diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index ee64cda..cec19a2 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       Effect.toggle( div, "slide", { link:link, div:div, afterFinish:end } )
     }')
     environment.top_level_categories.each do |toplevel|
-      next if toplevel.is_a?(ProductCategory)
+      next unless object.accept_category?(toplevel)
       # FIXME
       ([toplevel] + toplevel.children_for_menu).each do |cat|
         if cat.top_level?
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index de8d367..f915cfe 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
     ferret_update
   end
 
+  def accept_category?(cat)
+    !cat.is_a?(ProductCategory)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def sanitize_tag_list
diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index 03a5618..fa8af1f 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :profile_categorizations, :conditions => [ 'categories_profiles.virtual = ?', false ]
   has_many :categories, :through => :profile_categorizations
 
+  belongs_to :region
+
   def pending_categorizations
     @pending_categorizations ||= []
   end
@@ -359,4 +361,19 @@ class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
+  after_save :update_category_from_region
+  def update_category_from_region
+    categories.find(:all, :conditions => "type = 'Region'").each do |cat|
+      categories.delete(cat)
+    end
+    if region
+      categories << region
+    end
+  end
+
+  def accept_category?(cat)
+    forbidden = [ ProductCategory, Region ]
+    !forbidden.include?(cat.class)
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/044_add_region_to_profile.rb b/db/migrate/044_add_region_to_profile.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d1f080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/044_add_region_to_profile.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddRegionToProfile < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :profiles, :region_id, :integer
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :profiles, :region_id
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/article_test.rb b/test/unit/article_test.rb
index f6a5269..04b9147 100644
--- a/test/unit/article_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/article_test.rb
@@ -364,4 +364,8 @@ class ArticleTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   end
 
+  should 'not accept Product category as category' do
+    assert !Article.new.accept_category?(ProductCategory.new)
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/profile_test.rb b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
index dd16276..635f28f 100644
--- a/test/unit/profile_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/profile_test.rb
@@ -580,6 +580,82 @@ class ProfileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equivalent [c1, c2], profile.categories(true)
   end
 
+  should 'be associated with a region' do
+    region = Region.create!(:name => "Salvador", :environment => Environment.default)
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'testprofile', :identifier => 'testprofile', :region => region)
+
+    assert_equal region, profile.region
+  end
+
+  should 'categorized automatically in its region' do
+    region = Region.create!(:name => "Salvador", :environment => Environment.default)
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'testprofile', :identifier => 'testprofile', :region => region)
+
+    assert_equal [region], profile.categories(true)
+  end
+
+  should 'change categorization when changing region' do
+    region = Region.create!(:name => "Salvador", :environment => Environment.default)
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'testprofile', :identifier => 'testprofile', :region => region)
+
+    region2 = Region.create!(:name => "Feira de Santana", :environment => Environment.default)
+
+    profile.region = region2
+    profile.save!
+
+    assert_equal [region2], profile.categories(true)
+  end
+
+  should 'remove categorization when removing region' do
+    region = Region.create!(:name => "Salvador", :environment => Environment.default)
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'testprofile', :identifier => 'testprofile', :region => region)
+
+    profile.region = nil
+    profile.save!
+
+    assert_equal [], profile.categories(true)
+  end
+
+  should 'not remove region, only dissasociate from it' do
+    region = Region.create!(:name => "Salvador", :environment => Environment.default)
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'testprofile', :identifier => 'testprofile', :region => region)
+
+    profile.region = nil
+    profile.save!
+
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      Region.find(region.id)
+    end
+  end
+
+  should 'be able to create with categories and region at the same time' do
+    region = Region.create!(:name => "Salvador", :environment => Environment.default)
+    category = Category.create!(:name => 'test category', :environment => Environment.default)
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'testprofile', :identifier => 'testprofile', :region => region, :category_ids => [category.id])
+
+    assert_equivalent [region, category], profile.categories(true)
+  end
+
+  should 'be able to update categories and not get regions removed' do
+    region = Region.create!(:name => "Salvador", :environment => Environment.default)
+    category = Category.create!(:name => 'test category', :environment => Environment.default)
+    profile = Profile.create!(:name => 'testprofile', :identifier => 'testprofile', :region => region, :category_ids => [category.id])
+
+    category2 = Category.create!(:name => 'test category 2', :environment => Environment.default)
+
+    profile.update_attributes!(:category_ids => [category2.id])
+
+    assert_includes profile.categories(true), region
+  end
+
+  should 'not accept product category as category' do
+    assert !Profile.new.accept_category?(ProductCategory.new)
+  end
+
+  should 'not accept region as a category' do
+    assert !Profile.new.accept_category?(Region.new)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def assert_invalid_identifier(id)
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