Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes

Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes

Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes (HASC) are codes to represent names of country subdivisions, such as states, province, regions.

They are described in the book "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 Through 1998" written by Gwillim Law.

The codes are alphabetic and have constant length for the first level subdivisions.

DE.NW - North Rhine-Westphalia DE.NW.DM - Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt

ee also

* Geocodes, ISO 3166-2
* "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 Through 1998" ISBN 0-7864-0729-8

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