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region 1. an area considered as a unit for geographical, functional, social, or cultural reasons 2. an administrative division of a country 3. (in Scotland from 1975 until 1996) any of the nine territorial divisions into which the mainland of Scotland was divided for purposes of local government; replaced in 1996 by council areas region [′rē·jən] (computer science) A group of machine addresses which refer to a base address. (mathematics) The union of an open connected set with a subset of its boundary points (which may be the entire boundary or the empty set). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The regional
distribution variable combined the 16 administrative regions into 5
groups according to the proximity to the 2 major urban centers in Quebec
(Montreal and Quebec City): Montreal metropolitan area, Quebec City
metropolitan area, peripheral Montreal, peripheral Quebec City, and
rural. While the
RFE's administrative regions enjoy autonomy similar to that of the
Canadian provinces, they have never had either enough independence or
support from Moscow to develop their own infrastructure. The company said it will combine its 25 administrative regions in
the United States and Canada into 13 zones, consolidate 10 long-term
health-care insurance programs into two offices and move many agent and
customer support operations to a single location. |
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