***
title: "Region"
generated: true
---------------
A Region represents a geographical administrative unit, such as a Country, Province, State, Prefecture etc.
This is an abstract class which is extended by the [Country](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/country#country) and [Province](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/province#province) entities.
Regions can be grouped into [Zone](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/zone#zone)s which are in turn used to determine applicable shipping and taxes for an [Order](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/order#order).
```ts title="Signature"
class Region extends VendureEntity implements Translatable, HasCustomFields {
@Column() code: string;
@Column({ nullable: false, type: 'varchar' })
readonly type: RegionType;
name: LocaleString;
@Index()
@ManyToOne(type => Region, { nullable: true, onDelete: 'SET NULL' })
parent?: Region;
@EntityId({ nullable: true })
parentId?: ID;
@Column() enabled: boolean;
@OneToMany(type => RegionTranslation, translation => translation.base, { eager: true })
translations: Array>;
@Column(type => CustomRegionFields)
customFields: CustomRegionFields;
}
```
* Extends: [`VendureEntity`](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/vendure-entity#vendureentity)
* Implements: [`Translatable`](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/entities/interfaces#translatable), HasCustomFields
### code
\
A code representing the region. The code format will depend on the type of region. For
example, a Country code will be a 2-letter ISO code, whereas a Province code could use
a format relevant to the type of province, e.g. a US state code like "CA".
### type
\
### name
\
### parent
\Region`} />
### parentId
\ID`} />
### enabled
\
### translations
\Region>>`} />
### customFields
\