GeographicRegion Class

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Globalization

Describes a region. This is usually a country, but may be a macroregion.

public ref class GeographicRegion sealed

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Activatable(65536, "Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract")]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Activatable(Windows.Globalization.IGeographicRegionFactory, 65536, "Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract")]
class GeographicRegion final

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Activatable(65536, "Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract")]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Activatable(typeof(Windows.Globalization.IGeographicRegionFactory), 65536, "Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract")]
public sealed class GeographicRegion

function GeographicRegion(geographicRegionCode)

Public NotInheritable Class GeographicRegion

Inheritance

Object Platform::Object IInspectable GeographicRegion

Attributes

ActivatableAttribute ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Examples

// Get the user's geographic region and its display name.
var geographicRegion = new Windows.Globalization.GeographicRegion();
var displayName = geographicRegion.DisplayName;

Remarks

For a list of standard country/region codes used by Microsoft, see the Official Country/Region List.

Constructors

GeographicRegion()	Creates a GeographicRegion object that defaults to the user's home region.
GeographicRegion(String)	Creates a GeographicRegion object.

Properties

Code	Gets the string that contains the best available identifier that represents the region.
CodeThreeDigit	Gets the three-digit identifier for this region, as a string.
CodeThreeLetter	Gets the three-letter identifier for this region.
CodeTwoLetter	Gets the two-letter identifier for this region.
CurrenciesInUse	Gets the set of currencies in use in this region.
DisplayName	Gets a localized string that is suitable for display to the user for identifying the region.
NativeName	Gets the name of the region in the primary language spoken in this region.

Methods

IsSupported(String)

Determines whether a geographic region identifier is supported.

See also

• Globalization preferences sample (Windows 10)