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World Boundaries Premium Product Guide

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Data
Portfolio
Enrich
Product family
Enrich Boundaries > Postcode and Administrative Boundaries
Product
World Boundaries Premium
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Latest
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en-US
Product name
World Boundaries Premium
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World Boundaries Premium Product Guide
Copyright
2024
First publish date
2014
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2025-06-30
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2025-06-30T10:27:04.296000

Administrative Level: The term used in World Boundaries Premium to refer to a hierarchical division or subdivision of a nation. World Boundaries Premium recognizes a total of six Administrative Levels.

County: A geographical unit of a country, most often a subdivision of a state, or its equivalent.

District: A unit of administrative division that varies in size depending on the country in which it's used, but generally spanning municipalities, counties, or their local equivalents.

Neighborhood: A geographic area where people live, work, and socialize. Residents of the area often have common needs and interests.

Parish: (1) A subdivision equivalent to a county; (2) a subdivision of a county or its equivalent.

Region: An administrative unit that generally exists as a first-tier division of a country.

State: (1) Usually, a top-level administrative division of a country; (2) the primary administrative and geographic division of the United States.

Suburb: A residential or mixed-use area that is within commuting distance of an urban area.

Town: Generally, a low-level subdivision of an administrative unit such as a county, district, or parish.

Urban agglomeration: An extended metropolitan area composted of an urban core and any contiguous suburbs.

Urban area: An area with a high population density and infrastructure consisting primarily of man-made surroundings.