diff --git a/api/migrations/versions/a049e5eb24dd_create_table_region.py b/api/migrations/versions/a049e5eb24dd_create_table_region.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e50667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/migrations/versions/a049e5eb24dd_create_table_region.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""create table region
+
+Revision ID: a049e5eb24dd
+Revises: a9627f63fbed
+Create Date: 2022-04-02 21:28:43.124521
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+from migrations.utils import dbtype
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = "a049e5eb24dd"
+down_revision = "a9627f63fbed"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.create_table(
+        "region",
+        sa.Column(
+            "relation_id", sa.BIGINT, autoincrement=True, primary_key=True, index=True
+        ),
+        sa.Column("name", sa.String),
+        sa.Column("geometry", dbtype("GEOMETRY"), index=True),
+        sa.Column("admin_level", sa.Integer, index=True),
+        sa.Column("tags", dbtype("HSTORE")),
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.drop_table("region")
diff --git a/api/obs/api/db.py b/api/obs/api/db.py
index 64d8e50..f7716a6 100644
--- a/api/obs/api/db.py
+++ b/api/obs/api/db.py
@@ -432,6 +432,16 @@ class Comment(Base):
         }
 
 
+class Region(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "region"
+
+    relation_id = Column(BIGINT, primary_key=True, index=True)
+    name = Column(String)
+    geometry = Column(Geometry)
+    admin_level = Column(Integer)
+    tags = Column(HSTORE)
+
+
 Comment.author = relationship("User", back_populates="authored_comments")
 User.authored_comments = relationship(
     "Comment",