RegionInfo Class

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Contains information about a country/region.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Globalization.RegionInfo

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class RegionInfo

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class RegionInfo

The RegionInfo type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	RegionInfo	Initializes a new instance of the RegionInfo class for a particular country/region based on its full culture name.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	CurrencySymbol	Gets the currency symbol associated with the country/region.
	CurrentRegion	Gets the RegionInfo that represents the country/region used by the current thread.
	DisplayName	Gets the full name of the country/region in the language of the localized version of the .NET Framework for Silverlight.
	EnglishName	Gets the full name of the country/region in English.
	IsMetric	Gets a value indicating whether the country/region uses the metric system for measurements.
	ISOCurrencySymbol	Gets the three-character ISO 4217 currency symbol associated with the country/region.
	Name	Gets the name or ISO 3166 two-letter country/region code for the current RegionInfo object.
	NativeName	Gets the name of a country/region formatted in the native language of the country/region.
	TwoLetterISORegionName	Gets the two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is the same as the current RegionInfo object. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for the current RegionInfo, suitable for hashing algorithms and data structures, such as a hash table. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string containing the culture name or ISO 3166 two-letter country/region code specified for the current RegionInfo. (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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Remarks

In contrast to CultureInfo, RegionInfo does not represent user preferences and does not depend on the user's language or culture.

The RegionInfo name is one of the two-letter codes defined in ISO 3166 for a country/region. Case is not significant. The Name and TwoLetterISORegionName properties retrieve the appropriate codes in uppercase.

Note:
Although a RegionInfo object is identified by a two-letter country/region code, that two-letter code cannot be used to instantiate a new RegionInfo object. Instead, to instantiate a new RegionInfo object, a full culture name must be passed to its class constructor. A full culture name combines a language code with a country or region code, such as "en-US", "zh-Hans", and "eu-ES".

The following is a list of the predefined RegionInfo names that are recognized by this class and other classes in the System.Globalization namespace.

ISO 3166 2-letter code	Country/region
AE	United Arab Emirates
AL	Albania
AM	Armenia
AR	Argentina
AT	Austria
AU	Australia
AZ	Azerbaijan
BE	Belgium
BG	Bulgaria
BH	Bahrain
BN	Brunei
BO	Bolivia
BR	Brazil
BY	Belarus
BZ	Belize
CA	Canada
CB	Caribbean
CH	Switzerland
CL	Chile
CN	China
CO	Colombia
CR	Costa Rica
CZ	Czech Republic
DE	Germany
DK	Denmark
DO	Dominican Republic
DZ	Algeria
EC	Ecuador
EE	Estonia
EG	Egypt
ES	Spain
FI	Finland
FO	Faroe Islands
FR	France
GB	United Kingdom
GE	Georgia
GR	Greece
GT	Guatemala
HK	Hong Kong SAR
HN	Honduras
HR	Croatia
HU	Hungary
ID	Indonesia
IE	Ireland
IL	Israel
IN	India
IQ	Iraq
IR	Iran
IS	Iceland
IT	Italy
JM	Jamaica
JO	Jordan
JP	Japan
KE	Kenya
KG	Kyrgyzstan
KR	Korea
KW	Kuwait
KZ	Kazakhstan
LB	Lebanon
LI	Liechtenstein
LT	Lithuania
LU	Luxembourg
LV	Latvia
LY	Libya
MA	Morocco
MC	Monaco
MK	FYROM
MN	Mongolia
MO	Macao SAR
MV	Maldives
MX	Mexico
MY	Malaysia
ME	Montenegro
NI	Nicaragua
NL	The Netherlands
NO	Norway
NZ	New Zealand
OM	Oman
PA	Panama
PE	Peru
PH	Philippines
PK	Pakistan
PL	Poland
PR	Puerto Rico
PT	Portugal
PY	Paraguay
QA	Qatar
RO	Romania
RS	Serbia
RU	Russia
SA	Saudi Arabia
SE	Sweden
SG	Singapore
SI	Slovenia
SK	Slovakia
SV	El Salvador
SY	Syria
TH	Thailand
TN	Tunisia
TR	Turkey
TT	Trinidad and Tobago
TW	Taiwan
UA	Ukraine
US	United States
UY	Uruguay
UZ	Uzbekistan
VE	Venezuela
VN	Vietnam
YE	Yemen
ZA	South Africa
ZW	Zimbabwe

Examples

The following code example demonstrates several members of the RegionInfo class.

Imports System.Globalization

Public Class Example
   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      ' Display RegionInfo property values.
      Dim myRI1 As New RegionInfo("en-US")
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   Name:                         {0}", myRI1.Name) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   DisplayName:                  {0}", myRI1.DisplayName) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   EnglishName:                  {0}", myRI1.EnglishName) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   IsMetric:                     {0}", myRI1.IsMetric) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   TwoLetterISORegionName:       {0}", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   CurrencySymbol:               {0}", myRI1.CurrencySymbol) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   ISOCurrencySymbol:            {0}", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= vbCrLf

      ' Compare this RegionInfo with another RegionInfo.
      Dim myRI2 As New RegionInfo(New CultureInfo("es-US").Name)
      If myRI1.Equals(myRI2) Then
         outputBlock.Text &= "The two RegionInfo instances are equal." & vbCrLf
      Else
         outputBlock.Text &= "The two RegionInfo instances are NOT equal." & vbCrLf
      End If
   End Sub 
End Class  
' The example displays the following output.
'       Name:                         US
'       DisplayName:                  United States
'       EnglishName:                  United States
'       IsMetric:                     False
'       ThreeLetterISORegionName:     USA
'       ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName: USA
'       TwoLetterISORegionName:       US
'       CurrencySymbol:               $
'       ISOCurrencySymbol:            USD
'       
'       The two RegionInfo instances are equal.

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      // Display RegionInfo property values.
      RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo("en-US");
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   Name:                         {0}", myRI1.Name) + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   DisplayName:                  {0}", myRI1.DisplayName) + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   EnglishName:                  {0}", myRI1.EnglishName) + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   IsMetric:                     {0}", myRI1.IsMetric) + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   TwoLetterISORegionName:       {0}", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName) + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   CurrencySymbol:               {0}", myRI1.CurrencySymbol) + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   ISOCurrencySymbol:            {0}", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol) + "\n";
      outputBlock.Text += "\n";

      // Compare this RegionInfo with another RegionInfo.
      RegionInfo myRI2 = new RegionInfo("en-US");
      if (myRI1.Equals(myRI2))
         outputBlock.Text += "The two RegionInfo instances are equal." + "\n";
      else
         outputBlock.Text += "The two RegionInfo instances are NOT equal." + "\n";
   }
}
// The example displays the following output.
//       Name:                         US
//       DisplayName:                  United States
//       EnglishName:                  United States
//       IsMetric:                     False
//       TwoLetterISORegionName:       US
//       CurrencySymbol:               $
//       ISOCurrencySymbol:            USD
// The two RegionInfo instances are equal.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.Globalization Namespace

CultureInfo