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# containingRegion

The region that contains this region, if any.

```
var containingRegion: Locale.Region? { get }
```

## Discussion

The following example shows how to look up the containing region for the `US` region.

```swift
let usRegion = Locale.Region("US")
let containingRegion = usRegion.containingRegion //Identifier "021": Northern America
```

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