Tag:place=province
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 place = province
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A subdivision of a country similar to a state. 
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place=province is a subdivision of a country similar to a state. Some countries have provinces rather than states.
How to map
When the province boundaries are unknown, it's possible to represent a province as a node tagged with place=province along with name=*.
If the boundaries are known, a more common approach is to map provinces using a relation tagged as type=boundary, boundary=administrative, and admin_level=*.
When representing the province as a boundary relation, it is not recommended to use place=province on the relation itself.
However, it can be included on a separate 
label node to indicate the placement of the province label.
Refer to:
- Relation:boundary#Relation_members for detailed instructions on creating boundary relations and label nodes.
- Tag:boundary=administrative#10_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries for the recommended values of the 'admin_level' tag.
Actual usage
Some of the actual uses of this tag include:
- Provinces of Costa Rica
- Provinces of Iran
- Prefectures of Japan
- Provinces of Saudi Arabia
- Provinces of South Korea
- Provinces of Thailand
- Provinces of Turkey