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ISO 3166-2
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''' ISO 3166-2''' is the second part of the ISO 3166 standardization standard. It is a geocode system created for coding the names of subdivisions of country countries ( Subnational entity subnational entities) and dependent areas. The purpose of the standard is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers, and such; anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. There are around 3700 different codes.
Format
ISO 3166-2 codes consist of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code element, the second is alphabetic or numeric and has one, two or three digits. The second part often is based on national standards.
Changes / Editions
Changes were announced in different newsletters
# ISO 3166-2:2000-06-21
# ISO 3166-2:2002-05-21
# ISO 3166-2:2002-08-20
# ISO 3166-2:2002-12-10
# ISO 3166-2:2003-09-05
# ISO 3166-2:2004-03-08
# ISO 3166-2:2005-09-13
Decoding / Encoding lists
To find the ISO 3166-2 codes for each country see ISO 3166-1, a list of countries. If you are familiar with the two-letter country codes (similar to internet country codes) you can also use the format matrix given below.
Both ways would lead to articles like ISO 3166-2:XX, where XX stands for the ISO 3166-1 code, e.g. ISO 3166-2:AU leads to the code list for Australia.
Format matrix with links to codes
Some of the codes are developed by ISO 3166/MA, these are copyrighted. Others are already in use in the specific countries.
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! style="width:10%" | Copyright
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! style="width:7%" | alpha-numeric
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| ISO 3166-2:AR AR, ISO 3166-2:BO BO, ISO 3166-2:CR CR, ISO 3166-2:EC EC, ISO 3166-2:FJ FJ, ISO 3166-2:GM GM, ISO 3166-2:KI KI, ISO 3166-2:KM KM, ISO 3166-2:LS LS, ISO 3166-2:LU LU, ISO 3166-2:MG MG, ISO 3166-2:NE NE, ISO 3166-2:RW RW, ISO 3166-2:SL SL, ISO 3166-2:ST ST, ISO 3166-2:TG TG, ISO 3166-2:TM TM, ISO 3166-2:VE VE
| ISO 3166-2:GA GA, ISO 3166-2:IS IS, ISO 3166-2:AT AT
| ISO 3166-2:PA PA
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| rowspan= "4" | constant 2 Character (computing) chars
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| ISO 3166-2:CH CH, ISO 3166-2:US US
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| ISO 3166-2:FR FR
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| ISO 3166-2:AL AL, ISO 3166-2:ID ID
| ISO 3166-2:TN TN
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| ISO 3166-2:AE AE, ISO 3166-2:AM AM, ISO 3166-2:BI BI, ISO 3166-2:BJ BJ, ISO 3166-2:BN BN, ISO 3166-2:BR BR, ISO 3166-2:BS BS, ISO 3166-2:BW BW, ISO 3166-2:BY BY, ISO 3166-2:CA CA, ISO 3166-2:CD CD, ISO 3166-2:CF CF, ISO 3166-2:CL CL, ISO 3166-2:CM CM, ISO 3166-2:CV CV, ISO 3166-2:CZ CZ, ISO 3166-2:DE DE, ISO 3166-2:DJ DJ, ISO 3166-2:ER ER, ISO 3166-2:ET ET, ISO 3166-2:FI FI, ISO 3166-2:GE GE, ISO 3166-2:GH GH, ISO 3166-2:GN GN, ISO 3166-2:GT GT, ISO 3166-2:GW GW, ISO 3166-2:GY GY, ISO 3166-2:HN HN, ISO 3166-2:HT HT, ISO 3166-2:HU HU, ISO 3166-2:IN IN, ISO 3166-2:IT IT, ISO 3166-2:IQ IQ, ISO 3166-2:JO JO, ISO 3166-2:KW KW, ISO 3166-2:LA LA, ISO 3166-2:LB LB, ISO 3166-2:LR LR, ISO 3166-2:LT LT, ISO 3166-2:LV LV, ISO 3166-2:LY LY, ISO 3166-2:MD MD, ISO 3166-2:MU MU, ISO 3166-2:MW MW, ISO 3166-2:NA NA, ISO 3166-2:NG NG, ISO 3166-2:NI NI, ISO 3166-2:NL NL, ISO 3166-2:NP NP, ISO 3166-2:OM OM, ISO 3166-2:PK PK, ISO 3166-2:PL PL, ISO 3166-2:QA QA, ISO 3166-2:SB SB, ISO 3166-2:SH SH, ISO 3166-2:SK SK, ISO 3166-2:SN SN, ISO 3166-2:SO SO, ISO 3166-2:SR SR, ISO 3166-2:SV SV, ISO 3166-2:SY SY, ISO 3166-2:SZ SZ, ISO 3166-2:TJ TJ, ISO 3166-2:TL TL, ISO 3166-2:UY UY, ISO 3166-2:UZ UZ, ISO 3166-2:WS WS, ISO 3166-2:YE YE, ISO 3166-2:YU YU, ISO 3166-2:ZA ZA, ISO 3166-2:ZW ZW
| ISO 3166-2:BD BD, ISO 3166-2:BG BG, ISO 3166-2:BH BH, ISO 3166-2:CI CI, ISO 3166-2:CN CN, ISO 3166-2:CU CU, ISO 3166-2:CY CY, ISO 3166-2:DO DO, ISO 3166-2:DZ DZ, ISO 3166-2:EE EE, ISO 3166-2:GR GR, ISO 3166-2:HR HR, ISO 3166-2:IR IR, ISO 3166-2:JM JM, ISO 3166-2:JP JP, ISO 3166-2:KR KR, ISO 3166-2:LK LK, ISO 3166-2:MM MM, ISO 3166-2:MY MY, ISO 3166-2:NO NO, ISO 3166-2:PT PT, ISO 3166-2:SA SA, ISO 3166-2:SD SD, ISO 3166-2:TR TR, ISO 3166-2:TZ TZ, ISO 3166-2:UA UA, ISO 3166-2:UM UM, ISO 3166-2:VN VN, ISO 3166-2:ZM ZM
| ISO 3166-2:BT BT
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| ISO 3166-2:KP KP
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| ISO 3166-2:MA MA
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| ISO 3166-2:AO AO, ISO 3166-2:AF AF, ISO 3166-2:BA BA, ISO 3166-2:BE BE, ISO 3166-2:BF BF, Internal structure of Serbia and Montenegro#ISO_3166-2 CS, ISO 3166-2:FM FM, ISO 3166-2:GB GB, ISO 3166-2:KZ KZ, ISO 3166-2:MD MD, ISO 3166-2:MH MH, ISO 3166-2:MX MX, ISO 3166-2:NZ NZ, ISO 3166-2:PE PE, ISO 3166-2:PG PG, ISO 3166-2:PH PH, ISO 3166-2:TT TT, ISO 3166-2:TW TW
| ISO 3166-2:DK DK, ISO 3166-2:KE KE, ISO 3166-2:SI SI, ISO 3166-2:UG UG, ISO 3166-2:VU VU
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| ISO 3166-2:IE IE
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| no system?: ISO 3166-2:ES ES, ISO 3166-2:GQ GQ, ISO 3166-2:IL IL
1 for regions, 2 for capital: ISO 3166-2:KG KG
1 for capital, 2 for departments: ISO 3166-2:RO RO
1 as the general rule, 2 for exceptions ISO 3166-2:SE SE
| ISO 3166-2:KH KH
| ISO 3166-2:TH TH
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| ISO 3166-2:CO CO
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| ?: ISO 3166-2:AU AU, ISO 3166-2:BZ BZ, ISO 3166-2:EG EG, ISO 3166-2:TD TD
2 for republics, 3 for cities, regions, districts: ISO 3166-2:RU RU
2 for cities, 3 for rayons: ISO 3166-2:AZ AZ
2 for capital, 3 other: ISO 3166-2: ??
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| ISO 3166-2:MZ MZ
| ISO 3166-2:MN MN
| ISO 3166-2:ML ML
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| ISO 3166-2:CG CG, ISO 3166-2:PY PY
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See also
* subnational entity
* ''' List of FIPS region codes'''
* list of subnational entities
* list of capitals of subnational entities
* ISO 3166
* ISO 3166-1
* ISO 3166-3
External links
- Track changes, sorted by country
- http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/04background-on-iso-3166/iso3166-2.html
- http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/sublocat.htm- This says that it has permission to reproduce all codes. Some codes and names are outdated.
- Uses ISO codes internally in the free geolocation database download
- http://philmcrew.com/countrysubentity.txt
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''' ISO 3166-2''' is the second part of the ISO 3166 standardization standard.
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