Divisions

For a list of methods for this resource, see the end of this page.

Resource representations

Represents a political geographic division that matches the requested query.

{
  "ocdId": string,
  "name": string,
  "aliases": [
    string
  ]
}
Property name Value Description Notes
aliases[] list Other Open Civic Data identifiers that refer to the same division -- for example, those that refer to other political divisions whose boundaries are defined to be coterminous with this one. For example, ocd-division/country:us/state:wy will include an alias of ocd-division/country:us/state:wy/cd:1, since Wyoming has only one Congressional district.
name string The name of the division.
ocdId string The unique Open Civic Data identifier for this division.

Methods

search
Searches for political divisions by their natural name or OCD ID.
divisionsByAddress
Looks up political geographic divisions for a single address.