Listă a regiunilor Statelor Unite ale Americii

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Această pagină este o listă a regiunilor Statelor Unite ale Americii incluzând zone oficiale şi neoficiale, guvernamentale sau tradiţionale în cadrul graniţelor Statelor Unite, nefiind însă ordonate după împărţirea administrativă oficială în state, districtul federal Washington, D.C., comitate şi/sau oraşe. Regiunile considerate defuncte, arhaice sau ieşite din uz sunt tratate separat în Regiunile istorice ale Statelor Unite ale Americii şi într-un format (vedeţi Format:Regiuni_SUA).

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Cuprins 1 Regiuni interstatale (Interstate regions) 1.1 Regiuni oficiale ale SUA (Official U.S. regions) 1.1.1 Regiunile Biroului de Reclamaţii (Bureau of Reclamation Regions) 1.1.2 Zone desemnate de Census Bureau (Biroul de recensământ al SUA) 1.1.3 Standard Federal Regions 1.1.4 Time Zones 1.1.5 Judicial circuits 1.1.6 Federal Reserve banks 1.2 Unofficial U.S. regions 1.2.1 The "Belts" 1.2.2 Interstate metropolitan areas 1.2.3 Interstate megalopolises 2 Intrastate regions 2.1 Alabama 2.2 Alaska 2.3 Arizona 2.4 Arkansas 2.5 California 2.6 Colorado 2.7 Connecticut 2.8 Delaware 2.9 Florida 2.10 Georgia 2.11 Hawaii 2.12 Idaho 2.13 Illinois 2.14 Indiana 2.15 Iowa 2.16 Kansas 2.17 Kentucky 2.18 Louisiana 2.19 Maine 2.20 Maryland 2.21 Massachusetts 2.22 Michigan 2.23 Minnesota 2.24 Mississippi 2.25 Missouri 2.26 Montana 2.27 Nebraska 2.28 Nevada 2.29 New Hampshire 2.30 New Jersey 2.31 New Mexico 2.32 New York 2.33 North Carolina 2.34 North Dakota 2.35 Ohio 2.36 Oklahoma 2.37 Oregon 2.38 Pennsylvania 2.39 Rhode Island 2.40 South Carolina 2.41 South Dakota 2.42 Tennessee 2.42.1 Grand Divisions 2.42.2 Geographic 2.43 Texas 2.44 Utah 2.45 Vermont 2.46 Virginia 2.47 Washington 2.48 West Virginia 2.49 Wisconsin 2.50 Wyoming 3 Vezi şi

[modifică] Regiuni interstatale (Interstate regions)

[modifică] Regiuni oficiale ale SUA (Official U.S. regions)

Următoarele regiuni sunt definite de lege sau de către guvernul federal al SUA.

[modifică] Regiunile Biroului de Reclamaţii (Bureau of Reclamation Regions)

Biroul de Reclamaţii (conform originalului, The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation împarte vestul SUA în cinci regiuni (oraşele menţionate sunt sediile regiunilor astfel definite):

• Great Plains Region --- Billings, Montana;
• Lower Colorado Region --- Boulder City, Nevada;
• Mid-Pacific Region --- Sacramento, California;
• Pacific Northwest Region --- Boise, Idaho;
• Upper Colorado Region --- Salt Lake City, Utah.

[modifică] Zone desemnate de Census Bureau (Biroul de recensământ al SUA)

Regional divisions used by the United States Census Bureau

• Region 1 (Northeast)
  • Division 1 (New England) List_reg_USA
  • Division 2 (Middle Atlantic)
• Region 2 (Central)
  • Division 3 (East North Central)
  • Division 4 (West North Central)
• Region 3 (South)
  • Division 5 (South Atlantic)
  • Division 6 (East South Central)
  • Division 7 (West South Central)
• Region 4 (West)
  • Division 8 (Mountain)
  • Division 9 (Pacific)

[modifică] Standard Federal Regions

The ten standard Federal Regions were established by OMB (Office of Management and Budget) Circular A-105, "Standard Federal Regions," in April, 1974, and required for all executive agencies. In recent years, some agencies have tailored their field structures to meet program needs and facilitate interaction with local, state and regional counterparts. The OMB must still approve any departures, however.

• Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Region II: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
• Region III: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
• Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
• Region V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
• Region VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma
• Region VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
• Region VIII: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
• Region IX: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)
• Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

[modifică] Time Zones

Main article: United States time zones

• Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone
• Alaska Standard Time Zone
• Pacific Standard Time Zone
• Mountain Standard Time Zone
• Central Standard Time Zone
• Eastern Standard Time Zone

[modifică] Judicial circuits

As designated by Congress, the federal court system is divided into eleven judicial circuits, each with its own United States Court of Appeals. (There are also a District of Columbia Circuit and a Federal Circuit, both of which sit in Washington D.C. and have special, non-geographic jurisdictions.)

• 1^st Circuit (Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts)
• 2^nd Circuit (Courthouse in New York, New York)
• 3^rd Circuit (Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• 4^th Circuit (Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia)
• 5^th Circuit (Courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana)
• 6^th Circuit (Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio)
• 7^th Circuit (Courthouse in Chicago, Illinois)
• 8^th Circuit (Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri)
• 9^th Circuit (meeting places vary from California to Alaska, but headquarters are in San Francisco, California)
• 10^th Circuit (Courthouse in Denver, Colorado)
• 11^th Circuit (Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia)

[modifică] Federal Reserve banks

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 divided the country into twelve regions with a central Reserve Bank in each. The Federal Reserve Districts are as follows:

1. Boston
2. New York
3. Philadelphia
4. Cleveland
5. Richmond
6. Atlanta
7. Chicago
8. St Louis
9. Minneapolis
10. Kansas City
11. Dallas
12. San Francisco

[modifică] Unofficial U.S. regions

• Appalachia
• American West
• Ark-La-Tex
• Baja Arizona
• Blackstone River Valley
• Border states
  • Civil War Border States
  • International Border states
• The Carolinas
• Cascadia
• Central United States
• Champlain Valley
• Coastal States
• Colorado Plateau
• Continental United States
• Columbia River Basin
• The Dakotas
• Deep South
• Delmarva Peninsula
• Dixie
• Driftless Zone
• East Coast
• Eastern Seaboard
• Eastern United States
• Four Corners
• Frontier Strip
• Great American Desert
• Great Basin
• Great Lakes Region
• Great North Woods
• Great Plains
• Great Valley
• Gulf Coast
• Gulf South
• High Plains
• Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
• Interior Plains
• Intermountain States
• International Border states
• Lake Tahoe
• Llano Estacado
• Mid-Atlantic
• Middle America
• The Midwest
• Mississippi Delta
• Mojave Desert
• Mountain states
• New England
• New York/Tri-State
• Ohio Valley
• Ozarks
• Pacific States
• Pacific Northwest
• Palouse
• Piedmont
• Piney Woods
• Shawnee Hills
• Shenandoah Valley
• Siouxland
• Southeastern United States
• Southwest
• Southwest Extreme Triangle
• Susquehanna Valley
• Tennessee Valley
• Trans-Appalachia
• Upper Midwest
• The Virginias
• West Coast
• Western United States

[modifică] The "Belts"

Main article: "Belt" regions of the United States

• Bible Belt
• Corn Belt
• Cotton Belt
• Grain Belt
• Rust Belt
• Snow Belt
• Sun Belt

[modifică] Interstate metropolitan areas

• Augusta-Aiken Metropolitan Area
• Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
• Charlotte Metropolitan Area
• Chicagoland
• Delaware Valley
• Kansas City Metropolitan Area
• Kentuckiana - Louisville Kentucky and Southern Indiana
• Memphis Metropolitan Area
• Michiana
• Minneapolis-Saint Paul
• National Capital Region
• New York Metropolitan Area, the Tri-State Region
• Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area
• Portland Metropolitan Area
• Quad Cities
• Southeastern New England
• St. Louis Metropolitan Area
• Tri-Cities (Tennessee-Virginia)
• Twin Ports (Duluth, Minnesota-Superior, Wisconsin)
• Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Metropolitan Area

[modifică] Interstate megalopolises

• BosWash
• Cascadia
• ChiPitts
• SanSan

[modifică] Intrastate regions

[modifică] Alabama

• Greater Birmingham
• Black Belt
• Central Alabama
• Alabama Gulf Coast
• Lower Alabama
• Mobile Bay
• North Alabama
• South Alabama

[modifică] Alaska

• Alaska Arctic
• Alaskan Bush
• Alaska Interior
• Alaska North Slope
• Alaska Panhandle
• Aleutian Islands
• Kenai Peninsula
• Seward Peninsula
• South Central Alaska
• Southeast Alaska
• Southwest Alaska
• Tanana Valley

[modifică] Arizona

• Arizona Strip
• Grand Canyon
• North Central Arizona
• Northeast Arizona
• Northern Arizona
• Phoenix metropolitan area
• Southern Arizona

[modifică] Arkansas

• Arklatex
• Ozarks
• Ouachita Mountains
• Mississippi Alluvial Plain
• Western Arkansas
• West Gulf Coastal Plain
• Crowley's Ridge
• Arkansas River Valley
• Little Rock Metropolitan Area

[modifică] California

• North Coast
• Sierra Nevada
• Owens Valley
• Central Valley
  • Sacramento Valley
  • San Joaquin Valley
• Central Coast
  • Big Sur
  • Salinas Valley
• Northern California
  • San Francisco Bay Area
    • Silicon Valley
    • The Peninsula
    • Santa Clara Valley
    • North Bay
    • East Bay
  • Tri-Valley Area
  • Redwood Empire
  • Gold Country
  • Wine Country
    • Napa Valley
    • Russian River Valley
    • Sonoma Valley
  • Shasta Cascade
  • Yosemite
• SanSan
• Southern California
  • Tech Coast
  • Greater Los Angeles Area
    • Beach Cities
    • Conejo Valley
    • Crescenta Valley
    • East Los Angeles
    • Gateway Cities
    • Palos Verdes Peninsula
    • Santa Clarita Valley
    • San Gabriel Valley
    • San Fernando Valley
    • South Bay
    • South Los Angeles
    • West Los Angeles
  • Inland Empire
    • Cucamonga Valley
    • Pomona Valley
    • Victor Valley
  • Imperial Valley
    • Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area)
  • Mojave Desert
    • Antelope Valley
  • Orange County Area
  • San Diego area
    • North County
• Channel Islands

[modifică] Colorado

• Central Colorado
• The Eastern Plains
• Colorado Mineral Belt
• The Front Range
• Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area
• The High Rockies
• San Luis Valley
• The Western Slope
• Northwestern Colorado
• South-Central Colorado
• Southwestern Colorado

[modifică] Connecticut

• Coastal Connecticut
• Inland Connecticut
• New York Metropolitan Area/Gold Coast
• Litchfield Hills
• Naugatuck River Valley
• Greater New Haven
• Greater Hartford
• Lower Connecticut River Valley
• Quiet Corner
• Southeastern Connecticut
• Southwestern Connecticut

[modifică] Delaware

• Delaware Coast
• Delaware Valley
• Cape Region

[modifică] Florida

• Central Florida
  • Orlando Area
• Emerald Riviera
• First Coast
• Florida Keys
• Florida Panhandle
• Gold Coast
• Nature Coast
• North Central Florida
• South Florida
• Southwest Florida
• Space Coast
• Sun Coast
• Tampa Bay Area
• Treasure Coast
• Walt Disney World

[modifică] Georgia

• Central Savannah River Area
• Colonial Coast
• Georgia Mountains Region
• The Golden Isles of Georgia
• Historic South
• Inland Empire
• Metro Atlanta
• Southern Rivers

[modifică] Hawaii

• Hawai‘i / Big Island
  • Puna District
• Kaho‘olawe
• Kaua‘i
• Lāna‘i
• Maui
• Moloka‘i
• Ni‘ihau
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
• O‘ahu

[modifică] Idaho

• Idaho Panhandle
• Magic Valley
• Southern Idaho
• Central Idaho
• Northern Idaho
• Eastern Idaho
• Magic Valley

[modifică] Illinois

• Chicagoland
• Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Area
• Little Egypt
• Fox Valley
• Metro-East
• American Bottom
• "The Tract" - Military Tract of 1812
• Northwestern Illinois

[modifică] Indiana

• Michiana
• Nine-County Region
• Northern Indiana
• Northwest Indiana
• Southern Indiana
• Wabash Valley

[modifică] Iowa

• Iowa Great Lakes
• Loess Hills
• Quad Cities
• East-Central Iowa
• Eastern Iowa
• Great River Road
• Western Iowa

[modifică] Kansas

• Cherokee Strip
• East-Central Kansas
• Santa Fe Trail
• Southeast Kansas

[modifică] Kentucky

• The Bluegrass
• Central Kentucky
• Cumberland Plateau
• Northern Kentucky
• Pennyroyal Plateau
• The Purchase
• Western Coal Fields

[modifică] Louisiana

• Acadiana (Cajun Country)

• Cajun Heartland
• River Parishes

• Central Louisiana
• Florida Parishes
• Greater New Orleans
• North Louisiana

[modifică] Maine

• Acadia
• Down East
• Maine Highlands
• Maine North Woods
• Maine Southern Coast
• Penobscot Bay
• Western Maine Mountains / Maine Lake Country

[modifică] Maryland

• Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
• Chesapeake Bay
• Maryland Eastern Shore
• Southern Maryland
• Western Maryland

[modifică] Massachusetts

• The Berkshires
• Cape Ann
• Cape Cod
• Greater Boston
• The Islands (includes Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket)
• Merrimack Valley
• MetroWest
• North Shore
• Pioneer Valley
• Southeastern Massachusetts
• South Shore
• Western Massachusetts

[modifică] Michigan

• Lower Peninsula
  • Metro Detroit
  • Northern Michigan
  • Central Michigan
  • Southern Michigan
  • Western Michigan
  • The Thumb
• Upper Peninsula
  • Copper Country
  • Keweenaw Peninsula

[modifică] Minnesota

• Arrowhead Region
• Central Minnesota
• Iron Range
• Northwest Angle
• Outstate
• Pipestone Region
• Southeast Minnesota
• Twin Cities Metro

[modifică] Mississippi

• Golden Triangle
• Gulf Coast
• Natchez District
• Mississippi Delta
• Pine Belt

[modifică] Missouri

• Little Dixie
• Missouri Bootheel
• Natchez Trace
• Northern Plains
• Ozarks

[modifică] Montana

• Bighorn Country
• Eastern Montana
• The Flathead
• Glacier National Park
• Southwestern Montana
• Western Montana

[modifică] Nebraska

• Nebraska Panhandle
• Northwest Nebraska
• Pine Ridge
• Rainwater Basin
• Sandhills
• Southeast Nebraska
• Wildcat Hills

[modifică] Nevada

• Marele Bazin
• Mojave Desert
• Lake Tahoe
• Las Vegas Valley

[modifică] New Hampshire

• Merrimack Valley (Golden Triangle)
  • Souhegan Valley
• Seacoast Region
• Monadnock Region
  • Connecticut River Valley
• Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee
• Lakes Region
• White Mountains
  • Presidential Range
  • Pemigewasset Valley
  • Saco River Valley
• Great North Woods
• Western New Hampshire
• Central New Hampshire

[modifică] New Jersey

• North Jersey
  • Skylands
    • Valley and Ridge
    • Highlands
  • Gateway
    • Gold Coast
    • Meadowlands
    • Pascack Valley
  • Delaware Valley

• South Jersey
  • Pine Barrens
  • Delaware Valley

• Jersey Shore
  • Bayshore

[modifică] New Mexico

• Central New Mexico
• New Mexico Bootheel
• Eastern New Mexico
• Northern New Mexico
• Southwestern New Mexico

[modifică] New York

• New York Metropolitan Area
  • The Five Boroughs (New York City)
• Long Island
  • The Hamptons
  • North Shore (Gold Coast)
  • South Shore
• Upstate New York
  • Western New York
    • The Holland Purchase
    • Burned-over district
  • Finger Lakes
  • Leatherstocking Country
  • Central New York
    • Central New York Military Tract
    • Phelps and Gorham Purchase
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Southern Tier
  • Capital District
  • North Country
    • Adirondack Mountains
  • Catskill Mountains
    • Borscht Belt
  • Hudson Valley
    • Shawangunk Ridge

[modifică] North Carolina

• Land of the Sky
• North Carolina Coast
• North Carolina Mountains
• Outer Banks
• Piedmont Triad
• Research Triangle

[modifică] North Dakota

• Badlands
• Missouri Escarpment
• Missouri River Corridor
• Red River Valley

[modifică] Ohio

• Connecticut Western Reserve
• Great Black Swamp
• The Lake Erie Islands
• Miami Valley
• Northeast Ohio - Toledo, Ohio
• Northwest Ohio

[modifică] Oklahoma

• Arklatex
• Central Oklahoma
• Cherokee Outlet
• Green Country
• Little Dixie
• Northeastern Oklahoma
• Southeastern Oklahoma
• Southwestern Oklahoma
• Panhandle

[modifică] Oregon

• Columbia River Gorge
• Eastern Oregon
• Harney Basin
• Mt. Hood Corridor
• Oregon Coast
• Rogue Valley
• Tualatin Valley
• Western Oregon
• Willamette Valley

[modifică] Pennsylvania

• Coal Region
• Delaware Valley
• Endless Mountains
• Happy Valley
• Laurel Highlands
• Lehigh Valley
• Northern Tier
• Northwest Region
• Pennsylvania Dutch Country
• Pennsylvania Highlands
• The Poconos
• Susquehanna Valley
• Western Pennsylvania
• Wyoming Valley

[modifică] Rhode Island

• Block Island
• Rhode Island South Coast

[modifică] South Carolina

• Central Savannah River Area (CSRA)
• Grand Strand
• Historic Charleston
• Greater Charleston
• Lake Murray Country
• The Lowcountry
• Metrolina
• Midlands
• Old 96 District
• Olde English District
• Pee Dee
• Santee Cooper Country
• South Carolina Coast
• Thoroughbred Country
• The Upstate

[modifică] South Dakota

• The Badlands
• Black Hills
• Coteau des Prairies

[modifică] Tennessee

[modifică] Grand Divisions

Each of the regions below is legally defined as a "Grand Division", with boundaries entrenched in the state's constitution. The document also has rules restricting geographic bias in the makeup of many state commissions. For example, the state's Supreme Court is required to sit in each of the three Grand Divisions each year, and no more than two of the Court's five Justices may reside in any one Grand Division.

• East Tennessee
• Middle Tennessee
• West Tennessee

[modifică] Geographic

• Highland Rim
• Nashville Basin

[modifică] Texas

• Arklatex
• Big Bend
• Brazos Valley
• Central Texas
• East Texas
• Edwards Plateau
• Galveston Bay
• The Hill Country
• North Texas
  • Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
• Northeast Texas
• Permian Basin
• Piney Woods
• Rio Grande Valley
• South Plains
• South Texas
• Southeast Texas
  • Golden Triangle
  • Greater Houston
• Texas Panhandle
• West Texas
  • Coastal Plains

[modifică] Utah

• Canyonlands Desert
• Dixie
• Great Salt Lake Desert
• Southeastern Utah
• Southwestern Utah
• Uinta Mountains
• Wasatch Front
• Wasatch Back
• Wasatch Range

[modifică] Vermont

• Northeast Kingdom
• Northern Vermont
• Southern Vermont
• Upper Valley

[modifică] Virginia

• Appomattox Basin
• Eastern Shore
• Hampton Roads
• Historic Triangle
• Middle Peninsula
• Northern Neck
• Northern Virginia (sometimes NoVA)
• Piedmont
• Richmond-Petersburg (aka Central Virginia)
• Shenandoah Valley
• South Hampton Roads
• Southside Virginia
• Tidewater
• Virginia Peninsula

[modifică] Washington

• Central Washington
• Columbia Plateau
• Eastern Washington
• Kitsap Peninsula
• Long Beach Peninsula
• Okanogan Country
• Olympic Peninsula
• Puget Sound
• San Juan Islands
• Skagit Valley
• Tri-Cities
• Walla Walla Valley
• Western Washington
• Yakima Valley

[modifică] West Virginia

• Eastern Panhandle
  • Potomac Highlands
• Northern Panhandle
• Southern West Virginia

[modifică] Wisconsin

• Central Plain
• Door Peninsula
• Eastern Ridges and Lowlands
• Lake Superior Lowland
• Northern Highland
• Western Upland
• Winnesota

[modifică] Wyoming

• Grand Teton
• Powder River Country
• Yellowstone

[modifică] Vezi şi

• Regiuni istorice ale Statelor Unite ale Americii
• Geografia SUA
• Diviziunile politice ale SUA
• Teritorii ale SUA
• Zonele metropolitane ale SUA
• Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Regions
• Nouă naţiuni ale Americii de Nord
• Listă a regiunilor Canadei

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