---
id: "it_province_code"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "government"]
country: ["IT"]
quality: 100
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/it_province_code"
---

# Italian province abbreviation (sigla) (`it_province_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.

Two-letter abbreviation (sigla) of an Italian province or metropolitan city, such as MI (Milano), RM (Roma) or NA (Napoli). It is written in addresses after the name of the comune.

- Pattern of: `it_province`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Government related (government)
- Countries: Italy (IT)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z]{2}$
```

## Examples

- `MI` — Milano
- `RM` — Roma
- `NA` — Napoli
- `Roma` (invalid example) — the name, not the abbreviation

## Mappings

- fta: `STATE_PROVINCE.PROVINCE_IT`

## Supported by tools

- `fta`

## Translations

- ru: Сокращение провинции Италии

## Sources

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

## Quality

Score 100/100.

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