AWS Region Names

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Alternative naming schemes for AWS regions

Incorporates changes by 0mnius.

Purpose

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

Legend

Code	Description
A1	Abbreviated AWS code (equal length)
A2	Abbreviated AWS zone ID
ISO	ISO 3166-2 location code

Regions

AWS Region	AWS Location	Region	Country	Location	Partition	Launched	AWS Zone	A1	A2	ISO
US East	N. Virginia	North America	United States	Atlanta	aws	2006	us-east-1	usea1	use1	us-va
US East	Ohio	North America	United States	Ohio	aws	2016	us-east-2	usea2	use2	us-oh
US West	N. California	North America	United States	N. California	aws	2009	us-west-1	uswe1	usw1	us-ca
US West	Oregon	North America	United States	Oregon	aws	2011	us-west-2	uswe2	usw2	us-or
Africa	Cape Town	Africa	South Africa	Cape Town	aws	2020	af-south-1	afso1	afs1	za-wc
Asia Pacific	Hong Kong	Asia Pacific	China	Hong Kong	aws	2019	ap-east-1	apea1	ape1	cn-hk
Asia Pacific	Hyderabad	Asia Pacific	India	Hyderabad	aws	2022	ap-south-2	apso2	aps2	in-ts
Asia Pacific	Jakarta	Asia Pacific	Indonesia	Jakarta	aws	2021	ap-southeast-3	apse3	apse3	id-jk
Asia Pacific	Malaysia	Asia Pacific	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	aws	2024	ap-southeast-5	apse5	apse5	my-14
Asia Pacific	Melbourne	Asia Pacific	Australia	Melbourne	aws	2023	ap-southeast-4	apse4	apse4	au-vic
Asia Pacific	Mumbai	Asia Pacific	India	Mumbai	aws	2016	ap-south-1	apso1	aps1	in-mh
Asia Pacific	New Zealand	Asia Pacific	New Zealand	Auckland	aws	2026	ap-southeast-6	apse6	apse6	nz-auk
Asia Pacific	Osaka	Asia Pacific	Japan	Osaka	aws	2021	ap-northeast-3	apne3	apne3	jp-27
Asia Pacific	Seoul	Asia Pacific	South Korea	Seoul	aws	2016	ap-northeast-2	apne2	apne2	kr-11
Asia Pacific	Singapore	Asia Pacific	Singapore	Singapore	aws	2010	ap-southeast-1	apse1	apse1	sg-01
Asia Pacific	Sydney	Asia Pacific	Australia	Sydney	aws	2012	ap-southeast-2	apse2	apse2	au-nsw
Asia Pacific	Taipei	Asia Pacific	Taiwan	Taipei	aws	2026	ap-east-2	apea2	ape2	tw-tpe
Asia Pacific	Thailand	Asia Pacific	Thailand	Bangkok	aws	2025	ap-southeast-7	apse7	apse7	th-10
Asia Pacific	Tokyo	Asia Pacific	Japan	Tokyo	aws	2011	ap-northeast-1	apne1	apne1	jp-13
Canada	Central	North America	Canada	Montreal	aws	2016	ca-central-1	cace1	cac1	ca-qc
Canada West	Calgary	North America	Canada	Calgary	aws	2023	ca-west-1	cawe1	caw1	ca-ab
Europe	Frankfurt	Europe	Germany	Frankfurt	aws	2014	eu-central-1	euce1	euc1	de-he
Europe	Ireland	Europe	Ireland	Dublin	aws	2007	eu-west-1	euwe1	euw1	ie-d
Europe	London	Europe	United Kingdom	London	aws	2016	eu-west-2	euwe2	euw2	gb-lnd
Europe	Milan	Europe	Italy	Milan	aws	2020	eu-south-1	euso1	eus1	it-mi
Europe	Paris	Europe	France	Paris	aws	2014	eu-west-3	euwe3	euw3	fr-75c
Europe	Spain	Europe	Spain	Aragón	aws	2022	eu-south-2	euso2	eus2	es-ar
Europe	Stockholm	Europe	Sweden	Stockholm	aws	2018	eu-north-1	euno1	eun1	se-ab
Europe	Zurich	Europe	Switzerland	Zurich	aws	2022	eu-central-2	euce2	euc2	ch-zh
Israel	Tel Aviv	Middle East	Israel	Tel Aviv	aws	2024	il-central-1	ilce1	ilc1	il-ta
Mexico	Central	North America	Mexico	Querétaro	aws	2025	mx-central-1	mxce1	mxc1	mx-que
Middle East	Bahrain	Middle East	Bahrain	Manama	aws	2019	me-south-1	meso1	mes1	bh-04
Middle East	UAE	Middle East	UAE	Dubai	aws	2022	me-central-1	mece1	mec1	ae-du
South America	Sao Paulo	South America	Brazil	Saõ Paulo	aws	2011	sa-east-1	saea1	sae1	br-sp
China	Beijing	Asia Pacific	China	Beijing	aws-cn	2013	cn-north-1	cnno1	cn1	cn-bj
China	Ningxia	Asia Pacific	China	Ningxia	aws-cn	2013	cn-northwest-1	cnnw1	cnw1	cn-nx
US GovCloud	US-East	North America	United States	Ohio	aws-us-gov	2019	us-gov-east-1	ugea1	usge1	us-oh
US GovCloud	US-West	North America	United States	Oregon	aws-us-gov	2011	us-gov-west-1	ugwe1	usgw1	us-or
European Sovereign Cloud	Germany	Europe	Germany	Frankfurt	aws-eusc	2025	eusc-de-east-1	egea1	ege1	de-he
US ISO East		North America	United States	E. Virginia	aws-iso	2014	us-iso-east-1	uise1	usie1	us-va
US ISO West		North America	United States	W. Colorado	aws-iso	2021	us-iso-west-1	uisw1	usiw1	us-co
US ISOB East	Ohio	North America	United States	Ohio	aws-iso-b	2017	us-isob-east-1	ubea1	usibe1	us-oh
US ISOB West		North America	United States		aws-iso-b		us-isob-west-1	ubwe1	usibw1	us
US ISOF East	California	North America	United States	California	aws-iso-f	2025	us-isof-east-1	ufea1	usife1	us-ca
US ISOF South	Alpine	North America	United States		aws-iso-f	2025	us-isof-south-1	ufso1	usifs1	us
EU ISOE West		Europe			aws-iso-e	2025	eu-isoe-west-1	eiwe1	eiw1

Note: Isolated (ISO) region informaation is not widely published and may be incorrect.

Upcoming/Planned Regions

Region	Country	Location	Partition	Launch (est)
Middle East	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	aws	2026
South America	Chile	Santiago	aws	2026 (EOY)

amazon uses cnn1 for cn-north-1, not cn1, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/userguide/AWS_Fargate-Regions.html (and euc1, etc. not ec1, as mentioned by @rackerbenoit )

You wrong, use Region code, not Zone code https://awsregion.info/

@adv4000 I was just referring to that page that I linked to (on amazon.com, not 3rd party) where you can see that AWS uses cnn1 as an abbreviation for cn-north-1. Not sure why you think that's wrong? I understand the difference between region codes and Zone codes, but wouldn't it make sense to use a single abbreviation for both, eg. cnn1 for the region and cnn1-az1 for the zone?

In cost (CUR reports, Amazon uses an alternative set of abbreviations for regions: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/aws-usage-report-understand.html
Would it be useful to add a column with Amazon's abbreviations to this table?

amazon uses cnn1 for cn-north-1, not cn1, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/userguide/AWS_Fargate-Regions.html (and euc1, etc. not ec1, as mentioned by @rackerbenoit )

Edited

How about new UAE region?

How about new UAE region?

pls check my fork for now i keep it updated, the original one and other forks unfortunately are not maintained anymore