Regional Internet Registries

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• Afrinic (covers Africa)
• Apnic (covers Asia Pacific)
• Arin (covers North America)
• Lacnic (covers Latin America and the Caribbean)
• Ripe (covers Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia)

The Regional Internet Registries(RIR's) act as suppliers to Local Internet Registries (LIR's). These are usually Independent Service Providers (ISP's) who retail internet access to the public.

A Wikipedia page shows a Map of which RIR's cover which parts of the world. A list of RIR items can be found here.