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Second-order Administrative Division Name (SAN)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: san.ttl
- Name
secondOrderAdminDivName- Datatype
- Text
- Definition
- The full name that designates a subdivision of a principal administrative division of a geopolitical entity (for example: a State).
- Description
- For example, in the United States a principal administrative division is a 'state' and a subdivision of a state is a 'county'; in the 'state' of 'Maryland' lies the 'county' of 'Montgomery County'.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Defined by
- DFDD
- Used by
- ZI005 Geographic Name Information
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.