- UBIGEO
Ubigeo is the coding system for geographical locations (Spanish: "Código Ubicacíon Geográfica") in
Peru used by the National Statistics Institute (Spanish: "Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática"INEI [ [http://www.inei.gob.pe/ es Official web site of the "INEI" institute] ] ) to code the first-level administrative subdivision: regions (Spanish: "regiones", singular: "región"), the second-level administrative subdivision: provinces (Spanish: "provincias", singular: "provincia") and the third-level administrative subdivision: districts (Spanish: "distritos", singular: "distrito").yntax
The coding system uses two-digit numbers for each level of subdivision. The first level starts numbering at
01
for theAmazonas Region and continues in alphabetical order up to25
for theUcayali Region . Additional regions will be added to the end of the list, starting with the first available number.The second level starts with
0101
for the first province in the Amazonas region:
Chachapoyas Province and continues up to2504
for the last province Purus in theUcayali Region . The provinces are numbered per region with the first province always being the one in which the regions capital is located. The remaining provinces are coded in alphabetical order. Additional provinces will be added per region to the end of the list, starting with the first available province number.The third level; starts with
010101
for the first district in the first province in the Amazonas region:Chachapoyas District and continues up to250401
for the last district in the last province of the Ucayali region:Purus District . The districts are numbered per province with the first district always being the one in which the province’ capital is located. The remaining districts are coded in alphabetical order. Additional districts will be added per province to the end of the list, starting with the first available district number.Examples
Regions
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01
Amazonas Region
*02
Ancash Region
*03
Apurímac Region Provinces
*
0101
Chachapoyas Province in the Amazonas region.
*0102
Bagua Province in the Amazonas region.
*0103
Bongara Province in the Amazonas region.
*0104
Condorcanqui Province in the Amazonas region.
*0105
Luya Province in the Amazonas region.
*0106
Rodríguez de Mendoza Province in the Amazonas region.
*0107
Utcubamba Province in the Amazonas region.
*0201
Huaraz Province in the Ancash region.Districts
*
010101
Chachapoyas District in the Chachapoyas province.
*010102
Asunción District in the Chachapoyas province.
*010103
Balsas District in the Chachapoyas province.
*010104
Cheto District in the Chachapoyas province.
*010105
Chiliquín District in the Chachapoyas province.Recent additions
ee also
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Peru Census References
External links
*es [http://www.inei.gob.pe/ INEI website]
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