Southwest Region (Cameroon)
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Southwest Region | |
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![]() The capital Buea from the foot of Mount Cameroon | |
![]() Location of Southwest Region within Cameroon | |
Country | Cameroon |
Capital | Buea |
Divisions | Fako, Koupé-Manengouba, Lebialem, Manyu, Meme, Ndian |
Government | |
• Governor | Bernard Okalia B. |
Area | |
• Total | 25,410 km2 (9,810 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,553,320 |
• Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
HDI (2017) | 0.599[1] medium · 6th of 10 |
The Southwest Region or South-West Region (French: Région du Sud-Ouest) is a region in Cameroon. Its capital is Buea.[2] 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 Sud-Ouest region as being distinct as a polity from Cameroon.[3]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Southwest_Cameroon_divisions.png/220px-Southwest_Cameroon_divisions.png)
Administration[]
The region is divided into six divisions or departments: Fako, Koupé-Manengouba, Lebialem, Manyu, Meme, and Ndian. These are in turn broken down into subdivisions.[4] Presidentially appointed senior divisional officers (prefets) and subdivisional officers (sous-prefets) govern each respectively.
Ambazonian separatism[]
Separatists from the Ambazonia administration regard the both the Nord-Ouest (Northwest) and Sud-Ouest (Southwest) regions as being constituent components of their envisaged breakaway state.[5]
Geography[]
The region was notable for having the first English-speaking university in Cameroon (the University of Buea),.
Towns include the capital Buea, Limbe, Tiko, Kumba and Mamfe. Limbe in particular is a popular tourist resort notable for its fine beaches. Korup National Park is also a major attraction. Buea itself, meanwhile, sits at the foot of Mount Cameroon, and possesses an almost temperate climate markedly different from the rest of the province.
Thatched roof structures at the Limbe Beach
View of Bota Beach
View of Semme Beach, Limbe
View of Bioko Beach, Limbe
Tourist in Limbe Beach
Fishing Canoes in Down Beach, Limbe
Limbe Beach with beautiful sandy shore
Waterfall in Korup Park
University of Buea Parking Space
View of Mount Cameroon from Sopo
Administration Building, UB
View of Buea City
Extensive view of a Reunification Monument in Buea
Closer view of the Buea Reunification Monument
Culture[]
The province is largely Anglophone and Protestant Christian.[6]
- Folk Dances
Common Dishes in the Region[]
Eru and Waterfufu
Fish barbecue and fried potato
Chicken barbecue can be found at "48 spices", Buea
Ndole and plantains with bobolo
Koki mostly eaten by Barondo people
snails and rice
Demographics[]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1976 | 620,515 | — |
1987 | 838,042 | +2.77% |
2005 | 1,316,079 | +2.54% |
2015 | 1,553,320 | +1.67% |
source:[7] |
References[]
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ User, Super. "BUEA". cvuc.cm (in French). Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ Tatah-Mentan, I., and F. Achankeng. "Stopping war before it starts: testing preventive diplomacy in the selfdetermination case of British Southern Cameroons (aka Ambazonia)." British Southern Cameroons: Nationalism & Conflict in Postcolonial Africa (2014): 127-170.
- ^ "Région du Sud-Ouest". cvuc.cm (in French). Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ Adepoju, Paul. "World Report Hospital attack in anglophone Cameroon kills four patients." (2019).
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20111019054005/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2010_5/168393.htm
- ^ Cameroon: Administrative Division population statistics
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