Southwest Region (Cameroon)

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]

Divisions of Southwest province
Southwest Region
The capital Buea from the foot of Mount Cameroon
Location of Southwest Region within Cameroon
CountryCameroon
CapitalBuea
DivisionsFako, Koupé-Manengouba, Lebialem, Manyu, Meme, Ndian
Government
 • GovernorBernard Okalia B.
Area
 • Total25,410 km2 (9,810 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total1,553,320
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
HDI (2017)0.599[1]
medium · 6th of 10

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 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 at "48 spices", Buea
  • Jollof rice
  • Ndole and plantains with bobolo
  • Koki mostly eaten by Barondo people
  • Snails and rice

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1976620,515—    
1987838,042+2.77%
20051,316,079+2.54%
20151,553,320+1.67%
source:[7]

References
  1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. "BUEA". cvuc.cm (in French). Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  3. 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.
  4. "Région du Sud-Ouest". cvuc.cm (in French). Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  5. Adepoju, Paul. "World Report Hospital attack in anglophone Cameroon kills four patients." (2019).
  6. "Archived copy". www.state.gov. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Cameroon: Administrative Division population statistics

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