diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3558f23..73d231c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+### Fixed
+- Missing region check should ignore subregion field, if it exists
+
 ## [0.6.0] - 2022-09-02
 ### Changed
 - Perform fix for "unnecessary" Unicode characters after we try to fix encoding
diff --git a/csv_metadata_quality/check.py b/csv_metadata_quality/check.py
index cd7ed72..633985d 100755
--- a/csv_metadata_quality/check.py
+++ b/csv_metadata_quality/check.py
@@ -512,9 +512,9 @@ def countries_match_regions(row, exclude):
         if match is not None:
             country_column_name = label
 
-        # Find the name of the region column
+        # Find the name of the region column, but make sure it's not subregion!
         match = re.match(r"^.*?region.*$", label)
-        if match is not None:
+        if match is not None and "sub" not in label:
             region_column_name = label
 
         # Find the name of the title column
diff --git a/csv_metadata_quality/fix.py b/csv_metadata_quality/fix.py
index 3437fa9..cf948ed 100755
--- a/csv_metadata_quality/fix.py
+++ b/csv_metadata_quality/fix.py
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ def countries_match_regions(row, exclude):
         if match is not None:
             country_column_name = label
 
-        # Find the name of the region column
+        # Find the name of the region column, but make sure it's not subregion!
         match = re.match(r"^.*?region.*$", label)
-        if match is not None:
+        if match is not None and "sub" not in label:
             region_column_name = label
 
         # Find the name of the title column
diff --git a/data/test.csv b/data/test.csv
index 0718ca6..119fbbf 100644
--- a/data/test.csv
+++ b/data/test.csv
@@ -1,38 +1,39 @@
-dc.title,dcterms.issued,dc.identifier.issn,dc.identifier.isbn,dcterms.language,dcterms.subject,cg.coverage.country,filename,dcterms.license,dcterms.type,dcterms.bibliographicCitation,cg.identifier.doi,cg.coverage.region
- Leading space,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,
-Trailing space ,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,
-Excessive  space,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,
-Miscellaenous ||whitespace | issues ,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,
-Duplicate||Duplicate,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,
-Invalid ISSN,2019-07-29,2321-2302,,,,,,,,,,
-Invalid ISBN,2019-07-29,,978-0-306-40615-6,,,,,,,,,
-Multiple valid ISSNs,2019-07-29,0378-5955||0024-9319,,,,,,,,,,
-Multiple valid ISBNs,2019-07-29,,99921-58-10-7||978-0-306-40615-7,,,,,,,,,
-Invalid date,2019-07-260,,,,,,,,,,,
-Multiple dates,2019-07-26||2019-01-10,,,,,,,,,,,
-Invalid multi-value separator,2019-07-29,0378-5955|0024-9319,,,,,,,,,,
-Unnecessary Unicode​,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,
-Suspicious character||foreˆt,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,
-Invalid ISO 639-1 (alpha 2) language,2019-07-29,,,jp,,,,,,,,
-Invalid ISO 639-3 (alpha 3) language,2019-07-29,,,chi,,,,,,,,
-Invalid language,2019-07-29,,,Span,,,,,,,,
-Invalid AGROVOC subject,2019-07-29,,,,LIVESTOCK||FOREST,,,,,,,
+dc.title,dcterms.issued,dc.identifier.issn,dc.identifier.isbn,dcterms.language,dcterms.subject,cg.coverage.country,filename,dcterms.license,dcterms.type,dcterms.bibliographicCitation,cg.identifier.doi,cg.coverage.region,cg.coverage.subregion
+ Leading space,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Trailing space ,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Excessive  space,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Miscellaenous ||whitespace | issues ,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Duplicate||Duplicate,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid ISSN,2019-07-29,2321-2302,,,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid ISBN,2019-07-29,,978-0-306-40615-6,,,,,,,,,,
+Multiple valid ISSNs,2019-07-29,0378-5955||0024-9319,,,,,,,,,,,
+Multiple valid ISBNs,2019-07-29,,99921-58-10-7||978-0-306-40615-7,,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid date,2019-07-260,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Multiple dates,2019-07-26||2019-01-10,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid multi-value separator,2019-07-29,0378-5955|0024-9319,,,,,,,,,,,
+Unnecessary Unicode​,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Suspicious character||foreˆt,2019-07-29,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid ISO 639-1 (alpha 2) language,2019-07-29,,,jp,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid ISO 639-3 (alpha 3) language,2019-07-29,,,chi,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid language,2019-07-29,,,Span,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid AGROVOC subject,2019-07-29,,,,LIVESTOCK||FOREST,,,,,,,,
 Newline (LF),2019-07-30,,,,"TANZA
-NIA",,,,,,,
-Missing date,,,,,,,,,,,,
-Invalid country,2019-08-01,,,,,KENYAA,,,,,,
-Uncommon filename extension,2019-08-10,,,,,,file.pdf.lck,,,,,
-Unneccesary unicode (U+002D + U+00AD),2019-08-10,,978-­92-­9043-­823-­6,,,,,,,,,
-"Missing space,after comma",2019-08-27,,,,,,,,,,,
-Incorrect ISO 639-1 language,2019-09-26,,,es,,,,,,,,
-Incorrect ISO 639-3 language,2019-09-26,,,spa,,,,,,,,
-Composéd Unicode,2020-01-14,,,,,,,,,,,
-Decomposéd Unicode,2020-01-14,,,,,,,,,,,
-Unnecessary multi-value separator,2021-01-03,0378-5955||,,,,,,,,,,
-Invalid SPDX license identifier,2021-03-11,,,,,,,CC-BY,,,,
-Duplicate Title,2021-03-17,,,,,,,,Report,,,
-Duplicate Title,2021-03-17,,,,,,,,Report,,,
-Mojibake,2021-03-18,,,,Publicaçao CIAT,,,,Report,,,
-"DOI in citation, but missing cg.identifier.doi",2021-10-06,,,,,,,,,"Orth, A. 2021. DOI in citation, but missing cg.identifier.doi. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-9-218",,
-Title missing from citation,2021-12-05,,,,,,,,,"Orth, A. 2021. Title missing f rom citation.",,
-Country missing region,2021-12-08,,,,,Kenya,,,,,,
+NIA",,,,,,,,
+Missing date,,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid country,2019-08-01,,,,,KENYAA,,,,,,,
+Uncommon filename extension,2019-08-10,,,,,,file.pdf.lck,,,,,,
+Unneccesary unicode (U+002D + U+00AD),2019-08-10,,978-­92-­9043-­823-­6,,,,,,,,,,
+"Missing space,after comma",2019-08-27,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Incorrect ISO 639-1 language,2019-09-26,,,es,,,,,,,,,
+Incorrect ISO 639-3 language,2019-09-26,,,spa,,,,,,,,,
+Composéd Unicode,2020-01-14,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Decomposéd Unicode,2020-01-14,,,,,,,,,,,,
+Unnecessary multi-value separator,2021-01-03,0378-5955||,,,,,,,,,,,
+Invalid SPDX license identifier,2021-03-11,,,,,,,CC-BY,,,,,
+Duplicate Title,2021-03-17,,,,,,,,Report,,,,
+Duplicate Title,2021-03-17,,,,,,,,Report,,,,
+Mojibake,2021-03-18,,,,Publicaçao CIAT,,,,Report,,,,
+"DOI in citation, but missing cg.identifier.doi",2021-10-06,,,,,,,,,"Orth, A. 2021. DOI in citation, but missing cg.identifier.doi. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-9-218",,,
+Title missing from citation,2021-12-05,,,,,,,,,"Orth, A. 2021. Title missing f rom citation.",,,
+Country missing region,2021-12-08,,,,,Kenya,,,,,,,
+Subregion field shouldn’t trigger region checks,2022-12-07,,,,,Kenya,,,,,,Eastern Africa,Baringo