Cocos2d-x WP8: Getting Current Region Setting

I have been developing a game using cocos2d-x for windows phone 8. A new requirement came up to display custom information based on the region setting. Turns out I did not find the solution immediately, so I thought I’d post my solution here. I wrote a blog post about it:

http://www.making-software.com/2013/08/01/cocos2d-x-wp8-getting-current-region-setting

Cheers,
Marcelo