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Name

county — A county name

Synopsis

Content Model

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Attributes

NameTypeDefault
idIDNone
targetsCDATANone

Description

The county element specifies the name of a county (not to be confused with country). In the United States, a county is “an administrative subdivision of a state”. In the UK, it is a “territorial division exercising administrative, judicial, and political functions.” (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 1979 Ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.)

Parents

county may be contained in these elements: address, location

Attributes

id

A string used to uniquely identify a county. The county may then be referred to by this identifier.

See Also

state, province, prefecture.

Examples

<address>
  <city>North Willow</city>
  <county>Washington</county>
  <state>New Canada</state>
</address>
<address>
  <street>1 O'Leary Place</street>
  <city>Coby</city>
  <county>Co. Cork</county>
  <country>Ireland</country>