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.

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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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Pambujan hasLocalGovernmentCodeSystem Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Amadeo usesAdministrativeCodeSystem Philippine Standard Geographic Code