System.Globalization.RegionInfo Class

Summary

Contains information about the country/region.

C# Syntax:

[Serializable] public class RegionInfo

This type is safe for multithreaded operations.

In contrast to CultureInfo, RegionInfo does not represent preferences of the user and does not depend on the user's language or culture.

The RegionInfo name is one of the two-letter codes defined in ISO 3166 for country/region. Case is not significant; however, the RegionInfo.Name, the RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName, and the RegionInfo.ThreeLetterISORegionName properties return the appropriate code in uppercase.

The following is a list of the predefined RegionInfo names accepted and used by this class and other classes in the System.Globalization namespace.

ISO 3166 2-letter code	ISO 3166 3-letter code	Country/Region
AE	ARE	United Arab Emirates
AL	ALB	Albania
AM	ARM	Armenia
AR	ARG	Argentina
AT	AUT	Austria
AU	AUS	Australia
AZ	AZE	Azerbaijan
BE	BEL	Belgium
BG	BGR	Bulgaria
BH	BHR	Bahrain
BN	BRN	Brunei
BO	BOL	Bolivia
BR	BRA	Brazil
BY	BLR	Belarus
BZ	BLZ	Belize
CA	CAN	Canada
CB	CAR	Caribbean
CH	CHE	Switzerland
CL	CHL	Chile
CN	CHN	China
CO	COL	Colombia
CR	CRI	Costa Rica
CZ	CZE	Czech Republic
DE	DEU	Germany
DK	DNK	Denmark
DO	DOM	Dominican Republic
DZ	DZA	Algeria
EC	ECU	Ecuador
EE	EST	Estonia
EG	EGY	Egypt
ES	ESP	Spain
FI	FIN	Finland
FO	FRO	Faroe Islands
FR	FRA	France
GB	GBR	United Kingdom
GE	GEO	Georgia
GR	GRC	Greece
GT	GTM	Guatemala
HK	HKG	Hong Kong SAR
HN	HND	Honduras
HR	HRV	Croatia
HU	HUN	Hungary
ID	IDN	Indonesia
IE	IRL	Ireland
IL	ISR	Israel
IN	IND	India
IQ	IRQ	Iraq
IR	IRN	Iran
IS	ISL	Iceland
IT	ITA	Italy
JM	JAM	Jamaica
JO	JOR	Jordan
JP	JPN	Japan
KE	KEN	Kenya
KG	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan
KR	KOR	Korea
KW	KWT	Kuwait
KZ	KAZ	Kazakhstan
LB	LBN	Lebanon
LI	LIE	Liechtenstein
LT	LTU	Lithuania
LU	LUX	Luxembourg
LV	LVA	Latvia
LY	LBY	Libya
MA	MAR	Morocco
MC	MCO	Monaco
MK	MKD	FYROM
MN	MNG	Mongolia
MO	MAC	Macau SAR
MV	MDV	Maldives
MX	MEX	Mexico
MY	MYS	Malaysia
NI	NIC	Nicaragua
NL	NLD	The Netherlands
NO	NOR	Norway
NZ	NZL	New Zealand
OM	OMN	Oman
PA	PAN	Panama
PE	PER	Peru
PH	PHL	Philippines
PK	PAK	Pakistan
PL	POL	Poland
PR	PRI	Puerto Rico
PT	PRT	Portugal
PY	PRY	Paraguay
QA	QAT	Qatar
RO	ROM	Romania
RU	RUS	Russia
SA	SAU	Saudi Arabia
SE	SWE	Sweden
SG	SGP	Singapore
SI	SVN	Slovenia
SK	SVK	Slovakia
SP	SPB	Serbia
SV	SLV	El Salvador
SY	SYR	Syria
TA	TAT	Russia
TH	THA	Thailand
TN	TUN	Tunisia
TR	TUR	Turkey
TT	TTO	Trinidad and Tobago
TW	TWN	Taiwan
UA	UKR	Ukraine
US	USA	United States
UY	URY	Uruguay
UZ	UZB	Uzbekistan
VE	VEN	Venezuela
VN	VNM	Vietnam
YE	YEM	Yemen
ZA	ZAF	South Africa
ZW	ZWE	Zimbabwe

The following is a list of the ISO 4217 currency symbols returned by the RegionInfo.ISOCurrencySymbol property.

Country/Region	Currency name	ISO 4217 currency symbol
United Arab Emirates	UAE Dirham	AED
Albania	Lek	ALL
Armenia	Armenian Dram	AMD
Argentina	Argentine Peso	ARS
Austria	Euro	EUR
Australia	Australian Dollar	AUD
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijanian Manat	AZM
Belgium	Euro	EUR
Bulgaria	Lev	BGL
Bahrain	Bahraini Dinar	BHD
Brunei	Brunei Dollar	BND
Bolivia	Boliviano	BOB
Brazil	Brazilian Real	BRL
Belarus	Belarussian Ruble	BYB
Belize	Belize Dollar	BZD
Canada	Canadian Dollar	CAD
Caribbean	US Dollar	USD
Switzerland	Swiss Franc	CHF
Chile	Chilean Peso	CLP
China	Yuan Renminbi	CNY
Colombia	Colombian Peso	COP
Costa Rica	Costa Rican Colon	CRC
Czech Republic	Czech Koruna	CZK
Germany	Euro	EUR
Denmark	Danish Krone	DKK
Dominican Republic	Dominican Peso	DOP
Algeria	Algerian Dinar	DZD
Ecuador	US Dollar	USD
Estonia	Kroon	EEK
Egypt	Egyptian Pound	EGP
Spain	Euro	EUR
Finland	Euro	EUR
Faroe Islands	Danish Krone	DKK
France	Euro	EUR
United Kingdom	Pound Sterling	GBP
Georgia	Lari	GEL
Greece	Euro	EUR
Guatemala	Quetzal	GTQ
Hong Kong SAR	Hong Kong Dollar	HKD
Honduras	Lempira	HNL
Croatia	Croatian kuna	HRK
FYROM	Denar	MKD
Hungary	Forint	HUF
Indonesia	Rupiah	IDR
Ireland	Euro	EUR
Israel	New Israeli Sheqel	ILS
India	Indian Rupee	INR
Iraq	Iraqi Dinar	IQD
Iran	Iranian Rial	IRR
Iceland	Iceland Krona	ISK
Italy	Euro	EUR
Jamaica	Jamaican Dollar	JMD
Jordan	Jordanian Dinar	JOD
Japan	Yen	JPY
Kenya	Kenyan Shilling	KES
Kyrgyzstan	Som	KGS
Korea	Won	KRW
Kuwait	Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD
Kazakhstan	Tenge	KZT
Lebanon	Lebanese Pound	LBP
Liechtenstein	Swiss Franc	CHF
Lithuania	Lithuanian Litus	LTL
Luxembourg	Euro	EUR
Latvia	Latvian Lats	LVL
Libya	Libyan Dinar	LYD
Morocco	Moroccan Dirham	MAD
Monaco	Euro	EUR
Mongolia	Tugrik	MNT
Macau SAR	Pataca	MOP
Maldives	Rufiyaa	MVR
Mexico	Mexican Peso	MXN
Malaysia	Malaysian Ringgit	MYR
Nicaragua	Cordoba Oro	NIO
The Netherlands	Euro	EUR
Norway	Norwegian Krone	NOK
New Zealand	New Zealand Dollar	NZD
Oman	Rial Omani	OMR
Panama	Balboa	PAB
Peru	Nuevo Sol	PEN
Philippines	Philippine Peso	PHP
Pakistan	Pakistan Rupee	PKR
Poland	Zloty	PLN
Puerto Rico	US Dollar	USD
Portugal	Euro	EUR
Paraguay	Guarani	PYG
Qatar	Qatari Rial	QAR
Romania	Leu	ROL
Russia	Russian Ruble	RUR
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Riyal	SAR
Sweden	Swedish Krona	SEK
Singapore	Singapore Dollar	SGD
Slovenia	Tolar	SIT
Slovakia	Slovak Koruna	SKK
Serbia	Yugoslavian New Dinar	YUN
El Salvador	US Dollar	USD
Syria	Syrian Pound	SYP
Thailand	Baht	THB
Tunisia	Tunisian Dinar	TND
Turkey	Turkish Lira	TRL
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago Dollar	TTD
Taiwan	New Taiwan Dollar	TWD
Ukraine	Hryvnia	UAH
United States	US Dollar	USD
Uruguay	Peso Uruguayo	UYU
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Sum	UZS
Venezuela	Bolivar	VEB
Vietnam	Dong	VND
Yemen	Yemeni Rial	YER
South Africa	Rand	ZAR
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Dollar	ZWD

System.Globalization Namespace | CultureInfo

System.Globalization.RegionInfo Member List:

Public Constructors

ctor #1	Overloaded: .ctor(int culture) Initializes a new instance of the RegionInfo class based on the country/region associated with the specified culture identifier.
ctor #2	Overloaded: .ctor(string name) Initializes a new instance of the RegionInfo class based on the country/region specified by name.

Public Properties

CurrencySymbol	Read-only Gets the currency symbol associated with the country/region.
CurrentRegion	Read-only Gets the RegionInfo that represents the country/region used by the current thread.
DisplayName	Read-only Gets the full name of the country/region in the language of the localized version of .NET Framework.
EnglishName	Read-only Gets the full name of the country/region in English.
IsMetric	Read-only Gets a value indicating whether the country/region uses the metric system for measurements.
ISOCurrencySymbol	Read-only Gets the three-character ISO 4217 currency symbol associated with the country/region.
Name	Read-only Gets the two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.
ThreeLetterISORegionName	Read-only Gets the three-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.
ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName	Read-only Gets the three-letter code assigned by Windows to the country/region represented by this RegionInfo.
TwoLetterISORegionName	Read-only Gets the two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.

Public Methods

Equals	Overridden: Determines whether the specified object is the same instance as the current RegionInfo.
GetHashCode	Overridden: Serves as a hash function for the current RegionInfo, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures, such as a hash table.
GetType (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.GetType Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.
ToString	Overridden: Returns a string containing the two-letter country/region codes defined in ISO 3166 for the current RegionInfo.

Protected Methods

Finalize (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.Finalize Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.MemberwiseClone Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.

Hierarchy:

• System.Object
• System.Globalization.RegionInfo

System.Globalization.RegionInfo Member Details

Summary

Initializes a new instance of the RegionInfo class based on the country/region associated with the specified culture identifier.

C# Syntax:

public RegionInfo(    int culture );

culture

A culture identifier.

The culture identifier is mapped to the corresponding National Language Support (NLS) locale identifier. A list of culture identifiers is provided in the CultureInfo class topic.

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Summary

Initializes a new instance of the RegionInfo class based on the country/region specified by name.

C# Syntax:

public RegionInfo(    string name );

name

A string containing one of the two-letter codes defined in ISO 3166 for country/region.

Exceptions

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	name is null.
ArgumentException	name is not a valid country/region name.

The RegionInfo name is one of the two-letter codes defined in ISO 3166 for country/region.

Case is not significant; however, the RegionInfo.Name, the RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName, and the RegionInfo.ThreeLetterISORegionName properties return the appropriate code in uppercase.

The predefined RegionInfo names are listed in the RegionInfo class topic.

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Summary

Gets the currency symbol associated with the country/region.

C# Syntax:

public virtual string CurrencySymbol {get;}

For example, the currency symbol for the United States is "$".

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Summary

Gets the RegionInfo that represents the country/region used by the current thread.

C# Syntax:

public static RegionInfo CurrentRegion {get;}

The value of this property is based on the locale selected through Regional and Language Options (or Regional Options or Regional Settings) in Control Panel in Windows. However, that information can change during the life of the AppDomain. The RegionInfo class does not detect changes in the system settings automatically.

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Summary

Gets the full name of the country/region in the language of the localized version of .NET Framework.

C# Syntax:

public virtual string DisplayName {get;}

For example, if the .NET Framework English version is installed, the United States is "United States". If the .NET Framework Spanish version is installed, regardless of the language that the system is set to display, the country/region name is displayed in Spanish; therefore, the United States is "Estados Unidos".

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Summary

Gets the full name of the country/region in English.

C# Syntax:

public virtual string EnglishName {get;}

For example, the United States is "United States".

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Summary

Gets a value indicating whether the country/region uses the metric system for measurements.

C# Syntax:

public virtual bool IsMetric {get;}

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Summary

Gets the three-character ISO 4217 currency symbol associated with the country/region.

C# Syntax:

public virtual string ISOCurrencySymbol {get;}

A list of the three-character ISO 4217 currency symbols is provided in the RegionInfo class topic. For example, the ISO 4217 currency symbol for the United States dollar is "USD".

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Summary

Gets the two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.

C# Syntax:

public virtual string Name {get;}

The RegionInfo.Name property is one of the two-letter codes defined in ISO 3166 for country/region. For example, the two-letter code for United States is "US".

This property returns the same value as the RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName property.

Case is not significant; however, the RegionInfo.Name, the RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName, and the RegionInfo.ThreeLetterISORegionName properties return the appropriate code in uppercase.

The predefined RegionInfo names are listed in the RegionInfo class topic.

To get the full name of the country/region, use RegionInfo.DisplayName or RegionInfo.EnglishName.

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Summary

Gets the three-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.

C# Syntax:

public virtual string ThreeLetterISORegionName {get;}

The RegionInfo.ThreeLetterISORegionName property contains one of the three-letter codes defined in ISO 3166 for country/region. For example, the three-letter code for United States is "USA".

Case is not significant; however, the RegionInfo.Name, the RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName, and the RegionInfo.ThreeLetterISORegionName properties return the appropriate code in uppercase.

The predefined RegionInfo names are listed in the RegionInfo class topic.

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Summary

Gets the three-letter code assigned by Windows to the country/region represented by this RegionInfo.

C# Syntax:

public virtual string ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName {get;}

For example, the three-letter code for United States is "USA".

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Summary

Gets the two-letter code defined in ISO 3166 for the country/region.

C# Syntax:

public virtual string TwoLetterISORegionName {get;}

The RegionInfo name is one of the two-letter codes defined in ISO 3166 for country/region. For example, the two-letter code for United States is "US".

Case is not significant; however, the RegionInfo.Name, the RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName, and the RegionInfo.ThreeLetterISORegionName properties return the appropriate code in uppercase.

The predefined RegionInfo names are listed in the RegionInfo class topic.

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Summary

Determines whether the specified object is the same instance as the current RegionInfo.

C# Syntax:

public override bool Equals(    object value );

value

The object to compare with the current RegionInfo.

Return Value:

true if value is the same instance as the current RegionInfo; otherwise, false.

This method overrides Object.Equals.

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Object.Finalize

C# Syntax:

~RegionInfo();

For more information on members inherited from System.Object click on the link above.

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Summary

Serves as a hash function for the current RegionInfo, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures, such as a hash table.

C# Syntax:

public override int GetHashCode();

Return Value:

A hash code for the current RegionInfo.

This method overrides Object.GetHashCode.

This method generates the same hash code for two objects that are equal according to the RegionInfo.Equals method.

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Object.GetType

C# Syntax:

public Type GetType();

For more information on members inherited from System.Object click on the link above.

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Inherited
See base class member description: System.Object.MemberwiseClone

C# Syntax:

protected object MemberwiseClone();

For more information on members inherited from System.Object click on the link above.

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Summary

Returns a string containing the two-letter country/region codes defined in ISO 3166 for the current RegionInfo.

C# Syntax:

public override string ToString();

Return Value:

A string containing the two-letter country/region codes defined in ISO 3166 for the current RegionInfo.

This method overrides Object.ToString.

This method returns the value of the RegionInfo.Name property which is one of the two-letter country/region codes defined in ISO 3166.

Case is not significant; however, the RegionInfo.Name, the RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName, and the RegionInfo.ThreeLetterISORegionName properties return the appropriate code in uppercase.

The predefined RegionInfo names are listed in the RegionInfo class topic.

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