| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # <bloc>

`<bloc>` | (bloc) a geo-political unit containing one or more nation states.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from names, placePart, typed
Example |
    <bloc type="economic union">the European Union</bloc>

    <bloc type="continent">Africa</bloc>
Module | Declared in file teind2; Additional tag set for Names and Dates: enabled by TEI.names.dates
Class | placePart; names; typed
May contain | #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app c caesura cb certainty cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lang lb link linkGrp m measure mentioned milestone name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled space span spanGrp supplied term time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear w xptr xref
May occur within | placeName
Declaration |
    <!ELEMENT bloc %om.RR; %phrase.seq;>
    <!ATTLIST bloc
          %a.global;
          %a.names;
          %a.typed;>
See further | 20.2 Place Names

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