"The simple principle that a region's consciousness of itself defines the region offers a sensible and effective means for interpreting local historical events. Regional consciousness bears no necessary relation to artificial administrative boundaries imposed by governments. Regiional consciousness crosses all ethnic, class, cultural and economic lines as well. Regional consciousness is less a matter of geography than it is a state of mind."
Source: Sense of Place: American Regional Cultures, Edited by Barbara Allen and Thomas Schlereth.
I suppose in this sense it is a "region of thought." How we think about place matters.
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