MALTA Classification at Local Administrative Unit (LAU), Level 1

The local administrative units, abbreviated as LAUs, form a system for dividing up the economic territory of the European Union (EU) for the purpose of statistics at local level. They have been set up by Eurostat and they are compatible with NUTS. The LAU classification is equivalent to the classification of all Maltese localities into six districts by Malta Geographic Codes (MGC).At local level, two levels of LAU have been defined: The upper level (LAU1, formerly NUTS level 4)The lower level (LAU2, formerly NUTS level 5)地方行政单元（Local Administrative Units，简称LAU）是欧盟（European Union，简称EU）为开展地方层级统计工作，对其经济领土进行分区所构建的体系。该体系由欧盟统计局（Eurostat）制定，且与NUTS（Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics）兼容。LAU分类体系与马耳他地理编码（Malta Geographic Codes，简称MGC）所采用的将马耳他所有地方划分为6个大区的分类标准等效。在地方层级范围内，LAU共设两个级别：高级别为LAU1（前身为NUTS第4级别），低级别为LAU2（前身为NUTS第5级别）