Philippine Standard Geographic Code
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The Philippine Standard Geographic Code is a national coding system that uniquely identifies and classifies all geographic and political subdivisions in the Philippines for statistical, administrative, and governance purposes.
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic coding system
ⓘ
national standard ⓘ statistical standard ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Philippine Statistics Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
barangays of the Philippines
ⓘ
component cities of the Philippines ⓘ districts of the Philippines ⓘ highly urbanized cities of the Philippines ⓘ independent component cities of the Philippines ⓘ municipalities of the Philippines ⓘ provinces of the Philippines ⓘ regions of the Philippines ⓘ |
| codeStructure |
hierarchical
ⓘ
numeric ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| covers |
island groups of the Philippines
ⓘ
land areas of the Philippines ⓘ |
| dataFormat |
machine-readable
ⓘ
tabular ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Philippine Statistics Act of 2013 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
barangay code
ⓘ
city code ⓘ municipality code ⓘ province code ⓘ region code ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Filipino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Republic Act No. 10625 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Philippine Statistics Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialPublisher | Philippine Statistics Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
administrative coordination
ⓘ
data harmonization ⓘ governance ⓘ statistical coordination ⓘ unique identification of geographic areas ⓘ |
| replaced | Philippine Standard Geographic Classification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope |
all geographic areas of the Philippines
ⓘ
all political subdivisions of the Philippines ⓘ |
| shortName | PSGC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| updatedBy | Philippine Statistics Authority Board resolutions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| updateFrequency | as needed ⓘ |
| updateReason |
boundary changes
ⓘ
conversion of municipalities to cities ⓘ creation of new local government units ⓘ merger of local government units ⓘ |
| usedBy |
local government units of the Philippines
ⓘ
national government agencies of the Philippines ⓘ planning agencies in the Philippines ⓘ statistical offices in the Philippines ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative reporting
ⓘ
census operations ⓘ data integration ⓘ geographic classification ⓘ surveys ⓘ time-series comparison of geographic data ⓘ |
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