Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content
  • Feedback

    • China Dimensions Data Collection: GuoBiao (GB) Codes for the Administrative Divisions of the Peoples Republic of China

    Metadata Updated: August 23, 2025

    The GuoBiao (GB) Codes for the Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China consists of geographic codes for the administrative divisions of China. The data includes provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government), prefectures (prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, leagues), and counties (districts, county-level cities, autonomous counties, banners) for 1 January 1982 to 31 December 1992.

    This data set is produced in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM), University of Washington as part of the China in Time and Space (CITAS) project, and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4RB72JW
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4QC01D2
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4C24TCF
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4GT5K3V
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4MK69T5
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ZW1HVD
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H47D2S2F
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H43N21B3
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4V40S4D
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FT8HZ2

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C179001909-SEDAC
    Data First Published 1997-02-28
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-14
    Category CDDC, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id da29ff83-723f-42ba-a34a-2dc0f35046b4
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial 73.0 18.0 135.0 54.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4RB72JW, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4QC01D2, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4C24TCF, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4GT5K3V, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4MK69T5, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ZW1HVD, https://doi.org/10.7927/H47D2S2F, https://doi.org/10.7927/H43N21B3, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4V40S4D, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FT8HZ2
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 4b3bca4568fd6c7262cde9ecb4cd3e734dc91d4f21c5c0fde6e94cd8c338806e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z/1992-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.