<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 att.typed att.datable ]
Declaration
element region
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.naming.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   att.datable.w3c.attributes,
   att.datable.iso.attributes,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
Example
<placeName>
 <region type="staten="IL">Illinois</region>
</placeName>
Contained by model.placeNamePart
May contain