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ISO 3166-2ISO 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.
Number of entries\nAround 3700.
Format\nISO 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.
Changes / Editions\nChanges were announced in 6 Newsletters\n# ISO 3166-2:2000-06-21\n# ISO 3166-2:2002-05-21\n# ISO 3166-2:2002-08-20\n# ISO 3166-2:2002-12-10\n# ISO 3166-2:2003-09-05\n# ISO 3166-2:2004-03-08
Decoding / Encoding lists\nTo 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\nSome of the codes are developed by ISO 3166/MA, these are copyrighted. Others are already in use in the specific countries.
\n| length\n | alpha\n | numeric\n | alpha-numeric
| \nconstant
1 char\n | Free:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nAR, BO, CR, EC, FJ, GM, KG, KI, KM, LS, LU, MG, NE, RW, SL, ST, TG, TM, VE\n | \nGA, IS, AT\n | \nPA
| \nconstant
2 chars\n | Free: CH, US\n
Partially free: AL, ID\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nAE, 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\n | \nFree:\n
Partially free: TN\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nBD, 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\n | \nFree: FR Unsorted: BT
| \nconstant
3 chars\n | \nFree:\n
Partially free: KP\n
ISO - Copyright: MA\n
Unsorted:\nAO, AF, BA, BE, BF, CS, FM, GB, KZ, MD, MH, MX, NZ, PE, PG, PH, TT, TW\n | \nFree:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nDK, KE, SI, UG, VU\n | \n
\n | \nmixed
1,2 chars\n | Free:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nno system?: ES, GQ, IE, IL\n
\n1 for regions, 2 for capital: KG\n
\n1 for capital, 2 for departments: RO\n
\n1 as the general rule, 2 for exceptions SE
| \nFree:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nKH\n | \nFree:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nTH
\n | \nmixed
2,3\n | \nFree:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright: CO\n
Unsorted:\n?:BZ, EG, TD\n
\n2 for republics, 3 for cities, regions, districts: RU\n
\n2 for cities, 3 for rayons: AZ\n
\n2 for capital, 3 other: ISO 3166-2:\n | \n \n | \nMR, MV
| \nmixed
1,3\n | \nFree:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nMZ\n | \nFree:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nMN\n | \nFree:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:\nML
| \nmixed
1,2,3\n | \n \n | \n \n | \nFree:\n
Partially free:\n
ISO - Copyright:\n
Unsorted:CG, PY
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Related topics\n*subnational entity\n* list of subnational entities\n* list of capitals of subnational entities
External links\n* http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/03updates-on-iso-3166/iso_3166-2_track.html -- Track changes, sorted by country\n* http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/04background-on-iso-3166/iso3166-2.html\n* http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/sublocat.htm\n* http://geotags.com/iso3166/ says that it has permission to reproduce all codes. Some codes and names are outdated.
Category:ISO standards\nCategory:Geocodes
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