician: “Rexión Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Sur”
  • Galician: “Rexión Autónoma do Atlántico Sur”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ ატლანტიკის ავტონომიური რეგიონი”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ კარიბის სანაპიროს ავტონომიური რეგიონი”
  • German: “Autonome Region der Südkaribikküste”
  • German: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • German: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Greek: “Ατλάντικο Σουρ”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομη περιοχή της Νότιας ακτής της Καραϊβικής”
  • Greek: “Νότια Ατλαντική Αυτόνομη Περιοχή”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ કેરેબિયન કાંઠાનો સ્વાયત્ત વિસ્તાર”
  • Gujarati: “રીજન ઑટોનોમા”
  • Hausa: “South Caribbean Coast”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण कैरिबियाई तट स्वायत्त क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “रीजन ऑटोनोमा डेल एटलांटिको सुर”
  • Hungarian: “Déli Karib-tengerparti Autonóm Régió”
  • Hungarian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Otonom Pesisir Karibia Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Otonom Pesisir Karibia Selatan”
  • Italian: “regione Autonoma Atlantico Sud”
  • Italian: “Regione Autonoma della costa caraibica meridionale”
  • Italian: “regione autonoma della Costa Caraibica Sud”
  • Japanese: “南アトランティコ自治地域”
  • Japanese: “南カリブ海岸自治地域”
  • Japanese: “南カリブ自治地域”
  • Javanese: “Pesisir Karibia Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಕರಾವಳಿ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kannada: “ರೆಜಿಯಾನ್ ಆಟೊನೊಮಾ ಡೆ ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಿಕೊ ಸುರ್”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік Кариб жағалау”
  • Kirghiz: “Южная Кариб Берег”
  • Korean: “남아틀란티코 자치구”
  • Korean: “남카리브 자치구”
  • Korean: “남카리브해안 자치지역”
  • Ladino: “Rejion Otonoma de la Beira Karibe Sud”
  • Ladino: “Rejion Otonoma de la Costa Karibe Sud”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidatlantijas autonomais reģions”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidkarību piekrastes autonomais reģions”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidu Karību Krasta autonomais reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Atlantiko autonominis regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Karibų Kranto autonominis regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Karibų pakrantės autonominis regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Автономен регион на Јужниот карипски брег”
  • Macedonian: “Јужноатлантски автономен регион”
  • Malay: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Autonomi Pantai Caribbean Selatan”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण कॅरिबियन किनारा स्वायत्त प्रदेश”
  • Marathi: “रेगॉन ऑटोनोमा डेल अटलांटिको सुर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Caribe Hái-kîⁿ Chū-tī-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den autonome regionen på den sørlige karibiske kysten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Norwegian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Oromo: “South Caribbean Coast”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ ਕੈਰੀਬੀਅਨ ਤਟ”
  • Persian: “منطقهٔ خودمختار ساحل کارائیب جنوبی”
  • Persian: “ناحیه خودمختار ساحل کارائیب جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Autonomiczny Region Południowego Wybrzeża Karaibskiego”
  • Polish: “Region Autonomiczny Atlántico Sur”
  • Polish: “Wybrzeże Karaibskie Południowe”
  • Portuguese: “Região Autônoma da Costa Caribe Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Região Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Sul”
  • Pushto: “جنوبی کاریبین ساحل”
  • Quechua: “South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region”
  • Quechua: “Urin Atlantiku Awtunumu suyu”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Autonomă a Atlanticului de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea autonomă a Coastei Caraibe de Sud”
  • Russian: “Автономный регион Южного Карибского побережья”
  • Russian: “Атлантико-Сур”
  • Scots: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Scots: “South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region”
  • Serbian: “Атлантико Сур”
  • Serbian: “Аутономни регион Јужне карипске обале”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Autonomna regija Južne karipske obale”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Autonomna regija Južni Atlantik”
  • Sinhala: “South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region”
  • Sinhala: “ඔටෝනොමා පළාත”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු කැරිබියන් වෙරළ ස්වයං පාලන කලාපය, නිකරගුවාව”
  • Slovenian: “Avtonomna regija Južna karibska obala”
  • Slovenian: “Avtonomna regija Južni Atlantik”
  • Somali: “South Caribbean Coast”
  • Spanish: “Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Spanish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Swahili: “South Caribbean Coast”
  • Swedish: “Autonoma regionen på den södra karibiska kusten”
  • Swedish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Swedish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Tajik: “Сохили Кориби Janubi”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கரீபியக் கரை தன்னாட்சி பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “பகுதி ஆடோனோமா டெல் அட்லான்டிகோ சூர்”
  • Tatar: “Janubiy Karib Sahili”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ కరీబియన్ తీర స్వాయత్త ప్రాంతం”
  • Telugu: “రీజియన్ అటోనామా డెల్ అట్లాంటికో సుర్”
  • Thai: “เขตปกครองตนเองชายฝั่งแคริบเบียนใต้”
  • Thai: “แคว้นปกครองตนเองโกสตาการิเบซูร์”
  • Turkish: “Güney Atlantik Otonom Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Güney Karayip Kıyısı Özerk Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Автономний регіон Південного Карибського узбережжя”
  • Ukrainian: “Автономний Регіон Південної Атлантики”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل کا خودمختار علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Janubiy Karib Shorelini”
  • Vietnamese: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng tự trị Bờ biển Caribe Nam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Awtonomo nga Rehiyon han Habagat nga Baybayon han Karibe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”

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