county

Term name
county

Definition
The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than stateProvince (county, shire, department, etc.) in which the Location occurs.

Recommendation
As Applicable

Guidelines

 * Use controlled vocabulary (see link below)
 * Use your internal controlled vocabulary (own language)
 * Use verbatim

Controlled vocabulary
For smaller subdivisions (i.e. county, canton, department, region, etc.) use a local gazetteer or use the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic names at: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
 * Use this controlled vocabulary:

Usage examples
Note: If the county is recorded on the label as abbreviated name, spell it out. If the region is recorded in a foreign language, do not translate but use the name as recorded as in the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic names or use a local gazetteer for reference. If you can't find the county in the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic names or a local gazetteer, leave the "county" field blank, but make sure to enter the original verbatim data in the verbatimLocality field. [KCP: this is my wording, may need to be revised]

Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION