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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

Region Location Partition Launched AWS code A
US East N. Virginia aws 2006 us-east-1 use1
US East Ohio aws 2016 us-east-2 use2
US West N. California aws 2011 us-west-1 usw1
US West Oregon aws 2009 us-west-2 usw2
GovCloud US Northwest aws-us-gov 2011 us-gov-west-1 usgw1
GovCloud US East. aws-us-gov 2019 us-gov-east-1 usge1
Canada Montreal aws 2016 ca-central-1 cac1
EU Ireland aws 2007 eu-west-1 euw1
EU London aws 2016 eu-west-2 euw2
EU Paris aws 2014 eu-west-3 euw3
EU Frankfurt aws 2014 eu-central-1 euc1
EU Milan aws 2020 eu-south-1 eus1
EU Stockholm aws 2018 eu-north-1 eun1
Asia Pacific Singapore aws 2010 ap-southeast-1 apse1
Asia Pacific Sydney aws 2012 ap-southeast-2 apse2
Asia Pacific Mumbai aws 2016 ap-south-1 aps1
Asia Pacific Tokyo aws 2011 ap-northeast-1 apne1
Asia Pacific Seoul aws 2016 ap-northeast-2 apne2
Asia Pacific Hong Kong aws 2019 ap-east-1 ape1
South America Saõ Paulo aws 2011 sa-east-1 sae1
Africa Cape Town aws 2020 af-south-1 afs1
China Beijing aws-cn 2013 cn-north-1 cn1
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