ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. It is a geocode system created for coding the names of subdivisions of countries (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 6 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
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.
| length
| alpha
| numeric
| alpha-numeric
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constant
1 char
| Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
AR, BO, CR , EC, FJ , GM , KI , KM , LS , LU, MG , NE , RW , SL , ST , TG , TM, VE
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GA , IS, AT
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PA
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constant
2 chars
| Free: CH, US
Partially free: AL, ID
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
AE, AM , AU, BI, BJ, BN , BR, BS , BW, BY, CA, CD, CF , CL, CM , CV, CZ, DE, DJ , ER, ET, FI, GE, GH , GN, GT, GW , GY , HN , HT , HU , 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, UY , UZ, WS , YE, YU , ZA , ZW
|
Free:
Partially free: TN
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
BD, BG, BH , CI , CN, CU, CY , DO, DZ , EE, GR, HR, IR, JM , JP, KR, LK , MM , MY, NO, PT , SA , SD , TR, TZ , UA , UM , VN, ZM
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Free: FR Unsorted: BT
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constant
3 chars
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Free:
Partially free: KP
ISO - Copyright: MA
Unsorted:
AO, AF, BA , BE, BF , CS, FM , GB, KZ, MD, MH , MX, NZ, PE , PG , PH , TT , TW
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Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
DK, KE , SI, UG , VU
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mixed
1,2 chars
| Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
no system?: ES, GQ , IE , IL
1 for regions, 2 for capital: KG
1 for capital, 2 for departments: RO
1 as the general rule, 2 for exceptions SE
|
Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
KH
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Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
TH
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mixed
2,3
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Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright: CO
Unsorted:
?:BZ , EG , TD
2 for republics, 3 for cities, regions, districts: RU
2 for cities, 3 for rayons: AZ
2 for capital, 3 other: ??
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MR , MV
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mixed
1,3
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Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
MZ
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Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
MN
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Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:
ML
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mixed
1,2,3
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Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:CG , PY
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