The Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) is a systematic classification and coding for geographic areas in the Philippines.
It classifies areas based on the country's four levels of administrative divisions: regions, provinces, municipalities or cities, and barangays.
[1][2] The PSGC was developed in 1976 by the Statistical Coordination Office (now the NSCB) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) through its Inter-Agency Committee (IAC) on Geographic Classification by integrating the different geographic classification systems used by different government agencies.
[2] The PSGC which was published in 1977 was recommended by Statistical Advisory Board (SAB Resolution No.
4-76) for adoption by all concerned government agencies to ensure a uniform and compatible system of compiling and processing of statistics requiring geographic disaggregation.