AWS Region Names

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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	B
US East	N. Virginia	2006	us-east-1	usea1	use1	usva
US West	N. California	2011	us-west-1	uswe1	usw1	usca
US West	Oregon	2009	us-west-2	uswe2	usw2	usor
EU	Ireland	2007	eu-west-1	euwe1	euw1	ied
EU	London	2016	eu-west-2	euwe2	euw2	gblnd
EU	Frankfurt	2014	eu-central-1	euce1	euc1	dehe
Asia Pacific	Singapore	2010	ap-southeast-1	apse1	apse1	sg
Asia Pacific	Sydney	2012	ap-southeast-2	apse2	apse2	aunsw
Asia Pacific	Tokyo	2011	ap-northeast-1	apne1	apne1	jp13
Asia Pacific	Seoul	2016	ap-northeast-2	apne2	apne2	kr11
South America	Saõ Paulo	2011	sa-east-1	saea1	sae1	brsp
China	Beijing	2013	cn-north-1	cnno1	cnn1	cn11

Code	Description
A1	Abbreviated AWS code (eual length)
A2	Abbreviated AWS code
B	Concatenated ISO 3166 code

Domain names for regional services

AWS code	Domain 1	Domain 2
us-east-1	example-va.us	example.us
us-west-1	example-ca.us	example-west.us
us-west-2	example-or.us	example-nw.us
eu-west-1	example-d.ie	example.ie
eu-west-2	example-lnd.net.uk	example.net.uk
eu-central-1	example-he.de	example.de
ap-southeast-1	example.sg	example.sg
ap-southeast-2	example-nsw.net.au	example.net.au
ap-northeast-1	example-13.jp	example.jp
ap-northeast-2	example.seoul.kr	example.ne.kr
sa-east-1	example-sp.net.br	example.net.br
cn-north-1	example.bj.cn	example.cn

Capital-delimited codes for variable-width fonts

AWS code	A1	A2	B
us-east-1	USea1	USe1	USva
us-west-1	USwe1	USw1	USca
us-west-2	USwe2	USw2	USor
eu-west-1	EUwe1	EUw1	IEd
eu-west-2	EUwe2	EUw2	GBlnd
eu-central-1	EUce1	EUc1	DEhe
ap-southeast-1	APse1	APse1	SG
ap-southeast-2	APse2	APse2	AUnsw
ap-northeast-1	APne1	APne1	JP13
ap-northeast-2	APne2	APne2	KR11
sa-east-1	SAea1	SAe1	BRsp
cn-north-1	CNno1	CNn1	CN11

Bold-delimited codes for rich text

AWS code	A1	A2	B
us-east-1	usea1	use1	usva
us-west-1	uswe1	usw1	usca
us-west-2	uswe2	usw2	usor
eu-west-1	euwe1	euw1	ied
eu-west-2	euwe2	euw2	gblnd
eu-central-1	euce1	euc1	dehe
ap-southeast-1	apse1	apse1	sg
ap-southeast-2	apse2	apse2	aunsw
ap-northeast-1	apne1	apne1	jp13
ap-northeast-2	apne2	apne2	kr11
sa-east-1	saea1	sae1	brsp
cn-north-1	cnno1	cnn1	cn11