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Also known as Southwest Province

region of Cameroon

Key facts

Country
Cameroon
Capital
Buea
Divisions
Fako , Koupé-Manengouba , Lebialem , Manyu , Meme , Ndian
Governor
Bernard Okalia B.
President of the regional assembly execu
Zacheus Bakoma
Total
25,410 km (9,810 sq mi)
Density
61.13/km (158.3/sq mi)
Hdi 2022
0.676 , medium · 2nd of 10

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
electoral unit
Country
Cameroon
Located in
Cameroon
Contains
Ndian
Capital
Buea
Population
1419269
Area
25410
Elevation
270
Shares border with
Littoral
Image
Buea from Fako.jpg
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language used
Hijuk
Commons category
Southwest Region (Cameroon)
native label
Région du Sud-Ouest
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Encyclopedic overview

The Southwest Region or South-West Region (French: Région du Sud-Ouest) is a region with special status in Cameroon. Its capital is Buea. As of 2015, its population was 1,553,320. Along with the Northwest Region, it is one of the two Anglophone (English-speaking) regions of Cameroon. Various Ambazonian nationalist and separatist factions regard the South-West region as being distinct as a polity from Cameroon.

The capital Buea from the foot of Mount Cameroon Divisions of Southwest province

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southwest” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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