<nowiki>Regions of New South Wales; نیو ساؤتھ ویلز کے علاقہ جات; 新南威爾士州各個地區; Regiões de Nova Gales do Sul; regions of New South Wales, Australia; Region of New South Wales</nowiki>
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English: Despite being geographically in the Hunter Region, Port Stephens Council includes itself in the Mid North Coast for commercial purposes. This sign, welcoming travellers to the Mid North Coast, is only 900 m (2,953 ft) from the Hunter River on the Pacific Highway at Tomago.New South Wales is divided by numerous regional boundaries, based on different characteristics. In many cases boundaries defined by different agencies are coterminous. It is also informally divided into a smaller number of regions, though these regions have no general administrative function or status. Many of them are only vaguely defined, or are defined in different ways for different purposes. For example, departments of the New South Wales government, such as the New South Wales Police Force, or the Ministry of Health, define regions of the State for their own internal administrative purposes. These regions may be defined in completely different ways, as shown by the maps in the references.
The original basis for descriptive regional names in New South Wales is based on the geography of the State.
The State can be divided into four components:
the coastal regions fronting the Tasman Sea in the east of the State