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Asked: 2026-06-16T00:23:18+00:00

I am using CoreLocation to get a user’s latitude and longitude coordinates. Is there

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I am using CoreLocation to get a user’s latitude and longitude coordinates. Is there a simple or standardized way to get the user’s state prefix? For example, if the user launched the app from California, I would get CA? I would prefer not to use a third party application that I need to send the geo-coordinates to. It would be great if I could just create a method like the one I am using to get the latitude below.

- (NSString *)getUserLatitude
{
NSString *userLatitude = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%f", 
locationManager.location.coordinate.latitude];
return userLatitude;
}

Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thank you!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have to use the reverse geocoding feature of CLGeocoder.

    Specifically you need to use the method reverseGeocodeLocation:completionHandler: that will return to your completionHandler a CLPlacemark object.

    Such object will have many user-friendly geographical information and you may want to use its administrativeArea property which, according to the doc, will contain what you’re looking for, if available.

    administrativeArea

    The state or province associated with the
    placemark. (read-only)

    @property(nonatomic, readonly) NSString *administrativeArea

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    If the placemark location is Apple’s headquarters, for example, the
    value for this property would be the string “CA” or “California”.

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