Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia location information schemes.

  • CRESTA
  • CRESTA Governorate

Required information

For Saudi Arabia, in addition to the country code, any combination of the following information can be provided:

  • CRESTA
  • Governorate (subarea, four digits) The Governorate code consists of a four-digit code, some with a leading zero.
  • Latitude and longitude

During the geocoding process, Verisk Synergy Studio matches and processes one of the supported schemes according to the scheme rules for Saudi Arabia.

Note:

Verisk recommends using codes instead of names for these fields to ensure better match rates.

Resolution levels

The following table compares the resolution levels of the location information schemes for Saudi Arabia:

Table 1. Saudi Arabia location information scheme resolution levels
Resolution level Location information scheme
Maximum CRESTA Governorate
Minimum CRESTA