<region>

<region> contains the name of an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country. 13.2.3 Place Names
Modulenamesdates — 13 Names, Dates, People, and Places
Attributes att.naming (@nymRef) (att.canonical (@key, @ref)) att.typed (@type, @subtype) att.datable (att.datable.w3c (@period, @when, @notBefore, @notAfter, @from, @to)) (att.datable.iso (@when-iso, @notBefore-iso, @notAfter-iso, @from-iso, @to-iso))
Used by
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="region">
<rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.naming.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.canonical.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.datable.w3c.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="att.datable.iso.attributes"/>
<rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element region
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.naming.attributes,
   att.canonical.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   att.datable.w3c.attributes,
   att.datable.iso.attributes,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
Example
<placeName>
 <region type="staten="IL">Illinois</region>
</placeName>