ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 2: Country subdivision code. It was first published in 1998.
The purpose of ISO 3166-2 is to establish an international standard of short and unique alphanumeric codes to represent the relevant administrative divisions and dependent territories of all countries in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than their full names. Each complete ISO 3166-2 code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen:
- The first part is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country;
- The second part is a string of up to three alphanumeric characters, which is usually obtained from national sources and stems from coding systems already in use in the country concerned, but may also be developed by the ISO itself.
Each complete ISO 3166-2 code can then be used to uniquely identify a country subdivision in a global context.
Currently more than 4000 codes are defined in ISO 3166-2. For some countries, codes are defined for more than one level of subdivisions.
Current codes
The following table can be used to access the current ISO 3166-2 codes of each country, and comprises three columns:
- Entry — ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, click to view the ISO 3166-2 codes of the country
- Country name — English short country name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)
- Subdivisions assigned codes — Number and category of subdivisions assigned codes in ISO 3166-2; if there are more than one level of subdivisions, the first-level subdivisions are shown in italics
| Entry (click to view codes) |
Country name | Subdivisions assigned codes |
|---|---|---|
| AD | Andorra | 7 parishes |
| AE | United Arab Emirates | 7 emirates |
| AF | Afghanistan | 34 provinces |
| AG | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 dependencies |
| AI | Anguilla | — |
| AL | Albania | 12 counties |
| AM | Armenia | عشرة regions |
| AO | Angola | 18 provinces |
| AQ | Antarctica | — |
| AR | Argentina | 23 provinces |
| AS | American Samoa | — |
| AT | Austria | 9 states |
| AU | Australia | 2 territories |
| AW | Aruba | — |
| AX | Åland Islands | — |
| AZ | Azerbaijan | 66 rayons |
| BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 district with special status |
| BB | Barbados | 11 parishes |
| BD | Bangladesh |
8 divisions 64 districts |
| BE | Belgium |
3 regions 10 provinces |
| BF | Burkina Faso |
13 regions 45 provinces |
| BG | Bulgaria | 28 regions |
| BH | Bahrain | 4 governorates |
| BI | Burundi | 18 provinces |
| BJ | Benin | 12 departments |
| BL | Saint Barthélemy | — |
| BM | Bermuda | — |
| BN | Brunei Darussalam | 4 districts |
| BO | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9 departments |
| BQ | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 3 special municipalities |
| BR | Brazil | 26 states |
| BS | Bahamas | 31 districts |
| BT | Bhutan | 20 districts |
| BV | Bouvet Island | — |
| BW | Botswana | 2 cities |
| BY | Belarus | 1 city |
| BZ | Belize | 6 districts |
| CA | Canada | ثلاثة territories |
| CC | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | — |
| CD | Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | عشرة provinces |
| CF | Central African Republic | 2 economic prefectures |
| CG | Congo | 12 departments |
| CH | Switzerland | 26 cantons |
| CI | Côte d'Ivoire | 2 autonomous districts |
| CK | Cook Islands | — |
| CL | Chile | 15 regions |
| CM | Cameroon | 10 regions |
| CN | China | 2 special administrative regions |
| CO | Colombia | 32 departments |
| CR | Costa Rica | 7 provinces |
| CU | Cuba | 1 special municipality |
| CV | Cabo Verde |
2 geographical regions 22 municipalities |
| CW | Curaçao | — |
| CX | Christmas Island | — |
| CY | Cyprus | 6 districts |
| CZ | Czechia |
13 regions and 1 capital city 98 districts |
| DE | Germany | 16 Länder |
| DJ | Djibouti | 1 city |
| DK | Denmark | 5 regions |
| DM | Dominica | 10 parishes |
| DO | Dominican Republic |
10 regions 31 provinces |
| DZ | Algeria | 48 provinces |
| EC | Ecuador | 24 provinces |
| EE | Estonia | 15 counties |
| EG | Egypt | 27 governorates |
| EH | Western Sahara | — |
| ER | Eritrea | 6 regions |
| ES | Spain |
2 autonomous cities in North Africa 50 provinces |
| ET | Ethiopia | تسعة states |
| FI | Finland | 19 regions |
| FJ | Fiji | 14 provinces |
| FK | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | — |
| FM | Micronesia, Federated States of | 4 states |
| FO | Faroe Islands | — |
| FR | France |
13 metropolitan regions ثلاثة overseas departments 96 metropolitan departments تسعة overseas territorial collectivities |
| GA | Gabon | 9 provinces |
| GB | United Kingdom |
1 province 3 nations 78 unitary authorities 27 two-tier counties 32 London boroughs 1 city corporation 36 metropolitan districts 11 districts 32 council areas |
| GD | Grenada | 1 dependency |
| GE | Georgia | تسعة regions |
| GF | French Guiana | — |
| GG | Guernsey | — |
| GH | Ghana | 10 regions |
| GI | Gibraltar | — |
| GL | Greenland | 4 municipalities |
| GM | Gambia | خمسة divisions |
| GN | Guinea |
1 governorate 33 prefectures |
| GP | Guadeloupe | — |
| GQ | Equatorial Guinea |
2 regions 7 provinces |
| GR | Greece |
13 administrative regions 1 self-governed part |
| GS | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | — |
| GT | Guatemala | 22 departments |
| GU | Guam | — |
| GW | Guinea-Bissau |
3 provinces ثمانية regions |
| GY | Guyana | 10 regions |
| HK | Hong Kong | — |
| HM | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | — |
| HN | Honduras | 18 departments |
| HR | Croatia | 20 counties |
| HT | Haiti | 10 departments |
| HU | Hungary | 23 cities of county right |
| ID | Indonesia |
7 geographical units 1 special region |
| IE | Ireland |
4 provinces 26 counties |
| IL | Israel | 6 districts |
| IM | Isle of Man | — |
| IN | India | سبعة union territories |
| IO | British Indian Ocean Territory | — |
| IQ | Iraq | 18 governorates |
| IR | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 31 provinces |
| IS | Iceland | 8 regions |
| IT | Italy |
20 regions 110 provinces |
| JE | Jersey | — |
| JM | Jamaica | 14 parishes |
| JO | Jordan | 12 governorates |
| JP | Japan | 47 prefectures |
| KE | Kenya | 47 counties |
| KG | Kyrgyzstan | سبعة regions |
| KH | Cambodia | 24 provinces |
| KI | Kiribati | 3 groups of islands |
| KM | Comoros | 3 islands |
| KN | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2 states 14 parishes |
| KP | Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of) | تسعة provinces |
| KR | Korea (the Republic of) | 1 special self-governing province |
| KW | Kuwait | 6 governorates |
| KY | Cayman Islands | — |
| KZ | Kazakhstan | 14 regions |
| LA | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17 provinces |
| LB | Lebanon | 8 governorates |
| LC | Saint Lucia | 10 districts |
| LI | Liechtenstein | 11 communes |
| LK | Sri Lanka |
9 provinces 25 districts |
| LR | Liberia | 15 counties |
| LS | Lesotho | 10 districts |
| LT | Lithuania |
10 counties 44 district municipalities |
| LU | Luxembourg | 12 cantons |
| LV | Latvia | تسعة republican cities |
| LY | Libya | 22 popularates |
| MA | Morocco |
12 regions 13 prefectures |
| MC | Monaco | 17 quarters |
| MD | Moldova, Republic of | 1 territorial unit |
| ME | Montenegro | 23 municipalities |
| MF | Saint Martin (French part) | — |
| MG | Madagascar | 6 provinces |
| MH | Marshall Islands |
2 chains of islands 24 municipalities |
| MK | Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of | 71 municipalities |
| ML | Mali | عشرة regions |
| MM | Myanmar | 1 union territory |
| MN | Mongolia | 21 provinces |
| MO | Macao | — |
| MP | Northern Mariana Islands | — |
| MQ | Martinique | — |
| MR | Mauritania | 15 regions |
| MS | Montserrat | — |
| MT | Malta | 68 local councils |
| MU | Mauritius |
3 dependencies 9 districts 5 cities |
| MV | Maldives | 20 administrative atolls |
| MW | Malawi |
3 regions 28 districts |
| MX | Mexico | 1 federal district |
| MY | Malaysia | 13 states |
| MZ | Mozambique | عشرة provinces |
| NA | Namibia | 14 regions |
| NC | New Caledonia | — |
| NE | Niger | سبعة departments |
| NF | Norfolk Island | — |
| NG | Nigeria | 36 states |
| NI | Nicaragua | 2 autonomous regions |
| NL | Netherlands |
12 provinces 3 countries 3 special municipalities |
| NO | Norway |
19 counties 2 arctic regions |
| NP | Nepal |
5 development regions 14 zones |
| NR | Nauru | 14 districts |
| NU | Niue | — |
| NZ | New Zealand | 1 special island authority |
| OM | Oman | 11 governorates |
| PA | پنما | ثلاثة indigenous regions |
| PE | پيرو | 1 municipality |
| PF | French Polynesia | — |
| PG | Papua New Guinea | 1 autonomous region |
| PH | الفلپين |
17 regions 81 provinces |
| PK | پاكستان | 2 مناطق مدارة في پاكستان |
| PL | پولندا | 16 ڤويڤودي |
| PM | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | — |
| PN | Pitcairn | — |
| PR | Puerto Rico | — |
| PS | فلسطين | 16 محافظة |
| PT | Portugal | 2 autonomous regions |
| PW | Palau | 16 states |
| PY | Paraguay | 17 departments |
| QA | Qatar | 8 municipalities |
| RE | Réunion | — |
| RO | Romania | 1 municipality |
| RS | Serbia |
2 autonomous provinces 29 districts |
| RU | Russian Federation | أربعة autonomous districts |
| RW | Rwanda | أربعة provinces |
| SA | Saudi Arabia | 13 provinces |
| SB | Solomon Islands | تسعة provinces |
| SC | Seychelles | 25 districts |
| SD | Sudan | 18 states |
| SE | Sweden | 21 counties |
| SG | Singapore | 5 districts |
| SH | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 3 geographical entities |
| SI | Slovenia | 212 communes |
| SJ | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | — |
| SK | Slovakia | 8 regions |
| SL | Sierra Leone | ثلاثة provinces |
| SM | San Marino | 9 municipalities |
| SN | Senegal | 14 regions |
| SO | Somalia | 18 regions |
| SR | Suriname | 10 districts |
| SS | South Sudan | 10 states |
| ST | [[São Tomé and Príncipe|Sao Tome and Principe [ك]]] | 2 provinces |
| SV | El Salvador | 14 departments |
| SX | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | — |
| SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 14 provinces |
| SZ | Swaziland | 4 districts |
| TC | Turks and Caicos Islands | — |
| TD | Chad | 23 regions |
| TF | French Southern Territories | — |
| TG | Togo | 5 regions |
| TH | تايلند | 76 provinces |
| TJ | Tajikistan | 1 district under republic administration |
| TK | Tokelau | — |
| TL | Timor-Leste | 13 districts |
| TM | Turkmenistan | 1 city |
| TN | Tunisia | 24 governorates |
| TO | Tonga | 5 divisions |
| TR | هجريا | 81 provinces |
| TT | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 ward |
| TV | Tuvalu | سبعة island councils |
| TW | Taiwan, Province of China | ستة special municipalities |
| TZ | Tanzania, United Republic of | 30 regions |
| UA | Ukraine | 2 cities |
| UG | Uganda |
4 geographical regions 1 city |
| UM | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 9 islands, groups of islands |
| US | الولايات المتحدة |
50 states 1 district 6 outlying areas |
| UY | Uruguay | 19 departments |
| UZ | Uzbekistan | 1 republic |
| VA | Holy See (Vatican City State) | — |
| VC | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 parishes |
| VE | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 23 states |
| VG | Virgin Islands, British | — |
| VI | Virgin Islands, U.S. | — |
| VN | Viet Nam | خمسة municipalities |
| VU | Vanuatu | 6 provinces |
| WF | Wallis and Futuna | 3 administrative precincts |
| WS | Samoa | 11 districts |
| YE | Yemen | 21 governorates |
| YT | Mayotte | — |
| ZA | South Africa | 9 provinces |
| ZM | Zambia | 10 provinces |
| ZW | Zimbabwe | 10 provinces |
Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1
For the following countries, a number of their subdivisions in ISO 3166-2, most of them dependent territories, are also officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1:
| Entry | Country name | Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1 (alpha-2 code) |
|---|---|---|
| CN | China |
CN-TW Taiwan (TW) CN-HK Hong Kong (HK) CN-MO Macao (MO) |
| FI | Finland | FI-01 Åland (AX) |
| FR | France |
FR-BL Saint Barthélemy (BL) FR-GF French Guiana (GF) FR-GP Guadeloupe (GP) FR-MF Saint Martin (MF) FR-MQ Martinique (MQ) FR-NC New Caledonia (NC) FR-PF French Polynesia (PF) FR-PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon (PM) FR-RE Réunion (RE) FR-TF French Southern Territories (TF) FR-WF Wallis and Futuna (WF) FR-YT Mayotte (YT) |
| NL | Netherlands |
NL-AW Aruba (AW) NL-BQ1 Bonaire (BQ) NL-BQ2 Saba (BQ) NL-BQ3 Sint Eustatius (BQ) NL-CW Curaçao (CW) NL-SX Sint Maarten (SX) |
| NO | Norway |
NO-21 Svalbard (SJ) NO-22 Jan Mayen (SJ) |
| US | الولايات المتحدة |
US-AS American Samoa (AS) US-GU Guam (GU) US-MP Northern Mariana Islands (MP) US-PR Puerto Rico (PR) US-UM United States Minor Outlying Islands (UM) US-VI Virgin Islands, U.S. (VI) |
- Notes
- ^ In ISO 3166-1, three countries are listed as subdivisions of the Netherlands. However, the mentioned Netherlands is a country on its own with the three other countries being its dependent territories. The four countries together constitute the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- ^ Taiwan is included as a subdivision of China because of its political status within the United Nations, as, even though it is de facto under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China instead of the People's Republic of China, the United Nations does not recognize the Republic of China and considers Taiwan as part of China. In ISO 3166-1, Taiwan is listed as "Taiwan, Province of China".
- ^ Collectively Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1.
- ^ Collectively Svalbard and Jan Mayen are officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1.
Format
The format of the ISO 3166-2 codes is different for each country. The codes may be alphabetic, numeric, or alphanumeric, and they may also be of constant or variable length. The following is a table of the ISO 3166-2 codes of each country (those with codes defined), grouped by their format: [بحاجة لمصدر]
| Number of characters (second part) | Alphabetic | Numeric | Alphanumeric |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
AR, BO, FJ, GM, KI, KM, LS, LU, MG, SL, ST, TG, TM, VE First-level subdivisions only: BD, CV, FR, GN, GQ, GR, GW, KN, MH, MW, NZ, UG |
AT, GA, IS, NE First-level subdivisions only: LK, NP |
|
| 2 |
AE, AM, BI, BJ, BN, BQ, BR, BS, BW, BY, CA, CD, CH, CL, CM, CN, DE, DJ, ER, ET, GE, GH, GL, GT, GY, HN, HT, HU, ID, IN, IQ, JO, KW, LA, LB, LR, LT, LY, MC, MD, MU, NA, NG, NI, OM, PK, PL, QA, SB, SD, SH, SK, SN, SO, SR, SS, SV, SY, SZ, TD, TJ, TL, US, UY, UZ, WS, YE, ZA, ZW First-level subdivisions only: CZ, RS Second-level subdivisions only: AL, CV, GN, GQ, GW, IT, MW, NP |
AD, AG, BB, BG, BH, CI, CU, CY, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EE, FI, GD, HR, IR, JM, JP, KP, KR, LC, LI, ME, MK, MM, MT, MY, NO, NR, PT, RW, SA, SC, SG, SM, TN, TO, TR, TZ, UA, UM, VC, ZM First-level subdivisions only: AL, BF, IT, MA, PH Second-level subdivisions only: BA, BD, KN, LK, RS |
BT, MV, VN Second-level subdivisions only: FR, GR |
| 3 |
AF, AO, BE, FM, GB, KZ, MX, PE, PG, PS, TT, TV, TW, VU First-level subdivisions only: BA Second-level subdivisions only: BF, MA, MH, NZ, PH |
KE, PW, SI Second-level subdivisions only: UG |
Second-level subdivisions only: CZ |
| 1 or 2 | CR, EC, ES, IE, IL, KG, RO, SE | KH | PA, TH |
| 1 or 3 | MZ | MN | ML |
| 2 or 3 | AU, AZ, BZ, CF, CO, RU | LV, MR, NL | |
| 1, 2, or 3 | EG | CG, PY |
Changes
The ISO 3166/MA updates ISO 3166-2 when necessary. Changes in ISO 3166-2 consist mostly of spelling corrections, addition and deletion of subdivisions, and modification of the administrative structure.
ISO used to announce changes in newsletters which updated the currently valid standard, and releasing new editions which comprise a consolidation of newsletter changes. As of July 2013, changes are published in the online catalogue of ISO only and no newsletters are published anymore. Past newsletters remain available on the ISO website.
| Edition/Newsletter | Date issued | Affected entries |
|---|---|---|
| 1998-12-20 | First edition of ISO 3166-2 | |
| 2000-06-21 | BY, CA, DO, ER, ES, IT, KR, NG, PL, RO, RU, TR, VN, YU | |
| 2002-05-21 | AE, AL, AO, AZ, BD, BG, BJ, CA, CD, CN, CV, CZ, ES, FR, GB, GE, GN, GT, HR, ID, IN, IR, KZ, LA, MA, MD, MW, NI, PH, TR, UZ, VN | |
| 2002-08-20 | AE, CZ, IN, KZ, MD, MO, PS (new entry), TP (changed to TL), UG | |
| 2002-12-10 | BI, CA, EC, ES, ET, GE, ID, IN, KG, KH, KP, KZ, LA, MD, MU, RO, SI, TJ, TL, TM, TW, UZ, VE, YE | |
| 2003-09-05 | BW, CH, CZ, LY, MY, SN, TN, TZ, UG, VE, YU (changed to CS) | |
| 2004-03-08 | AF, AL, AU, CN, CO, ID, KP, MA, TN, ZA | |
| 2005-09-13 | AF, DJ, ID, RU, SI, VN | |
| 2007-04-17 | AD, AG, BB, BH, CI, CS (deleted), DM, GB, GD, GG (new entry), IM (new entry), IR, IT, JE (new entry), KN, LI, ME (new entry), MK, NR, PW, RS (new entry), RU, RW, SB, SC, SM, TD, TO, TV, VC | |
| 2007-11-28 | BG, BL (new entry), CZ, FR, GB, GE, LB, MF (new entry), MK, MT, RU, SD, SG, UG, ZA | |
| 2007-12-13 |
Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (these changes were not announced in a newsletter) BA, DK, DO, EG, GN, HT, KE, KW, LC, LR, TV, YE, ZA |
|
|
2010-02-03 (corrected 2010-02-19) |
AL, BO, CZ, ES, FR, GN, GR, GW, ID, IE, IT, KN, KP, LK, MA, MH, NP, RS, UG, VE | |
| 2010-06-30 | AG, AR, BA, BF, BI, BS, BY, CF, CL, CV, EC, EG, GB, GL, HU, IT, KE, KM, LY, MD, MW, NG, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PH, RU, SC, SH, SI, SN, TD, TM, YE | |
|
2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) |
AF, AN (deleted), AW, AZ, BD, BE, BG, BQ (new entry), BS, CV, CW (new entry), DJ, DK, ER, FI, FR, GB, GQ, HN, HR, HT, ID, IE, IN, JO, KW, LS, LV, MC, ME, MK, MM, MV, NL, NO, NP, NR, PG, PK, PL, PS, QA, SA, SD, SE, SH, SS (new entry), SX (new entry), TL, TN, TR, VN | |
| 2013-11-19 | Third edition of ISO 3166-2 (changes are published in the online catalogue of ISO only and no newsletters are published anymore) |
انظر أيضاً
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International Organization for Standardization
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ISO 3166
- ISO 3166-1
- ISO 3166-2
- ISO 3166-3
- List of ISO 3166 country codes
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ISO 3166
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Lists of countries and territories
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Sovereign state
- List of sovereign states
- List of states with limited recognition
- Dependent territory
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Sovereign state
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United Nations
- Member states of the United Nations
- United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
== المراجع ==
- ^ "ISO 3166-2". International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
- ^ "Country names and code elements". ISO.
- ^ "Statoid Newsletter January 2008". Statoids.com.
وصلات خارجية
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ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Country codes - Online Browsing Platform
Other lists of ISO 3166-2 codes (not necessarily up-to-date)
Many of the lists below are based on outdated versions of ISO 3166-2 codes. The latest version may be obtained from the ISO 3166/MA.
- List of Countries with ISO 2 Digit codes - DataHub Core Data
- Country sub-entity name code, GEFEG.FX
- "LLOW linklist", LanguageServer, AT: University of Graz, http://languageserver.uni-graz.at/linklist.html.
