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Typical geocodes and entities represented by it:

* ''Country code'' and subdivision code. Polygon of the administrative boundaries of a country or a subdivision. <br />The main examples are ISO codes: [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] code (e.g. '''<code>AF</code>''' for [[Afghanistan]] or '''<code>BR</code>''' for [[Brazil]]), and its subdivision conventions, such as [[ISO 3166-2:AF|<tt>{{mono|1=AF</tt>}} subdivision codes]] (e.g. '''<code>AF-GHO</code>''' for [[Ghor province]]) or [[ISO 3166-2:BR|<tt>{{mono|1=BR</tt>}} subdivision codes]] (e.g. '''<code>BR-AM</code>''' for [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas state]]).

* ''DGG cell ID''. Identifier of a cell of a [[discrete global grid]]: a [[Geohash]] code (e.g. ~0.023&nbsp;km² cell '''<code>6vjyngd</code>''' at the [[National Congress of Brazil|Brazilian's center]]) or an [[Open Location Code|OLC]] code (e.g. ~0.004&nbsp;km² cell '''<code>58PJ642P+4</code>''' at the same point).

* ''Postal code''. Polygon of a [[postal code|postal area]]: a [[Código de Endereçamento Postal|CEP]] code (e.g. '''<code>70040</code>''' represents a Brazilian's central area for postal distribution).