---
title: preferredLocale
framework: mapkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mapkit/mkreversegeocodingrequest/preferredlocale
---

# preferredLocale

A value that indicates the preferred locale for the addresses the request returns, or nil if the framework should use the device locale.

## Declaration

```swift
var preferredLocale: Locale? { get set }
```

## See Also

### Getting information about map items and the reverse geocoder’s locale’

- [getMapItems(completionHandler:)](mapkit/mkreversegeocodingrequest/getmapitems(completionhandler:).md)