What does “P-code” mean in humanitarian aid?
A P-code is a stable place code used to identify an administrative location across humanitarian datasets even when spellings vary.
What the figure or term means
Afghanistan OCHA datasets use standardized geographic codes for provinces, districts, and other locations.
P-codes help join maps, assessments, and response tables consistently.
A P-code identifies a place record; it does not prove a project occurred there.
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