Regions {land region} {region} are land areas with natural boundaries.
{Afar} Region is in northeast Africa in Ethiopia and north Eritrea. It is East African Rift north end. It has Erta Ale and Afdera volcanoes and Dallal Crater.
{Guinea, region} Region is west Africa from Gambia to Angola.
{Horn of Africa} Region is east Africa tip, in Somalia.
{Land of Goshen} Ancient region is in northeast Egypt.
{Maghreb} Region is coastal northwest Africa.
{Americas regions} Americas regions are in North and South America.
{Appalachia} Region is in southeast USA.
{Badlands} Region is in southwest South Dakota.
{Big Sur} Region is in west-central California.
{Canal Zone} Former USA territory contains Panama Canal. USA leased it from Panama.
{Cibola} Region is in north New Mexico. It contains the Seven Cities believed by explorers to contain vast treasure.
{Dixie} Region is in southeast USA.
{Indian Territory} Former USA territory is in Oklahoma.
{Louisiana Purchase} Region was in west-central USA between Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River.
{Midwest} Region is north-central USA.
{New England} Region is northeast USA.
{Northeast} Region is Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey.
{Northwest} Region is Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Idaho.
{Southwest} Region is west Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
{Vinland} Region is on North-America northeast coast. Norsemen discovered it.
{West} Region is west of Mississippi River.
{Guyana or Guiana} Region is in northeast South America.
{Latin America} Region is Americas south of USA.
{Patagonia} Region is in south Argentina.
{Bengal} Region is east India and Bangladesh.
{Central Asia} Steppe region from Caspian Sea to Tibet has Alborz, Hindu Kush, and Kunlun Mountains on south and Siberia on north.
{Far East} Region has East Asia countries.
{Goa} Former Portuguese colony is in west India, south of Bombay.
{Hindustan} Region is in north India.
{Inner Mongolia} Region is in north China.
{Manchuria} Region is in northeast China.
{Punjab} Region is in east Pakistan and northwest India.
{Siberia} Region is in Asian northeast Russia.
{Tatary} Old region in Asia goes from Sea of Japan to Dnieper River.
{Turkestan} Region is in central Asia, between Iran and Siberia.
{Anatolia} Region includes Turkey, Asia Minor, and east of Asia Minor.
{Canaan} Region is main Palestine.
{Chaldea} Ancient region was on Persian Gulf and Euphrates River.
{Gaza Strip} Region is in southwest Palestine, on Mediterranean coast.
{Hejaz, region} Region is in west Saudi Arabia.
{Holy Land} Ancient region is between Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River. It is also Palestine.
{Levant} Region is countries on Mediterranean-Sea east shore.
{Mesopotamia} Region is in Iraq between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
{Negev} Region is in south Palestine.
{Samaria} Region is in west Jordan and was in ancient Palestine.
{Subartu} Region is in north Mesopotamia.
{Austrasia} Region was in northwest France and contains Aachen, Mainz, and Fulda.
{Carinthia} Region was in Czech Republic, east of Bavaria.
{Caucasia} Region is in southwest Asia, between Black Sea and Caspian Sea.
{Chalcis} Region is east of Thebes, on Euboea Island.
{Circassia} Region is in southwest Asia, east of Black Sea.
{La Mancha} Region is in south-central Spain.
{Lapland} Region is in north Europe, above Arctic Circle.
{Scandinavia} Region contains Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, plus Finland and Iceland.
{Silesia} Region is in north Austria.
{Tyrol} Region is in south Austria.
{Ulster} Region is in north Ireland.
{Cambria} Region was in west Britain. New name is Wales.
{Lancaster County} Region is in northwest England.
{Lands End} Region is at England southwest tip.
{Umbria} Region is in central England.
{Wales} Region is in southwest Britain. Old name was Cambria.
{Alsace} Region is in northeast France.
{Anjou} Region is in northwest France.
{Brittany} Region is at France west tip.
{Champagne, region} Region is in northeast France.
{Gascony} Region is in southwest France.
{Ile-de-France} Region is in north-central France, around Paris.
{Lorraine} Region is in northeast France.
{Medoc} Region is in France.
{Midi} Region is in south France.
{Provence} Region is in southeast France.
{Septimania} Region was in southwest France, along coast.
{Alemanni, region} Ancient region is in southwest Germany.
{Baden} Region is in southwest Germany, near French and Swiss border. It has spa.
{Rhineland} Region is west of Rhine River.
{Ruhr} Industrial region is in west Germany.
{Saar, region} Region is in west Germany.
{Achaea} Region is in south Greece, in north Peloponnesus.
{Arcadia, region} Mountainous region is in south Greece, in central Peloponnesus.
{Attica} Region is in central Greece, northeast of Isthmus of Corinth, and contains Thebes, Athens, Megara, Piraeus, and Plataea.
{Boeotia} Region is in west-central Greece, north of Peloponnesus.
{Elis} Region is in west Greece.
{Epirus} Region is in west Greece.
{Locris} Region is in central Greece, north of Boeotia.
{Magna Graecia} Ancient Greek colonies were in south Italy.
{Messenia} Region is in south Greece.
{Thessaly} Region is in north Greece, north of Locris.
{Thrace} Region is in north Greece, east of Macedon, from Danube River to Aegean Sea.
{Apulia} Region was in southeast Italy and contained Heraclaea and Tarentum.
{Campania} Region was in southwest Italy, southeast of Latium and south of Samnium. It contained Capua and Neapolis (Naples).
{Friuli} Region is in northeast Italy, in Lombardy, north of Venice.
{Latium} Ancient region is in west-central Italy, south of Rome.
{Lucania} Region was in south Italy.
{Roman Campagna} Region is in central Italy, around Rome. It is also Campagna di Roma.
{Sabini} Region was in central Italy, east of Rome.
{Samnium} Region is in central Italy, east of Latium.
{The Marches} Region is in north Italy.
{Tuscany} Region is in northwest-central Italy.
{Commonwealth} British Commonwealth included United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and South Africa.
{United Nations, region} Region in New York City is international territory.
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