{{Unreferenced, date=October 2010 Industrial region or industrial area refers to a geographical

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

with extremely dense

industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

. It is usually heavily urbanized. Kaesong model complex

Brazil

* ABCD Region, sometimes called ABC (ABC paulista or Região do Grande ABC in Portuguese) is an industrial region made up of seven municipalities with the greater metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil.

Bulgaria

Industrial region Thracia is an industrial zone made up of several municipalities within the area of

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

Japan

Chūkyō Industrial Area The is another name for the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area and the surrounding prefectures, which have strong economic links to it. This industrial region includes the Aichi, Gifu, and Mie prefectures. One of the dominant companies of the region ...

Hanshin Industrial Region The is one of the largest industrial regions in Japan. Its name comes from the ''on''-reading of the kanji used to abbreviate the names of Osaka (大阪) and Kobe (神戸), the two largest cities in the megalopolis. The GDP of this area (Osaka ...

Kanto region Kantō (Japanese) Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics. In Japan Kantō may refer to: *Kantō Plain *Kantō region *Kantō-kai, organized crime group *Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ' ...

Korea

* Kaesŏng Industrial Region, North Korea *

Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region The Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region (), centered on the harbor cities of Busan and Ulsan, is the Republic of Korea's second largest metropolitan area in terms of population and is the second-most developed region as well. It is also an ...

, South Korea

Poland

* Białystok Industrial Region *

Bielsko Industrial Region Bielsko (german: Bielitz, cs, Bílsko) was until 1950 an independent town situated in Cieszyn Silesia, Poland. In 1951 it was joined with Biała Krakowska to form the new town of Bielsko-Biała. Bielsko constitutes the western part of that to ...

* Bydgoszcz-Toruń Industrial Region * Carpathian Industrial Region * Central Industrial Region * Częstochowa Industrial Region * Gdańsk Industrial Region *

Upper Silesian Industrial Region The Upper Silesian Industrial Region ( pl, Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, , Polish abbreviation: ''GOP'' ; german: Oberschlesisches Industriegebiet) is a large industrial region in Poland.Jaworzno-Chrzanów Industrial Region * Kalisz-Ostrów Industrial Region *

Kraków Industrial Region Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 15 ...

* Legnica-Głogów Copper Area * Lublin Industrial Region * Łódź Industrial Region * Olsztyn Industrial Region * Opole Industrial Region * Piotrków-Bełchatów Industrial Region * Poznań Industrial Region *

Rybnik Coal Area The Rybnik Coal Area ( pl, Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy, ''ROW'') is an industrial region in southern Poland.

Old-Polish Industrial Region {{unreferenced, date=March 2017 Staropolski Okręg Przemysłowy (Old Polish Industrial Region) is an industrial region in northern part of Lesser Poland. It is the oldest and in terms of area covered, largest of Polish industrial regions. Most of ...

* Sudeten Industrial Region * Szczecin Industrial Region * Tarnobrzeg Industrial Region * Tarnów-Rzeszów Industrial Region * Warsaw Industrial Region * Wrocław Industrial Region * Zielona Góra-Żary Industrial Region

Russia

* Kuzbass

Saudi Arabia

Jubail Industrial City Jubail Industrial City, the world's largest industrial city, was established in 1975 and is located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It covers 1,016 square kilometers and includes industrial complexes and port facilities. It contributes t ...

. * Yanbu Industrial City. *
Industrial Valley
at

King Abdullah Economic City King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC, ; ar, مدينة الملك عبد الله الاقتصادية) is a megaproject announced in 2005 by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the former king of Saudi Arabia. It was one of six megaprojects that ...

, is part of a fully integrated city on the Red Sea covering an area of 181 million square metres. KAEC's components are King Abdullah Port, Industrial Valley and Coastal Communities.

Ukraine

Donbas The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...

* Kryvbas