<region> (region) in an address, contains the state, province, county or region name; in a place name given as a hierarchy of geo-political units, the <region> is larger or administratively superior to the <settlement> and smaller or administratively less important than the <country> .
Attributes:
Example 
<placeName>
  <region type=state n='IL'>Illinois</region>
</placeName>
Note
Tagsetadditional tag set for
ClassplacePart [and indirectly also:] names
Filenameteind2
ParentsplaceName
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan figure foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi label lang link list listBibl m measure mentioned move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space stage supplied table tag tech term text time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val view w witDetail xptr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT region        - -  (%paraContent)                     >
<!ATTLIST region             %a.global
                             %a.placePart                       >
See 20.2

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