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Summary

September 2017 -- We have standardized our geo codes for "total territory" and all other areas at the NUTS-analogous levels 1, 2 and 3 of Albania.

Detail

We have changed the geo codes to adhere to a pattern for each geo level, which is uniform across countries. The changes (before/after) are:

NUTS level	NUTS code	Old geo code	New geo code	Name
NUTS 1	`AL0`	`IALB_TT`	`IALB_TOTL`	Total territory
NUTS 2	`AL01`	`IALB_NOR`	`IALB_NO`	North (Veri)
NUTS 3	`AL011`	`IALB_DIBE`	`IALB_DBR`	Dibër
NUTS 3	AL012	`IALB_DURR`	`IALB_DUR`	Durrës
NUTS 3	AL013	`IALB_KUKE`	`IALB_KUK`	Kukës
NUTS 3	AL014	`IALB_LEZH`	`IALB_LEZ`	Lezhë
NUTS 3	AL015	`IALB_SHKO`	`IALB_SHK`	Shkodër
NUTS 2	`AL02`	`IALB_CEN`	`IALB_CE`	Center (Qender)
NUTS 3	`AL021`	`IALB_ELBA`	`IALB_ELB`	Elbasan
NUTS 3	`AL022`	`IALB_TIRA`	`IALB_TIR`	Tiranë
NUTS 2	`AL03`	`IALB_SOU`	`IALB_SO`	South (Jug)
NUTS 3	`AL031`	`IALB_BERA`	`IALB_BER`	Berat
NUTS 3	`AL032`	`IALB_FIER`	`IALB_FER`	Fier
NUTS 3	`AL031`	`IALB_GJIR`	`IALB_GJI`	Gjirokastër
NUTS 3	`AL032`	`IALB_KORC`	`IALB_KOR`	Korcë
NUTS 3	`AL035`	`IALB_VLOR`	`IALB_VLO`	Vlorë

Overview of our geo code patterns for NUTS-analogous areas in the Republic of Albania (Shqipëria); counts are per the current Eurostat standard (for EFTA countries and candidate countries) and exclude the "extra-regio" and "not regionalized" codes.

NUTS level	Count	Name	Geo code pattern
NUTS 1	1	n/a	`IALB_aaaa`
NUTS 2	3	n/a	`IALB_aa`
NUTS 3	12	county (qark, qarku)	`IALB_aaa`
LAU 1	n/a	n/a	n/a
LAU 2	373	urban municipality (bashki) rural municipality (komunë, komuna)	n/a

References

Other

Related Release

Geographic Code Changes

Source

European Communities, EUROSTAT

Frequency

Every 3 Years

Geography

European Union (27 countries)

Upcoming

Release Date	Reference date
31 May 2023	01 Jan 2024