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  2. Region - Wikipedia

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    A tourism region is a geographical region that has been designated by a governmental organization or tourism bureau as having common cultural or environmental characteristics. These regions are often named after a geographical, former, or current administrative region or may have a name created for tourism purposes. The names often evoke ...

  3. United Nations geoscheme - Wikipedia

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    22 geographical subregions as defined by the UNSD. Antarctica is not shown.. The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1]

  4. List of regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.

  5. List of countries and territories by the United Nations ...

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    The United Nations geoscheme was created for statistical analysis and consists of six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [2]The United Nations Statistics Division created and maintains the M49 – Standard country or area codes for statistical use. [3]

  6. List of country groupings - Wikipedia

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    La Francophonie: an international organization representing countries and regions where French is a lingua franca or customary language; LAC: Latin America and the Caribbean; LAMEA: Latin America, the Middle East and Africa; LATAM: Latin America; LATCAR: Latin America and Caribbean [12] Levant: Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria

  7. List of WHO regions - Wikipedia

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    The World Health Organization (WHO) divides the world into six WHO regions, for the purposes of reporting, analysis and administration. African Region (AFR)

  8. ISO 3166-2 - Wikipedia

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    4 geographical regions 134 districts 1 city: UM: United States Minor Outlying Islands: 9 islands, groups of islands: US: United States of America: 50 states 1 district 6 outlying areas: UY: Uruguay: 19 departments: UZ: Uzbekistan: 1 city 12 regions 1 republic: VA: Holy See — VC: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 6 parishes: VE: Venezuela ...

  9. List of geographic acronyms and initialisms - Wikipedia

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    For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words. Those derived from only two names are usually considered portmanteaus and can be found in the List of geographic portmanteaus. However, there are exceptions to this two/three rule in both lists, so it is more of a guideline than a hard-and ...