- Buffalo Niagara Region
The Buffalo Niagara Region is a part of the Great Lakes region of
North America , comprising most ofWestern New York in theUnited States and theNiagara Peninsula inOntario ,Canada . The Regional Institute of the University of Buffalo has defined the region as including the eight westernmost counties in New York, as well as the Regional Municipality of Niagara and Hamilton in Ontario. [cite web
title = State of the Region: Regional Performance in the Buffalo Niagara Region
publisher = The Regional Institute, a unit of the University at Buffalo Law SchoolUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York
date = 2007
url = http://regional-institute.buffalo.edu/sotr/index.cfm
accessdate = 2007-09-07 ]The 10 government districts in the region, as defined by the University of Buffalo, are:
*"Eight counties in the United States"
**Allegany County, New York
**Cattaraugus County, New York
**Chautauqua County, New York
**Erie County, New York
**Genesee County, New York
**Niagara County, New York
**Orleans County, New York
**Wyoming County, New York
*"Two municipalities in Canada"
**Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario
**Hamilton, Ontario ee also
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Western New York
*Holland Purchase
*Finger Lakes
*Southern Tier
*Central New York References
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