> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://insightsoftware-preview.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# AwsRegion

<a id="awsregion" />

The AWS region of the Athena and AWS Glue instance that you want to connect to.

The region can also be taken from the endpoint provided in the connection string.

For example, for the following endpoint URLs:

* athena.*\[Region]*.amazonaws.com:443
* *\[vpce-specific-url]*.athena.*\[Region]*.vpce.amazonaws.com:443

The connector parses the region from the endpoint and uses it to connect to Athena and AWS Glue services. Do not use the `AwsRegion` property if the endpoint is present in the connection string, because the `AwsRegion` value takes precedence over the region parsed from the endpoint.

For a list of valid regions, see the "Athena" section in the *AWS Regions and Endpoints* documentation: [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#athena](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#athena).

<table><colgroup><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th scope="col">Default Value</th><th scope="col">Data Type</th><th scope="col">Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>None</p></td><td><p>String</p></td><td><p>Yes, if an endpoint is not provided in the connection URL.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>