CLPlacemark - State Abbreviations?

Question

I was wondering if it was possible to get the state abbreviations from CLPlacemark?

In the CLPlacemark Reference from Apple it states:

administrativeArea The sta

Answer 1

For people who need the state list with objects and keys swapped (e.g. on iOS 7 I get "CA" from placemark.administrativeArea):

NSDictionary *nameAbbreviations = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
    @"alabama",@"AL",
    @"alaska",@"AK",
    @"arizona",@"AZ",
    @"arkansas",@"AR",
    @"california",@"CA",
    @"colorado",@"CO",
    @"connecticut",@"CT",
    @"delaware",@"DE",
    @"district of columbia",@"DC",
    @"florida",@"FL",
    @"georgia",@"GA",
    @"hawaii",@"HI",
    @"idaho",@"ID",
    @"illinois",@"IL",
    @"indiana",@"IN",
    @"iowa",@"IA",
    @"kansas",@"KS",
    @"kentucky",@"KY",
    @"louisiana",@"LA",
    @"maine",@"ME",
    @"maryland",@"MD",
    @"massachusetts",@"MA",
    @"michigan",@"MI",
    @"minnesota",@"MN",
    @"mississippi",@"MS",
    @"missouri",@"MO",
    @"montana",@"MT",
    @"nebraska",@"NE",
    @"nevada",@"NV",
    @"new hampshire",@"NH",
    @"new jersey",@"NJ",
    @"new mexico",@"NM",
    @"new york",@"NY",
    @"north carolina",@"NC",
    @"north dakota",@"ND",
    @"ohio",@"OH",
    @"oklahoma",@"OK",
    @"oregon",@"OR",
    @"pennsylvania",@"PA",
    @"rhode island",@"RI",
    @"south carolina",@"SC",
    @"south dakota",@"SD",
    @"tennessee",@"TN",
    @"texas",@"TX",
    @"utah",@"UT",
    @"vermont",@"VT",
    @"virginia",@"VA",
    @"washington",@"WA",
    @"west virginia",@"WV",
    @"wisconsin",@"WI",
    @"wyoming",@"WY",
    nil];