ISO 3166-2

Short description: ISO standard country subdivision codes

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:[1]

* 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.

As of 23 November 2023[update] there are 5,046 codes defined in ISO 3166-2. For some countries, codes are defined for more than one level of subdivisions.

## Contents

* 1 Current codes
* 2 Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1
* 3 Format
* 4 Changes
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Current codes

The following table can be used to access the current ISO 3166-2 codes of each country, and comprises three columns:[2]

* Entry: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, click to view the ISO 3166-2 codes of the country
* Country name: English short 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;[1] if there are more than one level of subdivisions, the first-level subdivisions are shown in italics

Entry
(click to view codes) | Country name (using title case)  | Subdivisions assigned codes[1]

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AD | Andorra | 7 parishes
AE | United Arab Emirates | 7 emirates
AF | Afghanistan | 34 provinces
AG | Antigua and Barbuda | 6 parishes
2 dependencies
AI | Anguilla | —
AL | Albania | 12 counties
AM | Armenia | 1 city
10 regions
AO | Angola | 18 provinces
AQ | Antarctica | —
AR | Argentina | 1 city
23 provinces
AS | American Samoa | —
AT | Austria | 9 states
AU | Australia | 6 states
2 territories
AW | Aruba | —
AX | Aland Islands Åland Islands  | —
AZ | Azerbaijan | 1 autonomous republic
11 municipalities
66 rayons
BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 entities
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 | 1 federal district
26 states
BS | Bahamas | 31 districts
1 island
BT | Bhutan | 20 districts
BV | Bouvet Island | —
BW | Botswana | 10 districts
4 towns
2 cities
BY | Belarus | 6 oblasts
1 city
BZ | Belize | 6 districts
CA | Canada | 10 provinces
3 territories
CC | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | —
CD | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1 city
25 provinces
CF | Central African Republic | 1 commune
14 prefectures
2 economic prefectures
CG | Congo | 12 departments
CH | Switzerland | 26 cantons
CI | Cote d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire  | 12 districts
2 autonomous districts
CK | Cook Islands | —
CL | Chile | 16 regions
CM | Cameroon | 10 regions
CN | China | 4 municipalities
23 provinces
5 autonomous regions
2 special administrative regions
CO | Colombia | 1 capital district
32 departments
CR | Costa Rica | 7 provinces
CU | Cuba | 15 provinces
1 special municipality
CV | Cabo Verde | 2 geographical regions
22 municipalities
CW | Curaçao | —
CX | Christmas Island | —
CY | Cyprus | 6 districts
CZ | Czechia | 13 regions
1 capital city
76 districts
DE | Germany | 16 states
DJ | Djibouti | 5 regions
1 city
DK | Denmark | 5 regions
DM | Dominica | 10 parishes
DO | Dominican Republic | 10 regions
1 district
31 provinces
DZ | Algeria | 58 provinces
EC | Ecuador | 24 provinces
EE | Estonia | 15 counties
64 rural municipalities
15 urban municipalities
EG | Egypt | 27 governorates
EH | Western Sahara | —
ER | Eritrea | 6 regions
ES | Spain | 17 autonomous communities
2 autonomous cities in North Africa
50 provinces
ET | Ethiopia | 2 administrations
11 regional states
FI | Finland | 19 regions
FJ | Fiji | 4 divisions
1 dependency
14 provinces
FK | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | —
FM | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 4 states
FO | Faroe Islands | —
FR | France | 12 metropolitan regions
5 overseas collectivities
1 overseas collectivity with special status
1 dependency
3 overseas departmental collectivities
1 overseas territory
2 overseas unique territorial collectivities
95 metropolitan departments
3 metropolitan collectivities with special status
1 European collectivity
GA | Gabon | 9 provinces
GB | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3 countries
1 province
32 council areas
25 two-tier counties
11 districts
80 unitary authorities
36 metropolitan districts
32 London boroughs
1 city corporation
GD | Grenada | 6 parishes
1 dependency
GE | Georgia | 2 autonomous republics
1 city
9 regions
GF | French Guiana | —
GG | Guernsey | —
GH | Ghana | 16 regions
GI | Gibraltar | —
GL | Greenland | 5 municipalities
GM | Gambia | 1 city
5 divisions
GN | Guinea | 7 administrative regions
1 governorate
33 prefectures
GP | Guadeloupe | —
GQ | Equatorial Guinea | 2 regions
8 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
1 autonomous sector
8 regions
GY | Guyana | 10 regions
HK | Hong Kong | —
HM | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | —
HN | Honduras | 18 departments
HR | Croatia | 1 city
20 counties
HT | Haiti | 10 departments
HU | Hungary | 1 capital city
19 counties
23 cities of county right
ID | Indonesia | 7 geographical units
36 provinces
1 capital district
1 special region
IE | Ireland | 4 provinces
26 counties
IL | Israel | 6 districts
IM | Isle of Man | —
IN | India | 28 states
8 union territories
IO | British Indian Ocean Territory | —
IQ | Iraq | 1 region
18 governorates
IR | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 31 provinces
IS | Iceland | 8 regions
64 municipalities
IT | Italy | 15 regions
5 autonomous regions
80 provinces
2 autonomous provinces
6 free municipal consortiums
14 metropolitan cities
4 decentralized regional entities
JE | Jersey | —
JM | Jamaica | 14 parishes
JO | Jordan | 12 governorates
JP | Japan | 47 prefectures
KE | Kenya | 47 counties
KG | Kyrgyzstan | 2 cities
7 regions
KH | Cambodia | 1 autonomous municipality
24 provinces
KI | Kiribati | 3 groups of islands
KM | Comoros | 3 islands
KN | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 states
14 parishes
KP | Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) | 1 capital city
1 metropolitan city
1 special city
9 provinces
KR | South Korea | 6 metropolitan cities
2 special cities
1 special self-governing city
7 provinces
2 special self-governing provinces
KW | Kuwait | 6 governorates
KY | Cayman Islands | —
KZ | Kazakhstan | 3 cities
17 regions
LA | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1 prefecture
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
9 municipalities
7 city municipalities
44 district municipalities
LU | Luxembourg | 12 cantons
LV | Latvia | 36 municipalities
7 state cities
LY | Libya | 22 popularates
MA | Morocco | 12 regions
62 provinces
13 prefectures
MC | Monaco | 17 quarters
MD | Moldova, Republic of | 1 autonomous territorial unit
3 cities
32 districts
1 territorial unit
ME | Montenegro | 25 municipalities
MF | Saint Martin (French part) | —
MG | Madagascar | 6 provinces
MH | Marshall Islands | 2 chains of islands
24 municipalities
MK | North Macedonia | 80 municipalities
ML | Mali | 1 district
10 regions
MM | Myanmar | 7 regions
7 states
1 union territory
MN | Mongolia | 1 capital city
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
MV | Maldives | 19 administrative atolls
2 cities
MW | Malawi | 3 regions
28 districts
MX | Mexico | 31 states
1 federal entity
MY | Malaysia | 3 federal territories
13 states
MZ | Mozambique | 1 city
10 provinces
NA | Namibia | 14 regions
NC | New Caledonia | —
NE | Niger | 1 urban community
7 departments
NF | Norfolk Island | —
NG | Nigeria | 1 capital territory
36 states
NI | Nicaragua | 15 departments
2 autonomous regions
NL | Netherlands, Kingdom of the | 12 provinces
3 countries
3 special municipalities
NO | Norway | 11 counties
2 arctic regions
NP | Nepal | 7 provinces
NR | Nauru | 14 districts
NU | Niue | —
NZ | New Zealand | 16 regions
1 special island authority
OM | Oman | 11 governorates
PA | Panama | 10 provinces
4 indigenous regions
PE | Peru | 25 regions
1 municipality
PF | French Polynesia | —
PG | Papua New Guinea | 1 district
20 provinces
1 autonomous region
PH | Philippines | 17 regions
82 provinces
PK | Pakistan | 4 provinces
2 autonomous territories
1 federal territory
PL | Poland | 16 voivodships
PM | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | —
PN | Pitcairn | —
PR | Puerto Rico | —
PS | Palestine, State of | 16 governorates
PT | Portugal | 18 districts
2 autonomous regions
PW | Palau | 16 states
PY | Paraguay | 1 capital
17 departments
QA | Qatar | 8 municipalities
RE | Reunion Réunion  | —
RO | Romania | 41 departments
1 municipality
RS | Serbia | 2 autonomous provinces
1 city
29 districts
RU | Russian Federation | 21 republics
9 administrative territories
46 administrative regions
2 autonomous cities
1 autonomous region
4 autonomous districts
RW | Rwanda | 1 town council
4 provinces
SA | Saudi Arabia | 13 regions
SB | Solomon Islands | 1 capital territory
9 provinces
SC | Seychelles | 27 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 | 200 municipalities and 12 urban municipalities
SJ | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | —
SK | Slovakia | 8 regions
SL | Sierra Leone | 1 area
4 provinces
SM | San Marino | 9 municipalities
SN | Senegal | 14 regions
SO | Somalia | 18 regions
SR | Suriname | 10 districts
SS | South Sudan | 10 states
ST | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 autonomous region
6 districts
SV | El Salvador | 14 departments
SX | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | —
SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 14 provinces
SZ | Eswatini | 4 regions
TC | Turks and Caicos Islands | —
TD | Chad | 23 provinces
TF | French Southern Territories | —
TG | Togo | 5 regions
TH | Thailand | 1 metropolitan administration
1 special administrative city
76 provinces
TJ | Tajikistan | 1 autonomous region
2 regions
1 capital territory
1 district under republic administration
TK | Tokelau | —
TL | Timor-Leste | 12 municipalities
1 special administrative region
TM | Turkmenistan | 5 regions
1 city
TN | Tunisia | 24 governorates
TO | Tonga | 5 divisions
TR | Türkiye | 81 provinces
TT | Trinidad and Tobago | 9 regions
3 boroughs
2 cities
1 ward
TV | Tuvalu | 1 town council
7 island councils
TW | Taiwan, Province of China[note 1] | 13 counties
3 cities
6 special municipalities
TZ | Tanzania, United Republic of | 31 regions
UA | Ukraine | 24 regions
1 republic
2 cities
UG | Uganda | 4 geographical regions
134 districts
1 city
UM | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 9 islands, groups of islands
US | United States | 50 states
1 district
6 outlying areas
UY | Uruguay | 19 departments
UZ | Uzbekistan | 1 city
12 regions
1 republic
VA | Holy See | —
VC | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 parishes
VE | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1 federal dependency
1 federal district
23 states
VG | Virgin Islands (British) | —
VI | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | —
VN | Viet Nam | 58 provinces
5 municipalities
VU | Vanuatu | 6 provinces
WF | Wallis and Futuna | 3 administrative precincts
WS | Samoa | 11 districts
YE | Yemen | 1 municipality
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:[2]

Entry  | Country name  | Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1 (alpha-2 code)

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CN | China | CN-TW Taiwan (TW) [note 1]
CN-HK Hong Kong (HK)
CN-MO Macao (MO)
FI | Finland | FI-01 Åland (AX)
FR | France | FR-971 Guadeloupe (GP)
FR-972 Martinique (MQ)
FR-973 French Guiana (GF)
FR-974 Réunion (RE)
FR-976 Mayotte (YT)
FR-BL Saint Barthélemy (BL)
FR-MF Saint Martin (MF)
FR-NC New Caledonia (NC)
FR-PF French Polynesia (PF)
FR-PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon (PM)
FR-TF French Southern Territories (TF)
FR-WF Wallis and Futuna (WF)
NL | Netherlands, Kingdom of the  | NL-AW Aruba (AW)
NL-BQ1 Bonaire (BQ) [note 2]
NL-BQ2 Saba (BQ) [note 2]
NL-BQ3 Sint Eustatius (BQ) [note 2]
NL-CW Curaçao (CW)
NL-SX Sint Maarten (SX)
NO | Norway | NO-21 Svalbard (SJ) [note 3]
NO-22 Jan Mayen (SJ) [note 3]
US | United States | 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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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".
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Collectively Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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: [citation needed]

Number of characters (second part)  | Alphabetic  | Numeric  | Alphanumeric

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1  | AR, BO, FJ, GM, KI, KM, LS, 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, CI, CL, CM, CN, DE, DJ, ER, ET, GE, GH, GL, GT, GY, HN, HT, HU, ID, IN, IQ, JO, KW, LA, LB, LR, LT, LU, LY, MC, MD, MU, NA, NG, NI, OM, PK, QA, SB, SD, SH, SK, SN, SO, SR, SS, SV, SY, SZ, TD, TJ, TL, US, UY, UZ, WS, YE, ZW
First-level subdivisions only: CZ, RS
Second-level subdivisions only: AL, CV, GN, GQ, GW, IT, MW, NP | AD, AG, BB, BG, BH, CU, CY, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EE, FI, GD, HR, IR, JM, JP, KP, KR, LC, LI, ME, MK, MM, MT, MY, NO, NR, PL, 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, ZA |  | 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

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ISO 3166-2:1998 | 1998-12-20 | First edition of ISO 3166-2
Newsletter I-1 | 2000-06-21 | BY, CA, DO, ER, ES, IT, KR, NG, PL, RO, RU, TR, VN, YU
Newsletter I-2 | 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
Newsletter I-3 | 2002-08-20 | AE, CZ, IN, KZ, MD, MO, PS (new entry), TP (changed to TL), UG
Newsletter I-4 | 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
Newsletter I-5 | 2003-09-05 | BW, CH, CZ, LY, MY, SN, TN, TZ, UG, VE, YU (changed to CS)
Newsletter I-6 | 2004-03-08 | AF, AL, AU, CN, CO, ID, KP, MA, TN, ZA
Newsletter I-7 | 2005-09-13 | AF, DJ, ID, RU, SI, VN
Newsletter I-8 | 2007-04-17 | AD, AG, BB, BH, CI, CS (deleted, replaced with ME and RS), 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
Newsletter I-9 | 2007-11-28 | BG, BL (new entry), CZ, FR, GB, GE, LB, MF (new entry), MK, MT, RU, SD, SG, UG, ZA
ISO 3166-2:2007 | 2007-12-13 | Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (these changes were not announced in a newsletter)[3]
BA, DK, DO, EG, GN, HT, KE, KW, LC, LR, TV, YE, ZA
Newsletter II-1 | 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
Newsletter II-2 | 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
Newsletter II-3 | 2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15) | AF, AN (deleted, replaced with BQ, CW and SX), 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
ISO 3166-2:2013 | 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)
ISO 3166-2:2020 | 2020-08  | Fourth edition of ISO 3166-2

## See also

* International Organization for Standardization
* ISO 3166
* ISO 3166-1
* ISO 3166-2
* ISO 3166-3
* List of ISO 3166 country codes
* Lists of countries and territories
* Sovereign state
* List of sovereign states
* List of states with limited recognition
* Dependent territory
* United Nations
* Member states of the United Nations
* United Nations list of non-self-governing territories
* Geocode

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "ISO 3166-2". International Organization for Standardization (ISO). http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes.htm#2012_iso3166-2.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Country names and code elements". ISO. https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/.
3. ↑ "Statoid Newsletter January 2008". Statoids.com. http://www.statoids.com/n0801.html.

## External links

* ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
* Country codes—Online Browsing Platform

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