Belt regions

former semi-autonomous tribal region in northwestern Pakistan (1947–2018)

seismic and orogenic belt that includes an array of mountain ranges extending for more than 15'000 km along the southern margin of Eurasia

crescent-shaped region of the Middle East with higher Shia population; passes through Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, and Bahrain

countries in West Africa, Central Africa and the Sahel in which coups d’état occur frequently

string of cities from Ibaraki to Fukuoka

metropolitan area in the United Kingdom

linguistic and cultural region in India where Hindi dialects are spoken and Hindi is used as a common inter-community lingua franca/second language

region in the Scottish Lowlands

areas of the western US settled by the LDS Church

regions of Europe designating traditionally preferred types of alcohol consumption

Ba'athist ethnic cleansing policy in Syrian Kurdistan

geographical region also known as Central Nigeria

zone affected by mountain formation

region of Luxembourg

volcanic chain in British Columbia, Canada

region of Africa with high rate of incidence of meningitis

left-wing communes of the Île-de-France

former industrial backbone of Belgium

academic enclave in Manila, Philippines

system of historic forest belts in Ulyanovsk Oblast. Russia

area of mountain building now in southern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe