title: CLPlacemark - State Abbreviations?
body: <p>I was wondering if it was possible to get the state abbreviations from CLPlacemark?</p>
  
  <p>In the CLPlacemark Reference from Apple it states:</p>
  
  <p>administrativeArea
  The state or province associated with the placemark. (read-only)
  @property(nonatomic, readonly) NSString *administrativeArea
  Discussion
  If the placemark location is Apple’s headquarters, for example, the value for this property would be the string “CA” or “California”.</p>
  
  <p>but whenever I use it, I only get the full state (i.e California) and not the abbreviation (i.e CA). Can anyone help me here?</p>