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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: “RAAS”, “RACCS”, “South Atlantic”, “South Atlantic Autonomous Region”, and “South Caribbean Coast”
  • 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 Arabic to Waray—“South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إقليم الساحل الكاريبي الجنوبي ذاتي الحكم”
  • Arabic: “إقليم جنوب الساحل الكاريبي المستقل”
  • Arabic: “الساحل الكاريبي الجنوبي”
  • Arabic: “ريجيون أوتونوما ديل أتلانتيكو سور”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Կարիբյան ափ”
  • Armenian: “Հարավային Կարիբյան ափի ինքնավար շրջան”
  • Basque: “Hego Atlantikoko Eskualde Autonomoa”
  • Basque: “Hego Karibe Kostako Eskualde Autonomoa”
  • Basque: “Hego Karibeko kosta”
  • Belarusian: “Аўтаномны рэгіён паўднёва-карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
  • Belarusian: “Аўтаномны рэгіён Паўднёвага Карыбскага ўзбярэжжа”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвае Карыбскае ўзбярэжжа”
  • Bengali: “ডেল আল্টান্টিকো সোর স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ক্যারিবীয় উপকূল স্বায়ত্তশাসিত অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ক্যারিবীয় উপকূল”
  • Breton: “Aod Karaib Su”
  • Breton: “Rannvro emren an Aod Karaib Su”
  • Breton: “Rannvro emren an Aod Karib Su”
  • Catalan: “Costa Carib Sud”
  • 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: “Habagat nga Baybayon han Caribe”
  • Cebuano: “Región Autónoma Atlántico Sur”
  • Chinese: “Lâm Caribe Hái-kîⁿ Chū-tī-khu”
  • Chinese: “南加勒比海岸”
  • 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: “Jižní karibské pobřeží”
  • Czech: “RACCS”
  • Czech: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Czech: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Danish: “Den autonome region på den sydlige caribiske kyst”
  • Danish: “den sydlige caribiske kyst”
  • Danish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Dutch: “Autonome Regio Zuid-Caribische Kust”
  • Dutch: “RAAS”
  • Dutch: “RACCS”
  • Dutch: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Dutch: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Caribische Kust”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma regiono de la Suda Kariba Marbordo”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma Regiono Suda Kariba Marbordo”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Kariba marbordo”
  • Finnish: “eteläinen Karibian rannikko”
  • Finnish: “Eteläisen Karibian rannikon autonominen alue”
  • Finnish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Finnish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • French: “Atlántico Sur”
  • French: “Côte caraïbe Sud”
  • French: “RACCS”
  • French: “région autonome de la Côte caraïbe Sud”
  • French: “Région autonome de la Côte caraïbe sud”
  • Galician: “Costa do Caribe Sur”
  • Galician: “Rexión Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Sur”
  • Galician: “Rexión Autónoma do Atlántico Sur”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ ატლანტიკის ავტონომიური რეგიონი”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ კარიბის სანაპირო”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთ კარიბის სანაპიროს ავტონომიური რეგიონი”
  • German: “Autonome Region der Südkaribikküste”
  • German: “RAAS”
  • German: “RACCS”
  • German: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • German: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • German: “Südkaribikküste”
  • Greek: “Ατλάντικο Σουρ”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομη περιοχή της Νότιας ακτής της Καραϊβικής”
  • Greek: “Νότια ακτή της Καραϊβικής”
  • Greek: “Νότια Ατλαντική Αυτόνομη Περιοχή”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ કેરેબિયન કાંઠાનો સ્વાયત્ત વિસ્તાર”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ કેરેબિયન કાંઠો”
  • Gujarati: “રીજન ઑટોનોમા”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण कैरिबियाई तट स्वायत्त क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण कैरिबियाई तट”
  • Hindi: “रीजन ऑटोनोमा डेल एटलांटिको सुर”
  • Hungarian: “Déli Karib-tengerpart”
  • Hungarian: “Déli Karib-tengerparti Autonóm Régió”
  • Hungarian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Otonom Pesisir Karibia Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Pesisir Karibia Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Otonom Pesisir Karibia Selatan”
  • Italian: “Costa Caraibica Sud”
  • 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”
  • Japanese: “南カリブ海岸自治地域”
  • Japanese: “南カリブ自治地域”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಕರಾವಳಿ ಸ್ವಾಯತ್ತ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬಿಯನ್ ಕರಾವಳಿ”
  • Kannada: “ರೆಜಿಯಾನ್ ಆಟೊನೊಮಾ ಡೆ ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಿಕೊ ಸುರ್”
  • Korean: “남아틀란티코 자치구”
  • Korean: “남카리브 자치구”
  • Korean: “남카리브해안 자치지역”
  • Korean: “남카리브해안”
  • Ladino: “Costa Karibe Sud”
  • Ladino: “Rejion Otonoma de la Beira Karibe Sud”
  • Ladino: “Rejion Otonoma de la Costa Karibe Sud”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidatlantijas autonomais reģions”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidkarību piekraste”
  • 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 pakrantė”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Karibų pakrantės autonominis regionas”
  • Macedonian: “Автономен регион на Јужниот карипски брег”
  • Macedonian: “Јужен карипски брег”
  • Macedonian: “Јужноатлантски автономен регион”
  • Malay: “Pantai Caribbean Selatan”
  • Malay: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Autonomi Pantai Caribbean Selatan”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण कॅरिबियन किनारा स्वायत्त प्रदेश”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण कॅरिबियन किनारा”
  • Marathi: “रेगॉन ऑटोनोमा डेल अटलांटिको सुर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Caribe Hái-kîⁿ Chū-tī-khu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Caribe hái-kîⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Caribe Hái-kîⁿ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den autonome regionen på den sørlige karibiske kysten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “den sørlige karibiske kysten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Norwegian: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Persian: “ساحل کارائیب جنوبی”
  • Persian: “منطقهٔ خودمختار ساحل کارائیب جنوبی”
  • Persian: “ناحیه خودمختار ساحل کارائیب جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Autonomiczny Region Południowego Wybrzeża Karaibskiego”
  • Polish: “Południowe Wybrzeże Karaibskie”
  • Polish: “Region Autonomiczny Atlántico Sur”
  • Polish: “Wybrzeże Karaibskie Południowe”
  • Portuguese: “Costa do Caribe Sul”
  • Portuguese: “RAAS”
  • Portuguese: “RACCS”
  • Portuguese: “Região Autônoma da Costa Caribe Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Região Autónoma da Costa do Caribe Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Portuguese: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Quechua: “Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Quechua: “South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region”
  • Quechua: “Urin Atlantiku Awtunumu suyu”
  • Romanian: “Coasta Caraibe de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Autonomă a Atlanticului de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea autonomă a Coastei Caraibe de Sud”
  • Russian: “Автономный регион Южного Карибского побережья”
  • Russian: “Атлантико-Сур”
  • Russian: “Южное Карибское побережье”
  • Scots: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Scots: “South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region”
  • Scots: “South Caribbean Coast”
  • Serbian: “Атлантико Сур”
  • Serbian: “Аутономни регион Јужне карипске обале”
  • Serbian: “Јужна карипска обала”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Autonomna regija Južne karipske obale”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Autonomna regija Južni Atlantik”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južna karipska obala”
  • Sinhala: “Costa Caribe Sur”
  • 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”
  • Slovenian: “Južna karibska obala”
  • 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: “Autonoma regionen på den södra karibiska kusten”
  • Swedish: “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”
  • Swedish: “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • Swedish: “södra karibiska kusten”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கரீபியக் கரை தன்னாட்சி பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கரீபியக் கரை”
  • Tamil: “பகுதி ஆடோனோமா டெல் அட்லான்டிகோ சூர்”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ కరీబియన్ తీర స్వాయత్త ప్రాంతం”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ కరీబియన్ తీరం”
  • Telugu: “రీజియన్ అటోనామా డెల్ అట్లాంటికో సుర్”
  • Thai: “เขตปกครองตนเองชายฝั่งแคริบเบียนใต้”
  • Thai: “แคว้นปกครองตนเองโกสตาการิเบซูร์”
  • Thai: “ชายฝั่งแคริบเบียนใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney Atlantik Otonom Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Güney Karayip Kıyısı Özerk Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Güney Karayip Kıyısı”
  • Ukrainian: “Автономний регіон Південного Карибського узбережжя”
  • Ukrainian: “Автономний Регіон Південної Атлантики”
  • Ukrainian: “Південне Карибське узбережжя”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار ریجن”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل خود مختار علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل کا خودمختار علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کیریبین ساحل”
  • Vietnamese: “Bờ biển Caribe Nam”
  • 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): “Habagat nga Baybayon han Karibe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur”
  • “Costa Caribe Sur”
  • “RAAS”
  • “RACCS”
  • “Región Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Sur”

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