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

SWIFT variant of dictionary

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