ISO 3166-2

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ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. It was created for coding the names of subdivisions of countries and dependent areas.

Contents 1 Number of entries 2 Format 3 Decoding / Encoding lists 4 Changes / Editions 5 Format matrix with links to codes 6 Related items 7 External links 7.1 References

Number of entries

Around 3700.

Format

ISO 3166-2 codes consist of two parts, separated by "-". 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.

Decoding / Encoding lists

To find the ISO 3166-2 codes for each country see ISO 3166-1. If you are familiar with the two-letter codes, you can also use the format matrix given below, or the short cut 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.

Changes / Editions

Changes were annonced in 4 Newsletters

1. ISO 3166-2:2000-06-21
2. ISO 3166-2:2002-05-21
3. ISO 3166-2:2002-08-20
4. ISO 3166-2:2002-12-10

Format matrix with links to codes

length	alpha	numeric	alpha-numeric
constant 1 char	AR, BO, CR, EC, FJ, GM, KG, KI, KM, LS, LU, MG, NE, RW, SL, ST, TG, TM, VE	GA, IS	PA
constant 2 chars	AE, AL, AM, AU, BI, BJ, BN, BR, BS, BW, BY, CA, CD, CF, CH, CL, CM, CV, CZ, DE, DJ, ER, ET, FI, GE, GH, GN, GT, GW, GY, HN, HT, HU, ID, IN, IT, IQ, JO, KW, LA, LB, LR, LT, LV, LY, MD, MU, MW, NA, NG, NI, NL, NP, OM, PK, PL, QA, SB, SH, SK, SN, SO, SR, SV, SY, SZ, TJ, TL, US, UY, UZ, WS, YE, YU, ZA, ZW	BD, BG, BH, CI, CN, CU, CY, DO, DZ, EE, FR, GR, HR, IR, JM, JP, KR, LK, MM, NO, PT, SA, SD, TN, TR, TZ, UA, UM, VN, ZM	BT
constant 3 chars	AO, AF, BA, BE, BF, CZ, FM, GB, KP, KZ, MA, MD, MH, MX, NZ, PE, PG, PH, TT, TW, UG	DK, KE, SI, VU
mixed 1,2 chars	no system?: ES, GQ, IE, MY, SE 1 for regions, 2 for capital: KG 1 for capital, 2 for departments: RO IL	KH	TH
mixed 2,3	?:BZ, EG, TD 2 for republics, 3 for cities, regions, districts: RU 2 for cities, 3 for rayons: AZ 2 for capital, 3 other: ??		MR, MV
mixed 1,3	MZ	MN	ML
mixed 1,2,3			CG, PY

Related items

See also: subnational entity, list of subnational entities, list of capitals of subnational entities.

External links

• http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/03updates-on-iso-3166/iso_3166-2_track.html -- 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

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "ISO 3166-2" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2 August 13, 2003