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+====================
+Locale Display Names
+====================
+
+.. contents:: Contents
+   :depth: 2
+.. sectnum::
+
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+While `message catalogs <catalogs.html>`_ allow you to localize any messages
+in your application, there are a number of strings that are used in many
+applications for which translations are readily available.
+
+Imagine for example you have a list of countries that users can choose from,
+and you'd like to display the names of those countries in the language the
+user prefers. Instead of translating all those country names yourself in your
+application, you can make use of the translations provided by the locale data
+included with Babel, which is based on the `Common Locale Data Repository 
+(CLDR) <http://unicode.org/cldr/>`_ developed and maintained by the `Unicode
+Consortium <http://unicode.org/>`_.
+
+
+The ``Locale`` Class
+====================
+
+You normally access such locale data through the `Locale`_ class provided
+by Babel::
+
+    >>> from babel import Locale
+    >>> locale = Locale('en', 'US')
+    >>> locale.territories['US']
+    u'United States'
+    >>> locale = Locale('es', 'MX')
+    >>> locale.territories['US']
+    u'Estados Unidos'
+
+.. _`Locale`: api/babel.core.Locale-class.html
+
+In addition to country/territory names, the locale data also provides access to
+names of languages, scripts, variants, time zones, and more. Some of the data
+is closely related to `number and date formatting`_.
+
+Most of the corresponding ``Locale`` properties return dictionaries, where the
+key is a code such as the ISO country and language codes. Consult the API
+documentation for references to the relevant specifications.
+
+.. _`number and date formatting`: formatting.html