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 

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes at statoids.com

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