regional representation; regional representative
Refers to the act of representing a region or the person/group that does so. Common in political, organizational, and competition contexts.
He attended the meeting as a regional representative.
We discussed how to select regional representatives.
代表 is a general term for representation or a representative. 地域代表 specifies that the representation is at a regional level.
Compound of 地域 (region) and 代表 (representation/representative).