---
id: "cn_division_code"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo"]
country: ["CN"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/cn_division_code"
---

# Chinese administrative division code (`cn_division_code`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Code of an administrative division of the People's Republic of China used by the National Bureau of Statistics: six digits for provinces, prefectures and counties (GB/T 2260), up to twelve for townships and villages. Wikidata writes it in groups separated by spaces.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo)
- Countries: China (CN)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:1[1-5]|2[1-3]|3[1-7]|4[1-6]|5[0-4]|6[1-5]|71|8[1-2])(?: ?(?:0[1-9]|[1-6]\d|70|90)(?: ?(?:0[1-9]|[1-9]\d)(?: ?(?:00[1-9]|0[1-9]\d|[1-5]\d\d)(?: ?(?:00[1-9]|0[1-9]\d|[1-5]\d\d)(?: ?(?:11[1-2]|12[1-3]|2[1-2]0))?)?)?)?)?$
```

## Examples

- `31 01 10` — Yangpu District
- `11` — Beijing

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P442`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_division_codes_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P442>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/cn_division_code.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/CN/geo/cn_division_code.yaml>