--- a/babel/core.py
+++ b/babel/core.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     
     >>> locale = Locale('en', 'US')
     >>> repr(locale)
-    '<Locale "en_US">'
+    "Locale('en', territory='US')"
     >>> locale.display_name
     u'English (United States)'
     
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     
     >>> locale = Locale.parse('en-US', sep='-')
     >>> repr(locale)
-    '<Locale "en_US">'
+    "Locale('en', territory='US')"
     
     `Locale` objects provide access to a collection of locale data, such as
     territory and language names, number and date format patterns, and more:
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         self.script = script
         self.variant = variant
         self.__data = None
-
+        
         identifier = str(self)
         if not localedata.exists(identifier):
             raise UnknownLocaleError(identifier)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         ...     os.environ[name] = ''
         >>> os.environ['LANG'] = 'fr_FR.UTF-8'
         >>> Locale.default('LC_MESSAGES')
-        <Locale "fr_FR">
+        Locale('fr_FR')
 
         :param category: one of the ``LC_XXX`` environment variable names
         :param aliases: a dictionary of aliases for locale identifiers
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@
         """Find the best match between available and requested locale strings.
         
         >>> Locale.negotiate(['de_DE', 'en_US'], ['de_DE', 'de_AT'])
-        <Locale "de_DE">
+        Locale('de', territory='DE')
         >>> Locale.negotiate(['de_DE', 'en_US'], ['en', 'de'])
-        <Locale "de">
+        Locale('de')
         >>> Locale.negotiate(['de_DE', 'de'], ['en_US'])
         
         You can specify the character used in the locale identifiers to separate
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
         case is ignored in the comparison:
         
         >>> Locale.negotiate(['de-DE', 'de'], ['en-us', 'de-de'], sep='-')
-        <Locale "de_DE">
+        Locale('de', territory='DE')
         
         :param preferred: the list of locale identifers preferred by the user
         :param available: the list of locale identifiers available
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         object, that object is returned:
         
         >>> Locale.parse(l)
-        <Locale "de_DE">
+        Locale('de', territory='DE')
         
         :param identifier: the locale identifier string
         :param sep: optional component separator
@@ -220,7 +220,13 @@
         return not self.__eq__(other)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return '<Locale "%s">' % str(self)
+        parameters = ['']
+        for key in ('territory', 'script', 'variant'):
+            value = getattr(self, key)
+            if value is not None:
+                parameters.append('%s=%r' % (key, value))
+        parameter_string = '%r' % self.language + ', '.join(parameters)
+        return 'Locale(%s)' % parameter_string
 
     def __str__(self):
         return '_'.join(filter(None, [self.language, self.script,

--- a/babel/tests/core.py
+++ b/babel/tests/core.py
@@ -16,7 +16,22 @@
 import unittest
 
 from babel import core
-from babel.core import default_locale
+from babel.core import default_locale, Locale
+
+
+class LocaleTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    
+    def test_locale_provides_access_to_cldr_locale_data(self):
+        locale = Locale('en', 'US')
+        self.assertEqual(u'English (United States)', locale.display_name)
+        self.assertEqual(u'.', locale.number_symbols['decimal'])
+    
+    def test_repr(self):
+        self.assertEqual("Locale('de', territory='DE')", 
+                         repr(Locale('de', 'DE')))
+        self.assertEqual("Locale('zh', territory='CN', script='Hans')", 
+                         repr(Locale('zh', 'CN', script='Hans')))
+    
 
 class DefaultLocaleTest(unittest.TestCase):
     
@@ -43,9 +58,11 @@
         # must not throw an exception
         default_locale('LC_CTYPE')
 
+
 def suite():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
     suite.addTest(doctest.DocTestSuite(core))
+    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(LocaleTest))
     suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(DefaultLocaleTest))
     return suite