Ubigeo is the coding system for geographical locations (
Spanish: ''Código Ubicacíon Geográfica'') in
Peru
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used by the National Statistics and Computing Institute (
Spanish: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática''
INEI Official web site of the ''INEI'' institute
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Syntax
The coding system uses two-digit numbers for each level of subdivision. The first level starts numbering at 01 for the Amazonas Region and continues in alphabetical order up to 25 for the Ucayali Region. Additional regions will be added to the end of the list, starting with the first available number.
The second level starts with 0101 for the first province in the Amazonas region: Chachapoyas Province
Chachapoyas is a province of the Amazonas Region, Peru. The province of Chachapoyas was a part of the department of Trujillo (according to the supreme decree of February 12, 1821) being its capital the city of Chachapoyas.
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and continues up to 2504 for the last province Purús in the Ucayali Region. The provinces are numbered per region with the first province always being the one in which the regions capital is located. The remaining provinces are coded in alphabetical order. Additional provinces will be added per region to the end of the list, starting with the first available province number.
The third level; starts with 010101 for the first district in the first province in the Amazonas region: Chachapoyas District and continues up to 250401 for the last district in the last province of the Ucayali region: Purús District. The districts are numbered per province with the first district always being the one in which the province’ capital is located. The remaining districts are coded in alphabetical order. Additional districts will be added per province to the end of the list, starting with the first available district number.
Examples
Regions
*01 Amazonas Region
*02 Ancash Region
Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is ...
*03 Apurímac Region
Provinces
*0101 Chachapoyas Province
Chachapoyas is a province of the Amazonas Region, Peru. The province of Chachapoyas was a part of the department of Trujillo (according to the supreme decree of February 12, 1821) being its capital the city of Chachapoyas.
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in the Amazonas region.
*0102 Bagua Province in the Amazonas region.
*0103 Bongará Province in the Amazonas region.
*0104 Condorcanqui Province in the Amazonas region.
*0105 Luya Province
Luya is located in the south and west part of the department of Amazonas in Peru. Its territory, which partly is ceja de selva, is crossed by branches of the Cordillera Central (namely the Cordillera Blanca) and the Oriental of the Andes, bei ...
in the Amazonas region.
*0106 Rodríguez de Mendoza Province in the Amazonas region.
*0107 Utcubamba Province in the Amazonas region.
*0201 Huaraz Province in the Ancash region.
Districts
*010101 Chachapoyas District in the Chachapoyas province.
*010102 Asunción District in the Chachapoyas province.
*010103 Balsas District
Balsas (Spanish for Rafts) is a district of the province of Chachapoyas, Peru. The District of Balsas was created in epoch of the independence, between 1821 and 1824.
The district capital is Balsas. The district covers an area of 357.09 km2 ...
in the Chachapoyas province.
*010104 Cheto District
Cheto is a district of the Chachapoyas Province in the Amazonas Region in Peru
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in the Chachapoyas province.
*010105 Chiliquín District
Chiliquín is one of 21 Peruvian districts that form the Province of Chachapoyas in the Amazon region. Chiliquin is located in the high mountain. Chiliquin offers several attractive places for tourists like ruins and cataracts
A cataract ...
in the Chachapoyas province.
Recent additions
See also
* Census in Peru
A census in Peru is an enumeration of the Peruvian population made by the Peru government.
The full name of a census in Spanish is like ''X Censo de Población y V de Vivienda'' in which ''X'' en ''V'' are Roman numerals for the tenth population ...
References
External links
*{{in lang, es}
INEI website
Geocodes
Geography of Peru