ORG_0000049 - region

Label

region

Definition

A subdivision of the territory of a country

Definition source

Michael Conlon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-8447

Example

US states, counties, Candian Provinces, US Zip codes, US SMSAs, US time zone territories are all examples of regions.

Editor’s note

This term is about the territory, not its governance. It could be subclassed to define verious types of regions – census tracts, zip codes, and others.

Term editor

Michael Conlon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-8447