| A major section of Gazetteer data is concerned with the
Administrative areas within the world, listing Regions, Provinces, States
and so on at each level within a country.
The Country file has a summary of this information in a structured, hierarchical format (monitoring alternative structures at different levels, where these exist), as far as we understand them. It can be quite interesting determining that structure from various census and other documents. |
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| For example, for Germany (a particularly complex example) we have: |
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| 2. Regierungsbezirk | |||||
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X. Region - BW only | ||||
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3. Kreis level 3a. Kreisfreie Stadt 3b. Stadtkreis 3c. Landkreis 3d. Stadtverband |
Please follow these links to the relevant sample tables which show the fields included: | |||
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4. Gemeindverband
level 4a. Amter 4b. Samtgemeiden [NI] 4c. Verbandsgeeinden [RP] 4d. Verwaltungsgemeinschaften 4e. Kirchspielslandgemeinden |
Name information Administrative information Location information Other information |
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5. Gemeinde level 5a. Kreisfreie Stadt 5b. Stadtkreis 5c. Stadt 5d. Kreisangehorige Gemeinde 5e. gemeindefreis Gebiet |
* The V indicator in the following tables signifies that the field is Validated, either from a fixed list of codes (V) or from another file (eg V-COUNTRIES) | |||
| Field | Notes |
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| Name in standard Roman characters | Name with ISO 10446/Unicode encoding of diacritic characters |
| Preferred name (V - COUNTIES) * | Alternative, non-preferred names (V - COUNTIES) * |
| Standard code or abbreviation for name (e.g. US State codes) |
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| Country code (V - COUNTRIES) | Free text designation of area (Province, State, etc.) |
| Administrative level code (ADM1, ADM2, ADMX, etc.) (V) * | Area's parent administrative level (V - COUNTIES) * |
| Official code number(s) for place | NUTS level (EU countries) |
| US FIPS-10 code or other official code for parent administrative area | ISO 3166-2 code |
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| Latitude (deg.min); Latitude seconds; Latitude orientation (N/S) | Longitude (deg.min); Longitude seconds; Longitude orientation (E/W) |
| Time zone plus/minus; Time zone hours difference |
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| Postcode(s) | Telephone area code |
| Population; Population date; Population source | Area; area units |
| Daylight saving time (minutes); dates of changes | Notes |
| Capital of the administrative area | CRESTA code for area |
| Region (especially for Russia to distinguish between East & West, but may be used for other countries, as appropriate) |
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Updated: 13 October 2003