---
id: "gb_county"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "government"]
country: ["GB"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/gb_county"
---

# United Kingdom county (`gb_county`)

> **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.

Name of a county or a similar area of the United Kingdom, such as Kent, Greater Manchester, Aberdeenshire or Antrim. Lists mix ceremonial, historic and administrative counties with Scottish council areas.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Government related (government)
- Countries: United Kingdom (GB)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: categorical

## Examples

- `Kent`
- `Greater Manchester`
- `Aberdeenshire`

## Mappings

- fta: `STATE_PROVINCE.COUNTY_UK`

## Supported by tools

- `fta`

## Translations

- ru: Графство Великобритании

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom>
- other: <https://github.com/tsegall/fta/blob/main/SemanticTypes.md>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: regexp, negative example.

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