Codes

This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.

Description

GEO2_EG1848 identifies the household's district within Egypt in 1848. Districts are the second level administrative units of the country after provinces.

The full set of geography variables for Egypt, both historical and contemporary, can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. Other geography variables from the historical samples of Egypt include, GEO1_EG1848_1868, GEO2_EG1848_1868, and GEO2_EG1868.

GEO2_EG1848 is not mappable.

Comparability — General

The districts of Suez, Siwa, and the Middle regions are missing from the 1848 sample.

Universe

Availability

• Egypt: 1848