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ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It is a geocode system created for coding the names of country subdivisions 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.

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.

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 characters. The second part often is based on national standards.

Changes and editions

Changes were announced in different newsletters. These mostly comprise addition of new subdivisions and spelling corrections.

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.

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 Copyright alpha numeric alpha-numeric
constant
1 char		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
constant
2 chars		Free:,
Partially free:,
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
constant
3 chars		Free
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
mixed
1,2 chars		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:no system?: , ,
1 for regions, 2 for capital:
1 for capital, 2 for departments:
1 as the general rule, 2 for exceptions
mixed
2,3		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:?: , , ,
2 for republics, 3 for cities, regions, districts:
2 for cities, 3 for rayons:
3 for capital, 2 for other: 		,
mixed
1,3		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:3 for capital, 1 for provinces:
mixed
1,2,3		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:,

See also

External links

ISO 3166 is a three-part geographic coding standard for coding the names of countries and dependent areas, and the principal subdivisions thereof, published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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standardization or standardisation can have several meanings depending on its context. Common use of the word standard implies that it is a universally agreed-upon set of guidelines for interoperability.
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International Organization for Standardization (Organisation internationale de normalisation), widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations.
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A Geocode (Geospatial Entity Object Code) is code that represents a geospatial coordinate measurement of an exact geographic location and time at, below, or above the surface of the earth.
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Country subdivision refers to the division of a country's territory for the sake of its administration, description or other such purpose. The resulting units of division are known generically as "country subdivisions".
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country, state, and nation can have various meanings. Therefore, diverse lists of these entities are possible. Wikipedia offers the following lists:

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ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes in the ISO 3166-1 standard to represent countries and dependent territories. They are published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as part of its ISO 3166 standard.
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<onlyinclude> ISO 3166-1, as part of the ISO 3166 standard, provides codes for the names of countries and dependent territories, and is published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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character is a unit of information that roughly corresponds to a grapheme, grapheme-like unit, or symbol, such as in an alphabet or syllabary in the written form of a natural language.

An example of a character is a letter, numeral, or punctuation mark.
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character is a unit of information that roughly corresponds to a grapheme, grapheme-like unit, or symbol, such as in an alphabet or syllabary in the written form of a natural language.

An example of a character is a letter, numeral, or punctuation mark.
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Administrative division (also known as "Subnational entities") is a generic term for an administrative region within a country or Political division — on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state — typically with a local government
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This is a list of FIPS 10-4 region codes, using a standardized name format, and cross-linking to articles. The list is broken up into alphabetical sections.

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country, state, and nation can have various meanings. Therefore, diverse lists of these entities are possible. Wikipedia offers the following lists:

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ISO 3166 is a three-part geographic coding standard for coding the names of countries and dependent areas, and the principal subdivisions thereof, published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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<onlyinclude> ISO 3166-1, as part of the ISO 3166 standard, provides codes for the names of countries and dependent territories, and is published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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ISO 3166-3 defines codes for outdated ISO 3166-1 country codes and is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The official name of the standard is
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