AWS Geographies | Regions and Compliance Info

Global Geographic Distribution

AWS organizes its cloud infrastructure into distinct geographies to help customers meet their data residency, compliance, and latency requirements. Each geography serves a specific market area and contains multiple regions for redundancy.

AWS geographies with their associated regions.
Geography	Regions
Australia	Asia Pacific (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 Asia Pacific (Melbourne) ap-southeast-4
Bahrain	Middle East (Bahrain) me-south-1
Brazil	South America (Sao Paulo) sa-east-1
Canada	Canada (Central) ca-central-1 Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1
France	Europe (Paris) eu-west-3
Germany	Europe (Frankfurt) eu-central-1
Hong Kong	Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ap-east-1
India	Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1 Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) ap-south-2
Indonesia	Asia Pacific (Jakarta) ap-southeast-3
Ireland	Europe (Ireland) eu-west-1
Israel	Israel (Tel Aviv) il-central-1
Italy	Europe (Milan) eu-south-1
Japan	Asia Pacific (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 Asia Pacific (Osaka) ap-northeast-3
Malaysia	Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5
Mexico	Mexico (Central) mx-central-1
New Zealand	Asia Pacific (New Zealand) ap-southeast-6
Singapore	Asia Pacific (Singapore) ap-southeast-1
South Africa	Africa (Cape Town) af-south-1
South Korea	Asia Pacific (Seoul) ap-northeast-2
Spain	Europe (Spain) eu-south-2
Sweden	Europe (Stockholm) eu-north-1
Switzerland	Europe (Zurich) eu-central-2
Taiwan	Asia Pacific (Taipei) ap-east-2
Thailand	Asia Pacific (Thailand) ap-southeast-7
United Arab Emirates	Middle East (UAE) me-central-1
United Kingdom	Europe (London) eu-west-2
United States	US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 US East (Ohio) us-east-2 US West (N. California) us-west-1 US West (Oregon) us-west-2

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