Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative Division
[The English name of the document is given per the English title included on the document's first page.] (russian: Общеросси́йский классифика́тор объе́ктов администрати́вно-территориа́льного деле́ния), or OKATO (russian: ОКАТО), also called All-Russian classification on units of administrative and territorial distribution in English,
[''Country Report of the Russian Federation''](_blank)
submitted to the 12th session of the UN ESCAP
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It was established in order to increase economi ...
Committee on Statistics (pdf) is one of several
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
n national registers. OKATO's purpose is organization of information about structure of the administrative divisions of the
federal subjects of Russia
The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...
.
The document assigns numeric codes to each administrative division of the country, which are hierarchically structured from the
federal subject
The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...
level down to
selsoviet
Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...
level; an expanded version also includes listings of individual
inhabited localities within each administrative division.
OKATO is used for statistical and tax purposes. It was adopted on July 31, 1995, replacing SOATO (''Designation System of Objects of Administrative Division of the Union of SSR and the Union Republics, as well as Inhabited Localities''). It went into effect on January 1, 1997 and as of 2014 underwent 243 revisions. The compilation and maintenance of the OKATO data are the responsibility of the
Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (''Rosstat'').
See also
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(
:zh:中华人民共和国行政区划代码), a somewhat similar system used in the
PRC (only down to the
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
level).
[Liu Lian'an]
Codes for the Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China: Brief Introduction
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OKTMO
Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal FormationsThe English name of the document is given per the English title included on the document's first page. (russian: Общероссийский классификатор территор ...
, Russian Classification on Territories of Municipal Division
References
External links
*{{OKATO reference
Political divisions of Russia
Geocodes