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SubregionA '''subregion''' is a conceptual unit which derives from a larger region or continent and is usually based on location. Cardinal directions, such as south or southern, are commonly used to define a subregion.
United Nations subregions
- ''Main article: United Nations geoscheme''
The United Nations Statistics Division|Statistics Division of the United Nations (UN) is in charge of the collection, processing, and dissemination of statistical information for the UN.[United Nations Statistics Division - About Us] In 1999, it developed a system of macro-geographical (continental) regions, subregions, and other selected economic groups to report advances towards achieving numerous Millennium Development Goals|millennial development goals worldwide. United Nations geoscheme|This geoscheme was devised for statistical purposes and is used for carrying out statistical analysis.[United Nations Statistics Division - Country and Area Codes Classifications] The division's first publication was the book ''World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics'' in 2000.
This scheme is in use by several bodies within the UN; other schemes are also used.[North America Forest Commission; FAO][UNESCO worldwide][Regional assessments, UN System-Wide EARTHWATCH][Field presences, UN OHCHR] According to the UN, these geographical divisions do not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliations of country|countries or Country subdivision|territories by the UN.
Subregions by continent
The following is a non-exhaustive list of subregions, arranged alphabetically by region (i.e., by continent); in the UN geoscheme, higher-level, macro-geographical regions are arranged to the extent possible according to continents.
=== Africa ===
- ''by UN subregion:''
- Northern Africa
- West Africa|Western Africa
- Central Africa|Middle Africa
- East Africa|Eastern Africa
- Southern Africa
- ''by geography:''
- North Africa
- * Maghreb
- * Sahel
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- * West Africa
- * East Africa
- * Horn of Africa
- * Central Africa
- * Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo
- * Southern Africa
- * Sudan (region)
- ''by geology:''
- * Kaapvaal craton
- * Zimbabwe craton
=== Americas|America ===
- ''see also: Americas (terminology)''
==== North America ====
- ''by UN subregion:''
- Northern America
- Central America
- Caribbean
- ''by geography:''
- Canadian Arctic
- Great Basin
- Great Plains
- Great Lakes
- The Greater Antilles
- The Lesser Antilles
- ''by geology:''
- Canadian Shield
- North American craton
- Slave craton
- Superior craton
- Wyoming craton
- ''by economics:''
- North American Free Trade Agreement|North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Caribbean Community|Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- Central America Free Trade Agreement|Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
==== South America ====
- ''by geography:''
- Altiplano
- Amazon Basin
- Andes
- Caribbean South America
- Gran Chaco
- South America|Guianas
- Pampa
- Pantanal
- Patagonia
- ''by economics (Union of South American Nations):''
- Andean Community
- Mercosur
=== Eurasia
= Asia ====
- ''by UN subregion:''
- Western Asia
- Central Asia
- Southern Asia
- Eastern Asia
- Southeastern Asia
- ''by geography:''
- Central Asia
- Southwest Asia
- * Arabian Peninsula/Gulf States
- * Anatolia
- * Caucasus
- * Levant
- * Mesopotamia
- * Kurdistan
- * Iranian Plateau/Balochistan (region)|Balochistan
- North Asia (see Siberia)
- East Asia
- South Asia, or the Indian subcontinent
- * Himalayan states
- * Indo-Gangetic plains
- * Deccan Plateau/South India|Peninsular India
- * Indian Ocean states
- * South India
- * North India
- * East India
- * Northeast India
- * West India
- Southeast Asia
- * Maritime Southeast Asia|Maritime/Malay Archipelago
- * Mainland Southeast Asia|Mainland/Indochina
- ''other groupings:''
- Far East
- Middle East
- Near East
==== Europe ====
- ''by UN subregion:''
- Western Europe
- Northern Europe
- Southern Europe
- Eastern Europe
- ''by peninsula:''
- Balkan Peninsula
- Iberian Peninsula
- Italian Peninsula
- Scandinavian Peninsula
- ''by other groupings:''
- Baltic States
- Benelux or the Low Countries
- the British Isles
- Central Europe
- Nordic States
- Visegrád Group
- ''by geology''
- Baltic shield
- Ukrainian shields
- East European craton
===Oceania===
- Australasia or Australia (continent)|Australia
- ''by geography''
- * Australian Capital Territory
- * New South Wales
- * Northern Territory
- * Queensland
- * South Australia
- * Tasmania
- * Victoria (Australia)|Victoria
- * Western Australia
- * Jervis Bay Territory
- ''by geology''
- * Yilgarn craton
- * Pilbara craton
- Melanesia
- Micronesia
- Polynesia
- Pacific Ocean|South Pacific
- North Pacific
See also
- United Nations geoscheme
- Continent
- Subcontinent
- Supercontinent
Sources
External links
- UN Statistics Division's Country and Area Codes Classifications
- UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names
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