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.