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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.

1 Number of entries

Around 3700.

2 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.

3 Changes / Editions

Changes were announced in 6 Newsletters

4 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. leads to the code list for Australia.

5 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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ARISO 3166-2 codes for Argentina describe 1 federal district (AR-C) and 23 Provinces. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code AR for Argentina, the second part of the code is one-digit-alphabetic. Decoding list AR-A Salta AR-B Buenos Aires Province AR-C Distr, BOISO 3166-2 codes for Bolivia cover the country's nine departments. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code, BO, for Bolivia, the second part is one-character-alphabetic. Encoding list Departments BO-H Chuquisaca BO-C Cochabamba BO-B El Beni BO-L La Paz Depa, CR , ECISO 3166-2 codes for Ecuador cover the 22 provinces. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code EC for Ecuador, the second part is one-digit-alphabetic. Newsletters ISO 3166-2:2002-12-10 Encoding list Provinces EC-A Azuay EC-B Bolivar EC-F Canar EC-C Carchi EC, FJ , GM , KGISO 3166-2 for Kyrgyzstan Newsletters ISO 3166-2:2002-12-10 Encoding List City KG-GB Bishkek Regions KG-B Batken KG-C Chu KG-J Jalal-Abad KG-N Naryn KG-O Osh KG-T Talas KG-Y Ysyk-Kol See also ISO 3166-2, the reference table for all country region codes., KI , KM , LS , LUISO 3166-2 for Luxemburg ( ISO 3166-1 : LU) The purpose of this family of standards 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, MG , NE , RW , SL , ST , TG , TMISO 3166-2 for Turkmenistan ( ISO 3166-1 : TM) The purpose of this family of standards 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, VEISO 3166-2 for Venezuela ( ISO 3166-1 : VE) The purpose of this family of standards 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
GA , IS, AT PA
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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

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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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AO, AF, BA , BE, BF , CS, FM , GB, KZ, MD, MH , MX, NZ, PE , PG , PH , TT , TW

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DK, KE , SI, UG , VU

 


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1 for regions, 2 for capital: KG
1 for capital, 2 for departments: RO
1 as the general rule, 2 for exceptions SE

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KH

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2 for republics, 3 for cities, regions, districts: RU
2 for cities, 3 for rayons: AZ
2 for capital, 3 other: ??

 

MR , MV
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MN

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