In the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) codes of Spain (ES), the following are the first-level political and administrative divisions.
Overall
editNUTS Codes
editLevel | Subdivisions | # |
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NUTS 1 | Groups of autonomous communities (Agrupación de comunidades autónomas) | 7 |
NUTS 2 | Autonomous communities and cities (Comunidades y ciudades autónomas) | 19 |
NUTS 3 | Provinces + Islands + Ceuta and Melilla (Provincias + islas + Ceuta y Melilla) | 59 |
Local administrative units
editBelow the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:
Level | Subdivisions | # |
---|---|---|
LAU 1 | — (same as NUTS 3) | 59 |
LAU 2 | Municipalities (Municipios) | 8114 |
The LAU codes of Spain can be downloaded here: [1]
NUTS codes
editOlder Codes
editIn the 2003 version, the two provinces of the Canary Islands were coded as follows:
Las Palmas | ES701 |
Tenerife | ES702 |