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Regions of the United States Jump down to Regions Chart |
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Like many countries, the United States is
officially and unofficially divided into regions. The unofficial regions
are generally historical or traditional in nature and the official regions
generally take into account such unofficial designation but they are almost
never exactly the same. Of course, a state, or portion of a state,
may lie within two or more differently defined regions. As we say in America, it
is "not a pretty picture!" Wikipedia does an excellent job of explaining this overlapping confusion of United States geography. It also has the most complete list we have seen of various official and unofficial regional designations, including regions defined within states. The U.S. Census Bureau seems to have used the most common sense regional designations that align nicely with traditional regions. Wikipedia Pages. There are two main pages: Geography of the United States and List of Regions of the United States, the latter lists all the official and unofficial slicing and dicing of the country to support government and tradition as well as traditional regions within a specific state. Our hat is off to Wikipedia authors for this tour de force. |
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