## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <region>

`<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 | Global attributes and those inherited from names, placePart, typed

Example

    <placeName>
      <region type="state" n="IL">Illinois</region>
    </placeName>

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 bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cb certainty cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib figure foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp label lang lb link linkGrp list listBibl m measure mentioned milestone move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled sound space span spanGrp stage supplied table tech term text time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear view w witDetail xptr xref

May occur within | placeName

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT region %om.RR; %paraContent;>
    <!ATTLIST region
          %a.global;
          %a.names;
          %a.typed;>

See further | 20.2 Place Names

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