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AWS Region Names
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aws.md

Alternative naming schemes for AWS regions

Purpose

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

Schemes

Region Location Launched AWS Code A1 A2 B1 B2
US East N. Virginia 2006 us-east-1 usea1 USe1 usva USva
US West N. California 2011 us-west-1 uswe1 USw1 usca USca
US West Oregon 2009 us-west-2 uswe2 USw2 usor USor
EU Ireland 2007 eu-west-1 euwe1 EUw1 ied IEd
EU Frankfurt 2014 eu-central-1 euce1 EUc1 dehe DEhe
Asia Pacific Singapore 2010 ap-southeast-1 apse1 APse1 sg SG
Asia Pacific Sydney 2012 ap-southeast-2 apse2 APse2 aunsw AUnsw
Asia Pacific Tokyo 2011 ap-northeast-1 apne1 APne1 jp13 JP13
South America Saõ Paulo 2011 sa-east-1 saea1 SAe1 brsp BRsp
China Beijing 2013 cn-north-1 cnno1 CNn1 cn11 CN11
Code Description
A1 Abbreviated AWS Code (eual length)
A2 Abbreviated AWS Code (caps-delimited)
B1 Concatenated ISO 3166 code
B2 Concatenated ISO 3166 code (caps-delimited)
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