Region Zealand (Danish: Region Sjælland) is the southernmost administrative region of Denmark, established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regions. Zealand Region has 17 municipalities. ...

DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997. It is designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to the appropriate region.. This is achieved by way of region-locked DVD players, which will play back only DVDs encoded to their region (plus …

In Asia, the main characteristic of the region is the very big discrepancy between the laws which exist on the books and what occurs in practice.For example, in Thailand prostitution is illegal, but in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated, and the country is a destination for sex tourism.Such situations are common in many Asian countries. In Japan, prostitution is legal with the ...

Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologically, where the term covers several slightly different, but related regions.

Ashburton (Māori: Hakatere) is a large town in the Canterbury Region, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.The town is the seat of the Ashburton District.It is 85 kilometres (53 mi) south west of Christchurch and is sometimes regarded as a satellite town of Christchurch.. Ashburton township has a population of 20,600. The town is the 29th-largest urban area in …

New Zealand: Number: 16: Populations: 32,700 – 1,695,200 : Areas: 450 km 2 (172 sq mi) – 45,350 km 2 (17,508 sq mi) Government: Local government ... The Chatham Islands Council is not a region but is similar to a unitary authority, authorised under its own legislation. Current regions History and statutory basis. The ...

The region has a hill with the longest place name in New Zealand, and the longest in the world according to the 2009 Guinness Book of Records. Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu is an otherwise unremarkable hill in southern Hawke's Bay, not far from Waipukurau.

Zealand (Danish: Sjælland [ˈɕeˌlænˀ]) at 7,031 km 2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size).Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is the 13th-largest island in Europe by area and the 4th most populous.It is connected to Sprogø and Funen by the Great Belt Fixed Link …

Nelson (Māori: Whakatū) is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere.Nelson is the oldest city in the South Island and the second-oldest settled city in New Zealand – it was established in 1841 and became a city by royal charter in 1858.. Nelson City is bordered to the west and south-west by Tasman District Council and to the north-east, east and south-east by ...

By country, region, or dependent territory. The regions and subregions in the table are based on the United Nations geoscheme since the table sources are United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports. The U.N. recognizes that variabilities in the quality and integrity of data provided by certain countries may minimize country murder rates.