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lname=[[Sinnoh League]] |
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[[Image:Sinnoh.PNG|thumb|right|250px|In-game map of the Sinnoh region from [[Generation IV]]]]
[[Image:Sinnoh_Region.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bird's eye-view of the Sinnoh Region]]
The '''Sinnoh region''' (Japanese: '''シンオウ地方''' ''Shin'ō-chihō'') is a region in the Pokémon world, the setting of the [[Generation IV]] games [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]. It is [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|based on]] the geography of the Japanese island of [[wp:Hokkaido|Hokkaido]], and according to the [[anime]], the Sinnoh region is located north of the [[Kanto]] region.

== Geography ==
Sinnoh features a broad range of new and classic environments for the player to explore including, for the first time in a Pokémon RPG, snowy routes. The region also features full-land geography, with only five [[sea route]]s. Despite this lack of sea routes, a direct opposite of the [[Hoenn]] region, the Sinnoh region is known to be rich in water, and has three lakes at the northernmost ([[Lake Acuity|Acuity]]), easternmost ([[Lake Valor|Valor]]), and westernmost ([[Lake Verity|Verity]]) ends of the main continent that are home to the members of the [[lake trio|legendary trio of Sinnoh]]. Near Lake Valor, as well, there is a hidden fourth lake, [[Sendoff Spring]], which houses [[Turnback Cave]], the home of a fourth [[legendary Pokémon]], {{p|Giratina}}.

Due to its large size, the main continent of Sinnoh can be broken into two sub-regions divided by [[Mt. Coronet]], roughly comparable to how the continent that [[Kanto]] and [[Johto]] make up is essentially a contiguous region. Due to this, {{p|Shellos}} and {{p|Gastrodon}} have developed an instance of [[wp:regional speciation|regional speciation]], with members of the species found on the eastern side being blue-colored and members on the western side being pink-colored.

The western half of Sinnoh features a variety of landscapes. Its coasts are notably more rocky than the eastern half, however, the land is far more fertile, and the towns, for the most part, are rural. A windswept canyon, carved out by a river that flows from Mt. Coronet, is home to the [[Valley Windworks]], which provides clean, wind-driven electricity to the nearby towns. This is not to say, however, that there is no importance to west Sinnoh, as [[Oreburgh City]], [[Eterna City]], and [[Canalave City]] are the locations of [[Pokémon Gym]]s, and [[Jubilife City]], at the heart of the area, is the most technologically advanced city in the region.

Sinnoh's eastern half is home, however, to a vast many more things, including [[Pokémon Super Contest]]s in [[Hearthome City]], a [[Veilstone Department Store|Department Store]] in [[Veilstone City]], the [[Great Marsh]] of [[Pastoria City]], and the awe-inspiring [[Vista Lighthouse]] of [[Sunyshore City]]. In each of these cities, as well, there is a Pokémon Gym, which is very important for League-bound trainers.

Unlike the halves of Sinnoh divided longitudinally by Mt. Coronet, the northern area is sparsely populated, with [[Snowpoint City]] as the only major area, likely due to the harsh snows that blow down from the mountain's peak, making the area not only very cold, but as well making a trip northward very perilous. Despite this relative isolation, however, Snowpoint as well has a Pokémon Gym, making it another important stop for trainers who wish to compete in the Pokémon League.

A third sub-region is the [[Battle Zone]], which is on a large island to the northeast of the mainland. Much like people from the [[Sevii Islands]] seem to consider their home to be a separate region from [[Kanto]] and [[Johto]], people from the Battle Zone often refer to Sinnoh as a separate region. Several islands, including [[Newmoon Island]], [[Fullmoon Island]], and [[Iron Island]], lie off the northwestern coast of Sinnoh as well, though these are far eclipsed in both size and importance by the mainland.

Separated from both the Battle Zone and the mainland of Sinnoh by several straits is the island on which [[Pokémon League (Sinnoh)|Pokémon League]] of Sinnoh is located, the only access to which is by way of {{rt|223}}. It is here where Sinnoh's [[Victory Road (Sinnoh)|Victory Road]] is located, which, unlike previous incarnations has not two, but three entrances: One of these, of course, is the southern entrance that trainers from the mainland must navigate from, a second is the one that leads to the area in which the [[Elite Four]] can be challenged, and the third leads from a [[Defog (move)|foggy]] area of Victory Road to {{rt|224}}, which is said to be a miniature version of Sinnoh. North from Route 224, through a special event, of course, leads the [[Seabreak Path]] to {{p|Shaymin}}'s domain, the [[Flower Paradise]].

== Locations ==

===Cities and Towns===
* Western Sinnoh
:* [[Twinleaf Town]]
:* [[Sandgem Town]]
:* [[Jubilife City]]
:* [[Oreburgh City]]
:* [[Eterna City]]
:* [[Snowpoint City]]
:* [[Canalave City]]
:* [[Floaroma Town]]

* Eastern Sinnoh
:* [[Veilstone City]]
:* [[Pastoria City]]
:* [[Hearthome City]]
:* [[Sunyshore City]]
:* [[Celestic Town]]
:* [[Solaceon Town]]
:* [[Pokémon League (Sinnoh)|Sinnoh Pokémon League]]

* Northeastern Island (Battle Zone)
:* [[Fight Area]]
:* [[Survival Area]]
:* [[Resort Area]]

===Areas of interest===
* [[Amity Square]]
* [[Battle Park (Sinnoh)|Battle Park]]
* [[Hall of Origin]]
* [[Eterna Forest]]
* [[Flower Paradise]]
* [[Fullmoon Island]]
* [[Iron Island]]
* [[Lake Acuity]]
* [[Lake Valor]]
* [[Lake Verity]]
* [[Newmoon Island]]
* [[Mt. Coronet]]
* [[Pal Park]]
* [[Ribbon Syndicate]]
* [[Sendoff Spring]]
* [[Sinnoh Underground]]
* [[Spear Pillar]]
* [[Stark Mountain]]
* [[Turnback Cave]]

===Routes===

Much like [[Hoenn]] before it, Sinnoh's routes are numbered so that they don't follow sequence directly from previously-known regions' routes. Routes in Sinnoh are numbered from [[Route 201|201]] to [[Route 230|230]]. Compared to previous generations, there do not seem to be many sea routes; there are many land routes and mountains. The idea of routes with differing [[weather conditions]] was also brought ahead from [[Generation III]]. For the first time ever in a Pokémon game, some of Sinnoh's routes have snow covering them.

Another quirk about the routes in Sinnoh is that some of them do not go directly east/west or north/south, but actually turn before reaching their destination, most notably [[Route 212]], which has two limbs of equal length. While Hoenn's [[Route 114]] did this on the [[Game Boy Advance]], it was not to this scale, so one may presume that the GBA was limited in this sense.

== League ==
''Main article: [[Sinnoh League]]''

The Sinnoh League is the regional [[Pokémon League]] of the Sinnoh region. The [[Elite Four]] and the [[Champion]] are located at the [[Pokémon League (Sinnoh)|Sinnoh Pokémon League]]

=== Gym Leaders ===
{| border=1 align="left" width=200px style="background: #fff; border:1px solid #000; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="background: #C0C0FF;"
! #
! Leader
! Type
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 1
| style="background: #{{rock color}}" align="center" | [[Roark]]
| style="background: #{{rock color}}" align="center" | {{t|Rock}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 2
| style="background: #{{grass color}}" align="center" | [[Gardenia]]
| style="background: #{{grass color}}" align="center" | {{t|Grass}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 3
| style="background: #{{fighting color}}" align="center" | [[Maylene]]
| style="background: #{{fighting color}}" align="center" | {{t|Fighting}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 4
| style="background: #{{water color}}" align="center" | [[Crasher Wake]]
| style="background: #{{water color}}" align="center" | {{t|Water}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 5
| style="background: #{{ghost color}}" align="center" | [[Fantina]]
| style="background: #{{ghost color}}" align="center" | {{t|Ghost}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 6
| style="background: #{{steel color}}" align="center" | [[Byron]]
| style="background: #{{steel color}}" align="center" | {{t|Steel}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 7
| style="background: #{{ice color}}" align="center" | [[Candice]]
| style="background: #{{ice color}}" align="center" | {{t|Ice}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 8
| style="background: #" align="center" | [[Volkner]]
| style="background: #" align="center" | Various
|}
<br clear="all">

=== Elite Four===
{| border=1 align="left" width=200px style="background: #fff; border:1px solid #000; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="background: #C0C0FF;"
! #
! Elite Four
! Type
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 1
| style="background: #{{bug color}}" align="center" | [[Aaron (Elite Four)|Aaron]]
| style="background: #{{bug color}}" align="center" | {{t|Bug}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 2
| style="background: #{{ground color}}" align="center" | [[Bertha]]
| style="background: #{{ground color}}" align="center" | {{t|Ground}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 3
| style="background: #{{fire color}}" align="center" | [[Flint (Elite Four)|Flint]]
| style="background: #{{fire color}}" align="center" | {{t|Fire}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | 4
| style="background: #{{psychic color}}" align="center" | [[Lucian]]
| style="background: #{{psychic color}}" align="center" | {{t|Psychic}}
|-
! style="background: #C0C0FF;" | C
| align="center" | [[Cynthia]]
| align="center" | Various
|}
<br clear="all">

== See Also ==

* [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]

==Trivia==
*Sinnoh's [[Gym Leader]]s each use a type that has previously been seen in another region's Gym. Four of them were first seen in [[Kanto]], in fact, they are the same types as the first four Gyms of Kanto, {{t|Rock}}, {{t|Water}}, {{t|Electric}}, and {{t|Grass}}. Similarly, the other four were first seen in [[Johto]], and are the same as the fourth through seventh Gyms of that region, {{t|Ghost}}, {{t|Fighting}}, {{t|Steel}}, and {{t|Ice}}.

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