@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 
 def places(client, query, location=None, radius=None, language=None,
-           min_price=None, max_price=None, open_now=False, type=None,
+           min_price=None, max_price=None, open_now=False, type=None, region=None,
            page_token=None):
     """
     Places search.
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ def places(client, query, location=None, radius=None, language=None,
         The full list of supported types is available here:
         https://developers.google.com/places/supported_types
     :type type: string
+    
+    :param region: The region code, optional parameter.
+        See more @ https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search
+    :type region: string
 
     :param page_token: Token from a previous search that when provided will
         returns the next page of results for the same search.
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ def places(client, query, location=None, radius=None, language=None,
     """
     return _places(client, "text", query=query, location=location,
                    radius=radius, language=language, min_price=min_price,
-                   max_price=max_price, open_now=open_now, type=type,
+                   max_price=max_price, open_now=open_now, type=type, region=region,
                    page_token=page_token)
 
 
@@ -85,6 +89,10 @@ def places_nearby(client, location=None, radius=None, keyword=None,
 
     :param radius: Distance in meters within which to bias results.
     :type radius: int
+    
+    :param region: The region code, optional parameter.
+        See more @ https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search
+    :type region: string
 
     :param keyword: A term to be matched against all content that Google has
                     indexed for this place.
@@ -204,7 +212,7 @@ def places_radar(client, location, radius, keyword=None, min_price=None,
 
 def _places(client, url_part, query=None, location=None, radius=None,
             keyword=None, language=None, min_price=0, max_price=4, name=None,
-            open_now=False, rank_by=None, type=None, page_token=None):
+            open_now=False, rank_by=None, type=None, region=None, page_token=None):
     """
     Internal handler for ``places``, ``places_nearby``, and ``places_radar``.
     See each method's docs for arg details.
@@ -230,6 +238,8 @@ def _places(client, url_part, query=None, location=None, radius=None,
         params["rankby"] = rank_by
     if type:
         params["type"] = type
+    if region:
+        params["region"] = region
     if page_token:
         params["pagetoken"] = page_token
 
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.location = (-33.86746, 151.207090)
         self.type = 'liquor_store'
         self.language = 'en-AU'
+        self.region = 'AU'
         self.radius = 100
 
     @responses.activate
@@ -44,14 +45,14 @@ def test_places_text_search(self):
                       status=200, content_type='application/json')
 
         self.client.places('restaurant', location=self.location,
-                           radius=self.radius, language=self.language,
+                           radius=self.radius, region=self.region, language=self.language,
                            min_price=1, max_price=4, open_now=True,
                            type=self.type)
 
         self.assertEqual(1, len(responses.calls))
         self.assertURLEqual('%s?language=en-AU&location=-33.86746%%2C151.20709&'
                             'maxprice=4&minprice=1&opennow=true&query=restaurant&'
-                            'radius=100&type=liquor_store&key=%s'
+                            'radius=100&region=AU&type=liquor_store&key=%s'
                             % (url, self.key), responses.calls[0].request.url)
 
     @responses.activate