Southwest Louisiana

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Southwest Louisiana (SWLA) is a five-parish area intersecting the Acadiana and Central Louisiana regions in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is composed of the following parishes (counties): Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis.^[1][2]

Southwest Louisiana has one metropolitan area: Lake Charles. The southwestern portion of Louisiana also is geographically and culturally attached to Southeast Texas.

Contents 1 See also 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External links

[edit] See also

• Intrastate regions

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• UL Lafayette Center for Louisiana Studies

[edit] External links

• Clickable map of Louisiana regions at the Louisiana Board of Regents, a state agency created by the 1974 Louisiana Constitution

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• United States Senator David Vitter from Louisiana

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