The word "region" is taken from the Latin regio (derived from regere, to rule ), and a number of countries have borrowed the term as the formal name for a type of subnational entity (e.g., the región, used in Chile). In English, the word is also used as the conventional translation for equivalent terms in other languages (e.g., the область (oblast), used in Russia alongside a broader term регион). The following countries use the term "region" (or its cognate) as the name of a type of subnational administrative unit: Belgium (in French, région; in German, Region; the Dutch term gewest is often translated as "region") Chad (, effective from 2002) Chile (región) Côte d'Ivoire (région) Denmark (effective from 2007) England (not the United Kingdom as a whole) Eritrea France (région) Ghana Guinea (région) Guinea-Bissau (região) Guyana Hungary (régió) Italy (regione) Madagascar (région) Mali (région) Malta (reġjun) Namibia New Zealand Peru (región) Portugal (região) Philippines (rehiyon) Senegal (région) Tanzania  Togo (région) Trinidad and Tobago (Regional Corporation) The Canadian province of Québec also uses the "administrative region" (région administrative).
The word "region" is taken from the Latin regio (derived from regere, 'to rule' ), and a number of countries have borrowed the term as the formal name for a type of subnational entity (e.g., the región, used in Chile). In English, the word is also used as the conventional translation for equivalent terms in other languages (e.g., the область (oblast), used in Russia alongside a broader term регион). The following countries use the term "region" (or its cognate) as the name of a type of subnational administrative unit: Belgium (in French, région; in German, Region; the Dutch term gewest is often translated as "region") Chad (, effective from 2002) Chile (región) Côte d'Ivoire (région) Denmark (effective from 2007) England (not the United Kingdom as a whole) Eritrea France (région) Ghana Guinea (région) Guinea-Bissau (região) Guyana Hungary (régió) Italy (regione) Madagascar (région) Mali (région) Malta (reġjun) Namibia New Zealand Peru (región) Portugal (região) Philippines (rehiyon) Senegal (région) Tanzania Thailand Togo (région) Trinidad and Tobago (Regional Corporation) The Canadian province of Québec also uses the "administrative region" (région administrative).
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Thailand