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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.

Table of contents
1 Number of entries
2 Format
3 Changes / Editions
4 Decoding / Encoding lists
5 Format matrix with links to codes
6 Related topics
7 External links

Number of entries

Around 3700.

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.

Changes / Editions

Changes were announced in 6 Newsletters

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 alpha numeric alpha-numeric

constant
1 char 		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 		, ,

constant
2 chars 		Free: ,
Partially free: ,
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 		Free: Unsorted:

constant
3 chars 		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted: , , , , , CS, , , , , , , , , , , , 		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

Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:

 Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:

mixed
2,3 		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted: ?:, ,
2 for republics, 3 for cities, regions, districts:
2 for cities, 3 for rayons:
2 for capital, 3 other: 		  ,

mixed
1,3 		Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:

 Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:

 Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:

mixed
1,2,3 		    Free:
Partially free:
ISO - Copyright:
Unsorted:,

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