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Populated Place Administrative Level (PPA)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: ppa.ttl

Name

popPlaceAdminLevel

Datatype

Enumeration

Definition

The associated level of the administrative division, as defined by the hierarchical order in the sovereign State, for which this Populated Place acts as the seat of government, governmental administrative centre, or capital.

Description

At a national level, a seat of government need not necessarily be the capital at the same time. For example, Netherlands - Seat of Government: Den Haag, Capital: Amsterdam; Bolivia - Seat of Government: La Paz, Capital: Sucre; Chile - Seat of Government: Valparaiso, Capital: Santiago de Chile; Malaysia - Seat of Government: Putrajaya, Capital: Kuala Lumpur.

Accepted

2020-01-29

Values

• PPA_1 First Level
• PPA_2 Second Level
• PPA_3 Third Level
• PPA_4 Fourth Level
• PPA_5 Fifth Level
• PPA_6 Sixth Level

Used by

• AL022 Populated Place

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.