diff --git a/.changes/next-release/bugfix-urlresolution-88520.json b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-urlresolution-88520.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..255c7b690a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-urlresolution-88520.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "type": "bugfix",
+  "category": "url-resolution",
+  "description": "Fixes URL construction in Local Zones by using region directly instead of attempting to parse availability zone"
+}
diff --git a/botocore/utils.py b/botocore/utils.py
index 30a513ea90..86823e0ee4 100644
--- a/botocore/utils.py
+++ b/botocore/utils.py
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ def _create_fetcher(self):
 
 
 class InstanceMetadataRegionFetcher(IMDSFetcher):
-    _URL_PATH = 'latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone/'
+    _URL_PATH = 'latest/meta-data/placement/region/'
 
     def retrieve_region(self):
         """Get the current region from the instance metadata service.
@@ -788,9 +788,7 @@ def _get_region(self):
             retry_func=self._default_retry,
             token=token,
         )
-        availability_zone = response.text
-        region = availability_zone[:-1]
-        return region
+        return response.text
 
 
 def merge_dicts(dict1, dict2, append_lists=False):
diff --git a/scripts/new-change b/scripts/new-change
index b902c63364..da90c0c63e 100755
--- a/scripts/new-change
+++ b/scripts/new-change
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ You'll see this template::
 Fill in the appropriate values, save and exit the editor.
 Make sure to commit these changes as part of your pull request.
 
-If, when your editor is open, you decide don't don't want to add a changelog
+If, when your editor is open, you decide don't want to add a changelog
 entry, save an empty file and no entry will be generated.
 
 You can then use the ``scripts/gen-changelog`` to generate the