Administrative Divisions and Postal Codes

Typical input addresses consist of street address, administrative division, and postal code information. Geocode Address World uses the administrative divisions and postal codes for geographic or postal geocoding.

  • StateProvince (state or province)
  • County (county, region, or district)
  • City (town or city)
  • Locality (locality suburb, or village)
  • postal code

Specific administrative divisions vary by country. For example, Locality may contain locality, suburb, or barrio, depending on the country. StateProvince may contain state, province, region, or some other name depending on the country. See State or Province Abbreviations for more information about how state/province abbreviations are interpreted by Geocode Address World.

Not all administrative divisions are used in addressing conventions for all countries. For example, in the USA, County (county) is not typically used in addresses. But for some countries, County is an important part of the address.

If your input data includes postal codes, Geocode Address Worldcan use this for postal geocoding, assuming that the source data includes postal data for the specific country.