Southwest Region (Cameroon)
Southwest Region | |
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Location of Southwest Region within Cameroon | |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Capital | Buea |
| Divisions | Fako, Koupé-Manengouba, Lebialem, Manyu, Meme, Ndian |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Bernard Okalia B. |
| • President of the Regional Assembly & Executive Council | Zacheus Bakoma |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,410 km2 (9,810 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,553,320 |
| • Density | 61.13/km2 (158.3/sq mi) |
| HDI (2022) | 0.676 medium · 2nd of 10 |
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.