Companies

• Northwest Airlines
  Northwest Airlines
  Northwest Airlines, Inc. was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines by a merger approved on October 29, 2008, making Delta the largest airline in the world...
  
  , a former major airline purchased by Delta Air Lines that ceased operating in 2009
• Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo
  Wells Fargo
  Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...
  
  )

Africa

• North-West District, Botswana
• Northwest Region (Cameroon), Cameroon
• North West (South African province)
  North West (South African province)
  North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mafikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng.-History:...
  
  
• Northwestern Province, Zambia

Asia and Oceania

• North West Australia
  North West Australia
  The terms North West Australia, The North West and North Western Australia have been used as a regular label for the region of the North of Western Australia and the West of the Northern Territory.- Early 20th century gold rush:...
  
  , an unofficial geographical region
• North Western Province (Victoria), an electorate in the Victorian Legislative Council
  Victorian Legislative Council
  The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...
  
   of Australia until 2006
• Northwest Province (IMCRA region), an Australian marine biogeographic province
• Northwest China
• North West Delhi
  North West Delhi
  North West Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India.-Geography:North West Delhi is bounded by the Yamuna River on the northeast, and by the districts of North Delhi to the east and southeast, West Delhi to the south, Jhajjar District of Haryana state...
  
  , a district of Delhi
• North West District, Singapore
• North-West Frontier Province
  North-West Frontier Province
  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...
  
  , Pakistani province
• North Western Province, Sri Lanka
  North Western Province, Sri Lanka
  North Western Province is a province of Sri Lanka. The districts of Kurunegala and Puttalam formulate Wayamba. Its capital is Kurunegala, which has a population of 28,571. The province is known mainly for its numerous coconut plantations. Other main towns in this province are Chilaw and Puttalam...
  
  , also known as Wayamba
• North-Western Provinces
  North-Western Provinces
  The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India which succeeded the Ceded and Conquered Provinces and existed in one form or another from 1836 until 1902, when it became the Agra Province within the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh .-Area:The province included all...
  
  , an administrative region in British India
• Tay Bac
  Tay Bac
  Tây Bắc is one of the regions of Vietnam, located in the mountainous northwestern part of the country. It consists of four provinces: Điện Biên, Lai Châu, Sơn La, and Hòa Bình. It has a population of about two and a half million....
  
  , literally Northwest Vietnam

Europe

• North West England
  North West England
  North West England, informally known as The North West, is one of the nine official regions of England.North West England had a 2006 estimated population of 6,853,201 the third most populated region after London and the South East...
  
  , region
• Northwest Highlands
  Northwest Highlands
  The Northwest Highlands are the northern third of Scotland that is separated from the Grampian Mountains by the Great Glen . The region comprises , Assynt, Caithness and Sutherland. The Caledonian Canal, which extends from Loch Linnhe in the west, via Loch Ness to the Moray Firth in the north...
  
  , an area of Scotland
• North–West (European Parliament constituency), in the Republic of Ireland
• Nord-Vest (development region)
  Nord-Vest (development region)
  Nord-Vest is a development region in Romania, created in 1998. As other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main function being to co-ordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the European Union.-Counties:The Nord-Vest region is made up of the...
  
  , a region in Romania
• Northwestern Federal District
  Northwestern Federal District
  Northwestern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia. Its population was 13,583,800 according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of...
  
  , Russia
• Northwestern Krai
  Northwestern Krai
  Northwestern Krai was a subdivision of Imperial Russia in the territories of the present day Belarus and Lithuania. Together with the Southwestern Krai it formed the Western Krai...
  
  , a subdivision of Imperial Russia

North America

• Pacific Northwest
  Pacific Northwest
  The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
  
  , unofficial region in the United States and Canada
• Northwestern United States
  Northwestern United States
  The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains regions of the United States, and consistently include the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, to which part of southeast Alaska is also sometimes included...
  
  , a region of the United States of America
• Northwest Territories
  Northwest Territories
  The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
  
  , Canadian territory
• North-Western Territory
  North-Western Territory
  The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America until 1870. Named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land, the territory at its greatest extent covered what is now Yukon, mainland Northwest Territories, northwestern mainland Nunavut, northwestern Saskatchewan, northern...
  
  , a Hudson's Bay Company region, precursor to today's Northwest Territories though including what is now Yukon Territory
• Northwest Passage
  Northwest Passage
  The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...
  
  , a sea route traversing Canada's Arctic archipelago.
• The Northwest Territory
  Northwest Territory
  The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, more commonly known as the Northwest Territory, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 13, 1787, until March 1, 1803, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Ohio...
  
  , historical region roughly overlapping today's Midwestern United States
• Nord-Ouest Department
  Nord-Ouest Department
  Nord-Ouest is one of the ten departments of Haiti as well as the northernmost one. It has an area of 2,176 km² and a population of 445,080 . Its capital is Port-de-Paix....
  
  , Haiti
• Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the United States

Others

• Argentine Northwest
  Argentine Northwest
  The Argentine Northwest is a region of Argentina composed by the provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán.-Geography:The region had 5 different biomes:* Sub-Andean humid Sierras of the east...
  
  
• Northwest Passage (disambiguation)
  Northwest Passage (disambiguation)
  The Northwest Passage is a historical sea route between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through the Arctic waters of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland...
  
   also points to less common usages of the same term.

Schools

• Northwest High School (disambiguation), several high schools
• Northwest School
  Northwest School
  The Northwest School is a private middle and high school located on Seattle, Washington's First Hill. Founded in 1980, it is located in the 1905 Summit School building, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979...
  
  , arts high school in Seattle
• Northwest University (disambiguation), several schools

Other uses

• Northwest Ordinance
  Northwest Ordinance
  The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States, passed July 13, 1787...
  
  , U.S. ordinance outlining the provisions of accepting a new state
• Northwest Smith
  Northwest Smith
  Northwest Smith is a fictional character, and the hero of a series of stories by science fiction writer C. L. Moore.- Story setting :Smith is a spaceship pilot and smuggler who lives in an undisclosed future time when humanity has colonized the solar system....
  
  , a character in science fiction stories by C. L. Moore
• Northwest School (art)
  Northwest School (art)
  The Northwest School was an art movement based in small-town Skagit County, Washington, and was at its peak in the 1930s and 1940s.-The big four:...
  
  , a 20th century art movement centered in the Pacific Northwest

See also

• Portal:North West England
• Northwestern (disambiguation)