11.   The region is keen to devise a strategy to develop tourism.

12.   The region is prey to drug and crime syndicates, and a cynical political class that accepts corruption as normal.

13.   The region is still a major producer of tin.

14.   The region was bitter cold in winter and was composed largely of woodland tracts veined heavily with water.

15.   The world is uneasy and some regions are warlike, but peace generally reigns.

16.   This region after all is the cradle of civilisation.

17.   The region was extremely beautiful.

18.   Nonetheless Gerard could not imagine spending the rest of his life there.

19.   The region is valued for its coal and vast electricity-generating capacity.