---
title: server.region
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/server/server-region
---

**Type:** STRING  
**Access:** read-only

**Available in:** 

A code representing the general region of the world in which the POP location
resides.

As of the time of writing possible values for public pops are:

|   Region Name   | Approximate Geographic Location of Fastly POPs |
| :-------------: | :--------------------------------------------- |
|    `AF-West`    | The western regions of Africa                  |
|      `APAC`     | Australia and New Zealand                      |
|      `Asia`     | Throughout the Asian continent (except India)  |
|   `Asia-South`  | Southern Asia                                  |
|   `EU-Central`  | The central European continent                 |
|    `EU-East`    | The eastern European continent                 |
|    `EU-West`    | The western European continent                 |
|   `MX-Central`  | Central Mexico                                 |
| `North-America` | Canada                                         |
|    `SA-East`    | Eastern South America                          |
|    `SA-West`    | Western South America                          |
|    `SA-North`   | Northern South America                         |
|    `SA-South`   | Southern South America                         |
|  `South-Africa` | The southern regions of Africa                 |
|   `US-Central`  | The central United States                      |
|    `US-East`    | The eastern United States                      |
|    `US-West`    | The western United States                      |