# Creating Placement Policy
```
CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY west PRIMARY_REGION="seattle" REGIONS="seattle,shanghai" FOLLOWERS=2;
CREATE PLACEMENT POLICY east PRIMARY_REGION="shanghai" REGIONS="shanghai,seattle" FOLLOWERS=2;

CREATE TABLE test.p_east(
  id bigint primary key auto_random,
  name varchar(30),
  t_mark timestamp
) PLACEMENT POLICY = east;

CREATE TABLE test.p_west(
  id bigint primary key auto_random,
  name varchar(30),
  t_mar timestamp
) PLACEMENT POLICY = west;
```
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Observe the placement labels, TiKV sets the label for the region.


tidb> SHOW PLACEMENT LABELS;
+--------+-------------------------+
| Key | Values |
+--------+-------------------------+
| engine | ["tiflash"] |
| region | ["seattle", "shanghai"] |
+--------+-------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

PRIMARY_REGION: The option depends on the region tag in TiKV, and the Raft leader is placed on the node with the region tag.

REGIONS: The option relies on the region tag in TiKV, and Raft followers are placed on nodes with region tags.

FOLLOWERS: The number of followers. For example, FOLLOWERS=2 means that there are 3 replica of the data, 2 followers, and 1 leader.