---
title: region
framework: mapkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mapkit/mklocalsearchcompleter/region
---

# region

The region that defines the geographic scope of the search.

## Declaration

```swift
var region: MKCoordinateRegion { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Use this property to limit search results to the specified geographic area. The default value of this property is a region that spans the entire world.

## See Also

### Specifying the query attributes

- [addressFilter](mapkit/mklocalsearchcompleter/addressfilter.md)
- [queryFragment](mapkit/mklocalsearchcompleter/queryfragment.md)
- [regionPriority](mapkit/mklocalsearchcompleter/regionpriority.md)
- [resultTypes](mapkit/mklocalsearchcompleter/resulttypes.md)
- [pointOfInterestFilter](mapkit/mklocalsearchcompleter/pointofinterestfilter.md)
- [filterType](mapkit/mklocalsearchcompleter/filtertype-swift.property.md)
- [MKLocalSearchCompleter.FilterType](mapkit/mklocalsearchcompleter/filtertype-swift.enum.md)
- [MKLocalSearchCompleter.ResultType](mapkit/mklocalsearchcompleter/resulttype.md)