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# MKCoordinateRegion

A rectangular geographic region that centers around a specific latitude and longitude.

```
struct MKCoordinateRegion
```

## Topics

### Creating a region

[`init()`](/documentation/MapKit/MKCoordinateRegion/init())

Creates a coordinate region.

[`init(center:latitudinalMeters:longitudinalMeters:)`](/documentation/MapKit/MKCoordinateRegion/init(center:latitudinalMeters:longitudinalMeters:))

Creates a new coordinate region from the specified coordinate and distance values.

[`init(_:)`](/documentation/MapKit/MKCoordinateRegion/init(_:))

Returns the region that corresponds to the specified map rectangle.

[`init(center:span:)`](/documentation/MapKit/MKCoordinateRegion/init(center:span:))

Creates a coordinate region with a span around the specified center coordinate.

### Getting the region coordinates

[`center`](/documentation/MapKit/MKCoordinateRegion/center)

The center point of the region.

[`span`](/documentation/MapKit/MKCoordinateRegion/span)

The horizontal and vertical span representing the amount of map to display.


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