Translate department names to official departments' DIVIPOLA names

Department names are usually manually input, which leads to multiple errors and lack of standardization. This functions translates department names to their respective official names from DIVIPOLA.

Usage

name_to_standard_dep(department_name)

Arguments

department_name

character vector with the names to be translated.

Value

character vector with the DIVIPOLA name of the departments.

Examples

dptos <- c("Bogota DC", "San Andres")
name_to_standard_dep(dptos)
#> [1] "Bogotá, D.C."                                            
#> [2] "Archipiélago de San Andrés. Providencia y Santa Catalina"