South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
The South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It was created along with the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region by the Autonomy Statute of 7 September 1987 through a division of the former Zelaya Department.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: autonomous region of Nicaragua with 421,000 residents
- Description: autonomous region of Nicaragua
- Also known as: “RAAS”, “RACCS”, “South Atlantic”, “South Atlantic Autonomous Region”, and “South Caribbean Coast”
- Historically known as: “Atlántico Sur” and “Región Autónoma Atlántico Sur”
- Neighbors: Rio San Juan Region
South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
- Location: Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم جنوب الساحل الكاريبي المستقل”
- Arabic: “ريجيون أوتونوما ديل أتلانتيكو سور”
- Armenian: “Կարիբյան Ավազանի Հարավային ափի Ինքնավար Մարզ”
- Basque: “Hego Atlantikoko Eskualde Autonomoa”
- Basque: “Hego Karibe Kostako Eskualde Autonomoa”
- Belarusian: “Аўтаномны рэгіён паўднёва-карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
- Bengali: “ডেল আল্টান্টিকো সোর স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Rannvro emren an Aod Karib Su”
- Catalan: “Regió Autònoma de l’Atlàntic Sud”
- Cebuano: “Región Autónoma Atlántico Sur”
- Chinese: “Lâm Caribe Hái-kîⁿ Chū-tī-khu”
- Chinese: “南加勒比海岸自治区”
- Chinese: “南加勒比海岸自治區”
- Czech: “RACCS”
- Czech: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
- Czech: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Danish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Dutch: “RAAS”
- Dutch: “RACCS”
- Dutch: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
- Dutch: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma Regiono Suda Kariba Marbordo”
- Finnish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
- Finnish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- French: “Atlántico Sur”
- French: “RACCS”
- French: “Région autonome de la Côte caraïbe sud”
- Galician: “Rexión Autónoma do Atlántico Sur”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთ ატლანტიკის ავტონომიური რეგიონი”
- German: “RAAS”
- German: “RACCS”
- German: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
- German: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Greek: “Ατλάντικο Σουρ”
- Greek: “Νότια Ατλαντική Αυτόνομη Περιοχή”
- Gujarati: “રીજન ઑટોનોમા , ડેલ એટલાન્ટિકો સુર”
- Gujarati: “રીજન ઑટોનોમા”
- Hindi: “रीजन ऑटोनोमा डेल एटलांटिको सुर”
- Hungarian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Indonesian: “Daerah Otonom Pesisir Karibia Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Italian: “regione Autonoma Atlantico Sud”
- Italian: “Regione Autonoma della costa caraibica meridionale”
- Japanese: “南アトランティコ自治地域”
- Japanese: “南カリブ自治地域”
- Kannada: “ರೆಜಿಯಾನ್ ಆಟೊನೊಮಾ ಡೆ ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಿಕೊ ಸುರ್”
- Korean: “남아틀란티코 자치구”
- Korean: “남카리브 자치구”
- Ladino: “Rejion Otonoma de la Beira Karibe Sud”
- Latvian: “Dienvidatlantijas autonomais reģions”
- Latvian: “Dienvidu Karību Krasta autonomais reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Atlantiko autonominis regionas”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Karibų Kranto autonominis regionas”
- Macedonian: “Јужноатлантски автономен регион”
- Malay: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Marathi: “रेगॉन ऑटोनोमा डेल अटलांटिको सुर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Caribe Hái-kîⁿ Chū-tī-khu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Caribe Hái-kîⁿ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Norwegian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Persian: “ناحیه خودمختار ساحل کارائیب جنوبی”
- Polish: “Region Autonomiczny Atlántico Sur”
- Polish: “Region Autonomiczny Wybrzeże Karaibskie Południow”
- Polish: “Wybrzeże Karaibskie Południowe”
- Portuguese: “RAAS”
- Portuguese: “RACCS”
- Portuguese: “Região Autônoma da Costa Caribe Sul”
- Portuguese: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
- Portuguese: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Quechua: “Urin Atlantiku Awtunumu suyu”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Autonomă a Atlanticului de Sud”
- Russian: “Атлантико-Сур”
- Scots: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Serbian: “Атлантико Сур”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Autonomna regija Južni Atlantik”
- Sinhala: “ඔටෝනොමා පළාත”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු කැරිබියන් වෙරළ ස්වයං පාලන කලාපය, නිකරගුවාව”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු කැරිබියන් වෙරළ ස්වයං පාලන කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Avtonomna regija Južni Atlantik”
- Slovenian: “Karibska obala”
- Slovenian: “Moskitija”
- Slovenian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Spanish: “Atlántico Sur”
- Spanish: “Costa Caribe Sur”
- Spanish: “RAAS”
- Spanish: “RACCS”
- Spanish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
- Spanish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Swedish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
- Swedish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Tamil: “பகுதி ஆடோனோமா டெல் அட்லான்டிகோ சூர்”
- Telugu: “రీజియన్ అటోనామా డెల్ అట్లాంటికో సుర్”
- Thai: “แคว้นปกครองตนเองโกสตาการิเบซูร์”
- Turkish: “Güney Atlantik Otonom Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Автономний Регіон Південної Атлантики”
- Urdu: “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار ریجن”
- Urdu: “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- Waray (Philippines): “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
- “Costa Caribe Sur”
- “RAAS”
- “RACCS”
- “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
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