The name of a city or town associated with the imprint or publisher. Optional, and repeatable if parallel names for a single location appear on the title page in multiple languages, or if the imprint carries two or more cities of publication.

Where necessary to avoid ambiguity, a state, province or region may be included – for example ‘Springfield, IL’.

A place of publication is normally given in the form in which it appears on the title page. If the place name appears in more than one language, <CityOfPublication> may be repeated. The language attribute is optional with a single instance of <CityOfPublication>, but must be included in each instance if <CityOfPublication> is repeated.