Northwest Region (Cameroon)
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The Northwest Region, or North-West Region (French: Région du Nord-Ouest) is one of ten regions of Cameroon. Its regional capital is Bamenda. The Northwest Region was part of the Southern Cameroons, found in the western highlands of Cameroon. It is bordered to the southwest by the Southwest Region, to the south by the West Region, to the east by the Adamawa Region, and to the north by Nigeria. Various Ambazonian nationalist and separatist factions regard the region as being distinct as a polity from Cameroon.[2]
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Northwest Region | |
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Coordinates: 6°20′N 10°30′E | |
Country | Cameroon |
Capital | Bamenda |
Departments | Boyo, Bui, Donga-Mantung, Menchum, Mezam, Momo, Ngo-Ketunjia (Ngoketunjia) |
Government | |
• Governor | Adolphe Lele Lafrique (2012–) |
Area | |
• Total | 17,300 km2 (6,700 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,968,578 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
ISO 3166 code | CM-NW |
HDI (2017) | 0.602[1] medium · 5th of 10 |
In 1919, the Northwest Region became solely administered by the United Kingdom.[4] In 1961, the region joined the Cameroon.[5] Separatists from the Ambazonian administration regard both the Nord-Ouest (Northwest) and Sud-Ouest (Southwest) regions as being constituent components of their envisaged breakaway state.[6]