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This article is about the geographic sense of the term. For other uses, including Regions and Regional, see Region (disambiguation).

Region is a geographical term that is used in various ways among the different branches of geography. Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena In general, a region is a medium-scale area of Earth or water, smaller than the whole areas of interest (which could be, for example, the world, a nation, a river basin, mountain range, and so on), and larger than a specific site or location. A LAND attack is a DoS (Denial of Service attack that consists of sending a special poison spoofed packet to a computer causing it to lock up Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life. A region can be seen as a collection of smaller units (as in "the New England states") or as one part of a larger whole (as in "the New England region of the United States").

Regions are areas and or the spaces used in the study of geography. A region can be defined by physical characteristics, human characteristics and functional characteristics.

As a way of describing spatial areas, the concept of regions is important and widely used among the many branches of geography, each of which can describe areas in regional terms. For example, ecoregion is a term used in environmental geography, cultural region in cultural geography, bioregion in Biogeography, and so on. An ecoregion ( ecological region) sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area smaller than a "realm" or " Environmental geography is the branch of Geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural world Cultural region is a term used mainly in the study of Geography. Cultural geography is a sub-field within Human geography. Cultural geography is the study of cultural products and norms and their variation across and relations to spaces and An ecoregion ( ecological region) sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area smaller than a "realm" or " Biogeography is the study of the distribution of Biodiversity over Space and Time. The field of geography that studies regions themselves is called Regional geography. Regional geography is a study of regions throughout the world in order to understand or define the unique characteristics of a particular region which consists of natural as well as

Regions are conceptual constructs and, thus, may vary among cultures and individuals.

Natural regions

In the fields of physical geography, ecology, biogeography, zoogeography, and environmental geography, regions tend to be based on natural features such as ecosystems or biotopes, biomes, drainage basins, mountain ranges, soil types, and so on. Physical geography (also known as geosystems or physiography) is one of the three major subfields of Geography. Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of Biogeography is the study of the distribution of Biodiversity over Space and Time. Zoogeography is the branch of the science of Biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of Animal Species and their attributes Environmental geography is the branch of Geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and the natural world An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants animals and micro-organisms( Biotic factors in an area functioning together with all of the non-living physical ( Biotope is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific assemblage of plants and animals. A biome is a climatically and geographically defined area of ecologically similar climatic conditions such as communities of Plants Animals and A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys In terms of Soil texture, soil type usually refers to the different sizes of Mineral particles in a particular sample

Ecoregions

Many systems of defining ecoregions have been created. An ecoregion ( ecological region) sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area smaller than a "realm" or " The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has been active in creating one of the more recent and comprehensive systems. In this system, ecoregions are part of a nested hierarchy of ecological regions of different scales. Small units are called sites, micro-ecosystems, landtypes, and land units, among other terms. An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants animals and micro-organisms( Biotic factors in an area functioning together with all of the non-living physical ( Small units are grouped into larger units called landscape mosaics, meso-ecosystems, landtype associations, and subregions, among other terms. These in turn are grouped into larger units called variously regions, ecoregions, provinces, divisions, domains, zones, ecozones, kingdoms, and so on. An ecozone or biogeographic realm is the largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns

Hydrological regions

The fields of hydrology and hydrography involve the study and description of water in the environment. Hydrology (from Greek Yδωρ hudōr, "water" and λόγος logos, "study" is the study of the movement distribution and quality of Hydrography focuses on the measurement of physical characteristics of Waters and marginal land Surface-water hydrology focuses on streams, lakes, wetlands, and other kinds of surface water (as opposed to groundwater). Surface water Hydrology is a field that encompasses all surface waters of the globe (overland flows rivers lakes wetlands estuaries oceans etc For Water masses on the surface of the world ocean see Surface water (ocean. Groundwater is Water located beneath the Ground surface in Soil pore spaces and in the Fractures of lithologic formations Hydrology is a broad field with many topics of study, including the delineation of water-based regions.

There are many systems for defining surface water regions. A basic type of stream-based region is the drainage basin, or watershed. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, In some cases, drainage basins are directly linked to cultural and political regions. For example, the Hudson Bay drainage basin was defined politically as Rupert's Land, the historic territory of the Hudson's Bay Company. Rupert's Land, also sometimes called "Prince Rupert's Land" was a territory in British North America, consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, that Boundaries between drainage basins, called water divides, are frequently used as political boundaries. A drainage divide, water divide, divide or (outside North America) watershed is the line separating neighbouring Drainage basins

Hydrologic Units

The drainage basin concept is expanded upon in hierarchical systems of hydrologic units. In the United States, an effort is being made to delineate hydrologic units in a six level hierarchy covering the entire country and adhering to a standard called the "Federal Standard for Delineation of Hydrologic Unit Boundaries". The six nested levels of hydrologic unit regions are named, from largest to smallest, regions, subregions, basins, subbasins, watersheds, and subwatersheds. The system defines 21 hydrologic unit (HU) regions in the United States, 222 HU subregions, 352 HU basins, and 2,149 HU subbasins. The delineation of 5th level watersheds and 6th level subwatersheds is not complete, but estimates predict about 22,000 watersheds and 160,000 subwatersheds in the United States.

All of these HU regions are given a numeric ID and a name. An example of the names and nesting hierarchy is:

Physiographic regions

Main article: Physiographic regions of the world

Regions defined based on the dance ,=moves it can achieve characteristics are called "phsycadellic" or "geomorphic" regions. The physiographic regions of the world are a means of defining the Earth's landforms into distinct regions based upon Nevin Fenneman 's classic three-tiered approach of divisions Physiography involves the delineation and description of regions from the viewpoint of geomorphology. Geomorphology (from Greek: γη ge, "earth" μορφή morfé, "form" and λόγος Logos, "knowledge" Geologist Nevin Fenneman defined a classic three-level hierarchical system of physiographic regions for the United States in 1946. The regions are called divisions, provinces, and sections. For example, there are 8 large physiographic divisions, such as the Canadian Shield and the Interior Plains. There are eight distinct physiographic divisions within the Continental United States. The Canadian Shield &mdash also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier Canadien (French &mdash is a large geological shield covered by The Interior Plains is a vast physiographic region that spreads across the Laurentian craton of North America These are subdivioned into provinces and sectiones. The appalachiane Highlands division, for example, contains the Valley and Ridge province, which in turn contains three sections, the Tennessee section, Middle section, and Hudson section. The Valley and Ridge province approximately corresponds to the more general region known as the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians. The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of

Palaeogeographic regions

Palaeogeography is the study of ancient geologic environments. Palaeogeography (sometimes spelled paleogeography) is the study of what the Geography was in times past Since the physical structures of the Earth's surface have changed over geologic time, palaeogeographers have coined various names for ancient regions that no longer exist, from very large regions such as the supercontinents Rodinia, Pangaea, and Pannotia, to relatively small regions like Beringia. For the Genus of Metalmark butterflies, see Rodinia (butterfly. Pangaea, Pangæa or Pangea (pænˈdʒiːə from παν pan, meaning entire, and Γαῖα Gaea, meaning Earth in Pannotia, first described by Ian W D Dalziel in 1997 is a hypothetical Supercontinent that existed from the Pan-African orogeny about 600 million years ago to the The Bering land bridge was a Land bridge roughly 1000 miles (1600 km north to south at its greatest extent which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia Other examples include the Tethys Ocean and Ancylus Lake. The Tethys Ocean was a Mesozoic era Ocean that existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia before the opening of the Indian Ancylus lake is a name given by geologists to the body of fresh water that replaced the Yoldia Sea after the latter had been severed from its saline intake across central Palaeogeographiccontinentalregionsthatinclude Laurentia, Proto-Laurasia, Laurasia, Euramerica (the "Old Red Continent"), and Gondwana. Laurentia (also known as the North American craton) like all Craton land was created as continents moved about the surface of the Earth Laurasia (lɔˈreɪʃiə lɔˈreɪʒə was a Supercontinent that most recently existed as a part of the split of the Pangaean supercontinent in the late Mesozoic Euramerica (also known as Laurussia or Old Red Continent) was a minor Supercontinent created in the Devonian as the result of a collision between Gondwana (ɡɒnˈdwɑːnə originally Gondwanaland) was a southern Supercontinent that existed about 500 to 200 Ma ago

Historical regions

Main article: Lists of unofficial regions by country

The field of historical geography involves the study of human history as it relates to places and regions, or, inversely, the study of how places and regions have changed over time. This is a list of lists of "unofficial" (ie non- administrative) Regions by country: Australia List of regions of Australia Historical geography is the study of the human, physical, fictional, theoretical and "real" geographies of the past Historical regions are delimitations of geographic areas for studying and analysing social development of period -specific cultures without any reference to contemporary political

D. W. Meinig, a historical geographer of America, describes many historical regions in his book The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History. DW Meinig (Donald William Meinig born 1924 is an American geographer focusing on Historical geography, Regional geography, Cultural geography For example, in identifying European "source regions" in early American colonization efforts, he defines and describes the "Northwest European Atlantic Protestant Region", which includes sub-regions such as the "Western Channel Community", which itself is made of sub-regions such as the "English West Country" of Cornwall and Devon. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name

In describing historic regions of America, Meinig writes of "The Great Fishery" off the coast of Newfoundland and New England, an oceanic region that includes the Grand Banks. He rejects regions traditionally used in describing American history, like New France, "West Indies", the Middle Colonies, and the individual colonies themselves (Province of Maryland, for example). The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Middle Colonies were a part of the original Thirteen Colonies that would later become The United States of America. The Province of Maryland was an English colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776 when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen colonies Instead he writes of "discrete colonization areas", which may be named after colonies, but rarely adhere strictly to political boundaries. Historic regions of this type Meinig writes about include "Greater New England" and its major sub-regions of "Plymouth", "New Haven shores" (including parts of Long Island), "Rhode Island" (or "Narragansett Bay"), "the Piscataqua", "Massachusetts Bay", "Connecticut Valley", and to a lesser degree, regions in the sphere of influence of Greater New England, "Acadia" (Nova Scotia), "Newfoundland and The Fishery/The Banks".

Other examples of historical regions include Iroquoia, Ohio Country, Illinois Country, and Rupert's Land. The Ohio Country (sometimes called the Ohio Territory) was the name used in the 18th century for the regions of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains The Illinois Country ( Pays des Illinois) was the name used in the 17th century and afterwards to refer to an undefined region centered around present day southwest Rupert's Land, also sometimes called "Prince Rupert's Land" was a territory in British North America, consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, that

Tourism regions

Tourism geography is the study of tourism and travel as it relates to places. Tourism Geography is the study of Travel and Tourism as an industry as a human activity and especially as a Place -based experience Regions are studied as places of tourist origin as well as tourist destination. From the perspective of tourism geography, a regions like the Lake District of England may receive more attention than its political region of Cumbria, or New Zealand's Fiordland region more than Southland Province. The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy Fiordland is a geographic region of New Zealand that is situated on the south-western corner of the South Island. (For the current top-level subdivision of Southland in New Zealand see Southland Region) The Southland Province was a province of New For example, the policy used by the Wikitravel guide discourages the use of U. S. counties as guide subjects, in favor of geographic or metropolitan regions.

In ecotourism, regions are often described in terms more environmental than political, such as the Serengeti region. Ecotourism, also known as ecological tourism, is a form of Tourism that appeals to ecologically and socially conscious individuals This article is about a geographical region for the National Park see Serengeti National Park The Serengeti ecosystem is located in north-western Tanzania

Other examples of tourism regions include the Loire Valley in France, Cinque Terre in Italy, Cappadocia in Turkey, and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Loire Valley (Vallée de la Loire is known as the Garden of France and the Cradle of the French Language. The Cinque Terre (pronounced CHEEN-kweh TEHR-reh is a rugged portion of coast of the Riviera to the west of the city of La Spezia, in the province of La Spezia Cappadocia (or Capadocia, Turkish Kapadokya, from Greek: Καππαδοκία / Kappadokía which in turn is from the Persian: The Great Barrier Reef is the largest Coral reef system in the world composed of over 2900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2600 kilometres (1600 mi

Natural resource regions

Natural resources often occur in distinct regions. Natural resources are naturally occurring substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified ( natural) form Natural resource regions can be a topic of physical geography or environmental geography, but also have a strong element of human geography and economic geography. A coal region, for example, is a physical or geomorphological region, but its development and exploitation can make it into an economic and a cultural region. Some examples of natural resource regions include the Rumaila Field, the oil field that lies along the border or Iraq and Kuwait and played a role in the Gulf War; the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, which is a historical region as well as a cultural, physical, and natural resource region; the South Wales Coalfield, which like Pennsylvania's coal region is a historical, cultural, and natural region; the Kuznetsk Basin, a similarly important coal mining region in Russia; Kryvbas, the economic and iron ore mining region of Ukraine; and the James Bay Project, a large region of Quebec where one of the largest hydroelectric systems in the world has been developed. The Rumaila Field is an Oil field located in Kuwait and southern Iraq. The Coal Region is a term used to refer to an area of Northeastern Pennsylvania in the central Appalachian Mountains comprising Lackawanna The South Wales Coalfield is a large region of South Wales that is rich with Coal deposits The Kuznetsk Basin (often abbreviated as Kuzbass, Russian: Кузнецкий бассейн Кузбасс in southwestern Siberia, Kryvbas may also refer to the FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, the football team in Kryvyi Rih The James Bay Project (in French projet de la Baie-James) refers to the construction of a series of hydroelectric power stations on the La Grande River

Religious regions

Sometimes a region associated with a religion is given a name, like Christendom, a term with medieval and renaissance connotations of Christianity as a sort of social and political polity. Christendom usually refers to Christianity as a territorial phenomenon Polity ( Greek: Πολιτεία or Πολίτευμα transliterated as Politeía or Políteuma) was originally a term used in Ancient Greece The term Muslim world is sometimes used to refer to the region of the world where Islam is dominant. The term Muslim world (or Islamic world) has several meanings These broad terms are very vague when used to describe regions.

Within some religions there are clearly defined regions. The Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and others, define ecclesiastical regions with names such as diocese, eparchy, ecclesiastical provinces, and parish. Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of Church of England The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. Eparchy is an Anglicized Greek word authentically Latinized as eparchia and loosely translating as 'rule over something' but has the following An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government so named by analogy with a secular Province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches

For example, the United States is divided into 32 Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces. The following is the List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States (this list also includes not only dioceses of the Latin or Western Church but also the eparchies The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod is organized into 33 geographic "districts", which are subdivided into "circuits" (the Atlantic District (LCMS), for example). The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS founded in 1847 in Missouri, is the eighth largest Protestant denomination in the United States and the second-largest The Atlantic District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS and covers eastern New York state New York City The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses regions similar to dioceses and parishes, but uses terms like ward and stake. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a ward is the larger of two types of local congregations (the smaller being a branch) A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Political regions

In the field of political geography regions tend to be based on political units such as sovereign states; subnational units such as provinces, counties, townships, territories, etc; and multinational groupings, including formally defined units such as the European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and NATO, as well as informally defined regions such as the Third World, Western Europe, and the Middle East. Political geography is the field of Human geography that is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of Political processes and the ways in which A state is a political association with effective Sovereignty over a geographic Area and representing a Population. A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. A township (or Municipality) is a settlement which has the status and powers of a unit of local government Types of administrative and/or political territories include Many types of legally administered territories, each of which is a non-sovereign geographic area The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly referred to as ASEAN, ˈɑːsiːɑːn AH-see-ahn in English (the Official language The North Atlantic Treaty Third World is a name given to nations that are generally considered to be underdeveloped economically Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East.

Local administrative regions

There are many relatively small regions based on local government agencies. Sometimes these small political regions are called districts or areas, and sometimes regions. In general, they are all regions in the general sense of being bounded spatial units. Examples include electoral districts such as Washington's 6th congressional district and Tennessee's 1st congressional district; school districts such as Granite School District and Los Angeles Unified School District; economic districts such as the Reedy Creek Improvement District; metropolitan areas such as the Seattle metropolitan area, and metropolitan districts such as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, the Metropolitan Police Service of Greater London, as well as other local districts like the York Rural Sanitary District, the Delaware River Port Authority, the Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District, and C-TRAN. The Sixth Congressional District of Washington encompasses the Olympic Peninsula, most of the Kitsap Peninsula, and most of the city of Tacoma The Tennessee 1st Congressional District is the congressional district of northeast Tennessee, including all of Carter, Cocke, Greene, The Granite School District spreads across central Salt Lake County Utah, serving West Valley City, Taylorsville, South Salt Lake, and Los Angeles Unified School District (" LAUSD " is the largest (in terms of number of students Public school system in California. The Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID is the immediate governing jurisdiction for the land on the Walt Disney World Resort. The Seattle metropolitan area in the US state of Washington includes the city of Seattle, King County, Snohomish County, and The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC is a sanitary district a type of Special-purpose district, chartered in northern Illinois. Las Vegas-Clark County Library District is the library district that services Clark County, Nevada except for the cities of Henderson and North Las "Metropolitan Police" redirects here See also Metropolitan police. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. York was a Rural sanitary district in Yorkshire, England until 1894 The Delaware River Port Authority or DRPA is a bi-state Port district located within the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Nassau County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD located in Nassau County Florida is a Government entity dedicated to encouraging productive use of

Administrative regions

The word "region" is taken from the Latin regio, and a number of countries have borrowed the term as the formal name for a type of subnational entity (eg, the región, used in Chile). Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Examples of administrative divisions English terms In many of the following terms corresponding to British cultural influence areas of relatively low mean population ||-||} Chile is divided into 15 Regions (in Spanish, regiones; singular región) each of which is headed by an Intendant ( intendente Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the In English, the word is also used as the conventional translation for equivalent terms in other languages (e. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States g. , the область (oblast), used in Russia alongside with a broader term регион). The Russian Federation is divided into 83  subjects ( subyekty) of which 46 are oblasts ("provinces" sing Oblast (во́бласць oblast о́бласт oblast о́бласть област/ oblast; oblasť област о́бласть is a type of Administrative division Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

The following countries use the term "region" (or its cognate) as the name of a type of subnational administrative unit:

The Canadian province of Québec also uses the "administrative region" (région administrative). Cognates in Linguistics are words that have a common origin They may occur within a language such as shirt and skirt as two English words descended from Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities, three regions, and four language areas. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname |||} The country of Chad is currently divided into 18 regions See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ||-||} Chile is divided into 15 Regions (in Spanish, regiones; singular región) each of which is headed by an Intendant ( intendente |||}The Republic of the Congo is divided into ten Regions ( régions, singular région) (capitals in parentheses Bouenza ( Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast is divided into nineteen Regions ( régions) The Regions of Denmark were created on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform which created five new administrative units to replace the country's Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one ||}At the time of Independence in 1993 Eritrea was arranged into ten provinces France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, |||} Ghana is divided into ten Regions ( Capitals in parentheses Ashanti Region ( Kumasi) Brong-Ahafo Region |||} Guinea is divided into 8 administrative regions which are further subdivided into 34 prefectures. |||} Guinea-Bissau is divided into 8 regions (singular região plural regiões and 1 autonomous sector ( sector autónomo) The South American Commonwealth of Guyana is divided into ten regions Barima-Waini Pomeroon-Supenaam Essequibo Islands-West There are seven statistical regions of Hungary created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI |||} Madagascar is divided into 22 Regions ( faritra) Elections Elections for the regional councils were held on 16 March 2008 |||} Mali is divided into eight Regions and one capital district. Namibia is divided into 13 administrative Regions Regions map Population table The region is the top tier of Local government in New Zealand. The regions of Peru (Regiones del Perú are the first-level Administrative subdivisions of Peru. In the Philippines, regions ( Filpino: rehiyon, ISO 3166-2PH) are administrative division that serve primarily to organize the 81 |||} Senegal is subdivided into 11 regions ( régions, singular région) each of which is administered by a Conseil Régionaux elected by population |||} Tanzania is divided into 26 Regions ( mkoa) (capitals in parentheses Arusha ( Arusha) Dar es Salaam |||} Togo is divided into five Regions ( régions, singular région) (capitals in parentheses Centrale ( Sokodé) Local Government in Trinidad and Tobago is handled through 5 municipalities 9 Regional Corporations and the Tobago House of Assembly. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. The province of Quebec, Canada, is officially divided into 17 administrative Regions Traditionally (and non-officially it is divided into around twenty Regions

Scotland had local government regions from 1975 to 1996. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The regions and districts of Scotland were established under the Local Government (Scotland Act 1973 as a two-tier system of Local government in Scotland.

In Spain the official name of the autonomous community of Murcia is Región de Murcia. An autonomous community is a first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution. Murcia ( is the capital city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, located at the river Segura in south-eastern Spain. Also, some single-province autonomous communities such as Madrid use the term región interchangeably with comunidad autónoma. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain.

Two län (counties) in Sweden are officially called 'regions': Skåne and Västra Götaland, and there is currently a controversial proposal to divide the rest of Sweden into large regions, replacing the current counties. The Counties of Sweden, or Län, are the first level administrative and political Subdivisions of Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( Västra Götaland County or Western Gothland County ( Västra Götalands län) is a county or Län on the western coast of Sweden

The government of the Philippines uses the term "region" (in Filipino, rehiyon) when it's necessary to group provinces, the primary administrative subdivision of the country. In the Philippines, regions ( Filpino: rehiyon, ISO 3166-2PH) are administrative division that serve primarily to organize the 81 Filipino is the national and an Official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. This is also the case in Brazil which groups its primary administrative divisions (estados; "states") into grandes regiões (greater regions) for statistical purposes, while Russia uses экономические районы (economic regions) in a similar way, as does Romania and Venezuela. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Brazil is currently divided into five Regions (also called Macroregions by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica ( IBGE) Russia is divided into twelve economic regions (экономи́ческие райо́ны ekonomicheskiye rayony, sing The development regions of Romania (Romanian regiunile de dezvoltare României) refer to the eight regional divisions created in Romania in 1998 in order Venezuela 's states capital district and federal dependencies have been grouped into administrative regions since a 1969 decree on regionalization

The government of Singapore makes use of the term "region" for its own administrative purposes. The Government of Singapore is formed by the Political party which gains a simple majority in the general Elections held in Singapore at least once every The regions of Singapore are Urban planning subdivisions demarcated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore to aid in its planning efforts

The following countries use an administrative subdivision conventionally referred to as a region in English:

China has five 自治区 (zìzhìqū) and two 特別行政區 (or 特别行政区; tèbiéxíngzhèngqū) which are translated as "autonomous region" and "special administrative region", respectively. Since 1999 Bulgaria has been divided into twenty-six provinces (области oblasti singular област oblast; also translated as "region" which The Russian Federation is divided into 83  subjects ( subyekty) of which 46 are oblasts ("provinces" sing Ukraine is subdivided into 24 Oblasts (provinces, one Autonomous republic, and two " cities with special status' " Since 1949 (except 1990-1996, Slovakia has been divided into a number of Kraje ' (singular kraj; usually translated as "Regions" with capital China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National An autonomous region ( is a first-level administrative subdivision of China. A special administrative region or SAR may be;People's Republic of China Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, present-day

Traditional or informal regions

The traditional territorial divisions of some countries are also commonly rendered in English as "regions". These informal divisions do not form the basis of the modern administrative divisions of these countries, but still define and delimit local regional identity and sense of belonging. Examples include:

Geographical regions

A region can also be used for a geographical area; with this usage, there is an implied distinctiveness about the area that defines it. Finland is divided into 20 regions ( maakunta in Finnish, landskap in Swedish) The Regions of Japan are not official administrative units but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts Korea has traditionally been divided into a number of unofficial regions that reflect historical geographical and dialect boundaries within the peninsula. Norway is divided into five major regions ( landsdeler) which consist of counties as follows Northern Norway At various times during its history Romania extended over the following historical regions Transylvania and Partium These traditional regions of Slovakia are mostly former counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, but also some other regions Such a distinction is often made on the basis of a historical, political, or cultural cohesiveness that separates the region from its neighbours.

Geographical regions can be found within a country (e. g. , the Midlands, in England), or transnationally (e. This article is mainly about the English Midlands For other uses see Midlands (disambiguation. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland g. , the Middle East). The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East.

Similarly, the United Nations Statistics Division has devised a scheme for classifying macrogeographic regions (continents), continental subregions, and selected socioeconomic groupings. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security A subregion is a conceptual unit which derives from a larger Region or Continent and is usually based on location

Examples of geographical regions

Military usage

In military usage a region is shorthand for the name of a military formation larger than an Army Group and smaller than an Army Theater or simply Theater. There are many historical Regions of Central Europe. For the purpose of this list Central Europe is defined as the area contained roughly within the south coast of This is a list of major historical regions of the Balkan Peninsula. This is a list of regions in Australia that are not Australian states or territories. National regions Provinces and territories are normally grouped into the following Regions (generally from west to east Northern Canada This is a list of unofficial or quasi-official regions of India This list of regions of the United States includes official (governmental and non-official areas within the borders of the United States, not including U These traditional regions of Slovakia are mostly former counties of the Kingdom of Hungary, but also some other regions Brazil is currently divided into five Regions (also called Macroregions by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica ( IBGE) The Regions of Japan are not official administrative units but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts The provinces of Turkey are organized into 7 census-defined regions ( bölge) which were originally defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941 This is a list of lists of "unofficial" (ie non- administrative) Regions by country: Australia List of regions of Australia A military organization is a way of structuring the armed forces of a State as a need to offer Military capability required by the National defence policy An army group is a Military organization consisting of several field armies, which is self-sufficient for indefinite periods In Warfare a theater or theatre is defined as a specific geographical area of conduct of armed conflict bordered by areas where no combat is taking place The full name of the military formation is Army Region. An Army Region usually consists of between two and five Army Groups. The size of an Army Region can vary widely but is generally somewhere between about 1 million and 3 million soldiers. Two or more Army Regions could make up an Army Theater. An Army Region would typically be commanded by a full General (US four stars), a Field Marshal or General of the Army (US five stars), Generalissimo (Soviet Union) or General of the Armies (US six stars), or by general officers holding ranks equivalent to six stars (for those nations that have had these generals). For other meanings see Field Marshal (disambiguation Field marshal is a military officer rank General of the Army is a military rank used in some countries to denote a senior military leader usually a General in command of a nation's Army. Generalissimo or Generalissimus is a military rank of the highest degree superior to a Field Marshal or Grand Admiral. General of the Armies (or in its full title General of the Armies of the United States) is the highest possible rank in the United States Army Due to the large size of this formation, its use is rarely employed. Some of the very few examples of an Army Region would be each of the Eastern, Western, and southern (mostly in Italy) fronts in Europe during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The military map symbol for this echelon of formation (see Military organization and APP-6A) consists in six Xs. A military organization is a way of structuring the armed forces of a State as a need to offer Military capability required by the National defence policy APP-6A Military Symbols for Land Based Systems is the NATO standard for military map marking symbols

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region

-noun

  1. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
  2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
  3. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
  4. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
  5. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
  6. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
  7. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
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