Wikimedia regions

See also Movement Charter/Affiliates by Region.Wikimedia regions are approximate split of the world into 7, 8 or 9 mutually exclusive regions for purpose of exact representation and management. The lists below are ordered geographically, from East to West.

Eight regions

It has been proposed that Wikimedians from eight regions of the world should be represented on a Movement Charter drafting committee.

• ESEAP: East and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific region
• SAARC: South Asia
• MENA: Middle East and North Africa
• Indaba: Africa, as per Wiki Indaba, an approximately annual conference
• CEE and CA: Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• Northern and Western Europe
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• North America (sometimes including the Caribbean); see WikiConference North America

2022 Wikimedia Foundation regions

8 regions used by the Wikimedia Foundation as of 2022

As of 2022, the Wikimedia Foundation is organizing its activities around the following eight regions:

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  Sub-Saharan Africa

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  South Asia

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  Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia

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  Latin America & Caribbean

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  Middle East & North Africa

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  East, Southeast Asia, & Pacific

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  Northern & Western Europe

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  North America

Seven regions

The 7 grants regions.

A different definition of SEVEN regions is here: Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund. They are:

• ESEAP
• SAARC
• Middle East and Africa (merge of MENA & Indaba)
• CEE and Central Asia
• Northern and Western Europe
• Latin America and The Caribbean
• United States and Canada

Nine regions

Sometimes a ninth category appears, for Thematic Groups, which are not defined or linked mainly to a geography.

Here's in important example, from the representation process for Movement Charter drafting