It represents the entire region, the mayor says, and he has a point.

A total of 124 teams representing 61 countries and regions took part in 2008.

First, it represents the region and is protected by the federal government.

Executive Council members represent different regions of the world and serve 3 year terms.

Each element of the new design was intended to represent the region.

Both the province's members were elected to represent the region.

Each delegate represents a states and regions of the country.

Some of the 170 delegates present also represented other smaller regions.

In the past, this meant that senators represented different regions within a state, not according to the population of the region.

The society is made up of branches which represent geographical regions around the country.