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AWS Region Names

Alternative naming schemes for AWS regions

Purpose

The intent is to define terse, standards-supported names for AWS regions.

Schemes

AWS Name Launched AWS Code A1 A2 A3
US East (N. Virginia) 2006 us-east-1 usea1 usea us
US West (N. California) 2011 us-west-1 uswe1 uswe uswe
US West (Oregon) 2009 us-west-2 uswe2 uswe2 uswe2
EU (Ireland) 2007 eu-west-1 euwe1 euwe eu
EU (Frankfurt) 2014 eu-central-1 euce1 euce euce
Asia Pacific (Singapore) 2010 ap-southeast-1 apse1 apse ap
Asia Pacific (Sydney) 2012 ap-southeast-2 apse2 apse2 apse2
Asia Pacific (Tokyo) 2011 ap-northeast-1 apne1 apne apne
South America (Saõ Paulo) 2011 sa-east-1 saea1 saea sa
China (Beijing) 2013 cn-north-1 cnno1 cnno cn
AWS Code B1 B2 C1 C2
us-east-1 us-va usva us us
us-west-1 us-ca usca us-ca usca
us-west-2 us-or usor us-or usor
eu-west-1 ie-d ied ie ie
eu-central-1 de-he dehe de de
ap-southeast-1 sg sg sg sg
ap-southeast-2 au-nsw aunsw au au
ap-northeast-1 jp-13 jp13 jp jp
sa-east-1 br-sp brsp br br
cn-north-1 cn-11 cn11 cn cn
Code Description
A1 Abbreviated AWS Code
A2 Abbreviated AWS Code with implied ones
A3 Minimum-prefix abbreviated AWS Code
B1 ISO 3166 code
B2 ISO 3166 code, concatenated
C1 Minimum-prefix ISO 3166 code
C2 Minimum-prefix ISO 3166 code, concatenated
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