Region can be used to mean:

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. The proper techniques of space delimitation covers regionalization.

   the equatorial regions

   the temperate regions

   the polar regions

   the upper regions of the atmosphere

2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
3. The geographically-specific encoding present on many commercially-produced DVDs.
4. (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.
5. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
6. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

   the abdominal regions

7. {obsolete} Place; rank; station; dignity.
8. {obsolete} The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
9. For the QuickDraw data structure, see QuickDraw.

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

Administrative regions

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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). In English, the word is also used as the conventional translation for equivalent terms in other languages (e.g., the область (oblast), used in Russia alongside with a broader term регион).

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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:07:00 -0400
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Jobless rate hustles to 5-year high
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:47:00 -0400
The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike.The Labor Department's report, released Friday, showed the increasing toll the housing, credit and financial crises are taking on the economy.The report was sure to rattle Wall Street again. All the major stock indexes tumbled into bear territory Thursday as investors lost hope of a late-year recovery. With the employment situation deteriorating, there's growing worry that consumers will recoil, throwing the economy into a tailspin later this year or early next year.
Little damage from Hanna reported
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:18:00 -0400
The Grand Strand was getting back to normal this morning after Tropical Storm Hanna made an overnight swing through the coastal Carolinas, flooding some areas and knocking out power to hundreds of customers but not causing significant damage.Horry and Georgetown counties reported no major problems from Hanna, and damage seemed minor in Brunswick County at daybreak. Red Cross shelters closed this morning in Horry, Georgetown and Williamsburg counties after housing 276 people Friday night. Nearly all the power had been restored by early today.In Horry County, beach erosion had been reported along Shore Drive and significant rainfall recorded inland such as 5 inches in Aynor, said Lisa Bourcier, Horry County's spokeswoman. The tidal surge was 2 to 3 feet above normal and winds gusted up to 50 mph during Hanna's pass along the Grand Strand, she said.
Coasts ready to scramble resources to take on Ike
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:44:00 -0400
As the Carolinas hunkered down for Tropical Storm Hanna, concerns grew over the other two named storms churning across the Atlantic.The bigger worry was the ferocious-looking Hurricane Ike, which weakened to a Category 3 storm early Friday as it headed toward the Bahamas and Florida. And with power outages and problems from Hurricane Gustav lingering in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and relief groups found themselves juggling three storms."You've got to make a snap judgment just before the play of where you're going to stay," said FEMA's head of disaster operations, Glenn Cannon.

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