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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.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 annonced in 5 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 (similiar to internet country codes) you can also use the format matrix given below.
| length | alpha | numeric | alpha-numeric |
|---|---|---|---|
| constant 1 char | AR, BO, CR, EC, FJ, GM, KG, KI, KM, LS, LU, MG, NE, RW, SL, ST, TG, TM, VE | GA, IS | PA |
| constant 2 chars | AE, AL, AM, AU, BI, BJ, BN, BR, BS, BW, BY, CA, CD, CF, CH, CL, CM, CV, CZ, DE, DJ, ER, ET, FI, GE, GH, GN, GT, GW, GY, HN, HT, HU, ID, 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, US, UY, UZ, WS, YE, YU, ZA, ZW | BD, BG, BH, CI, CN, CU, CY, DO, DZ, EE, FR, GR, HR, IR, JM, JP, KR, LK, MM, MY, NO, PT, SA, SD, TN, TR, TZ, UA, UM, VN, ZM | BT |
| constant 3 chars | AO, AF, BA, BE, BF, CS, FM, GB, KP, KZ, MA, MD, MH, MX, NZ, PE, PG, PH, TT, TW | DK, KE, SI, UG, VU | |
| mixed 1,2 chars |
no system?: ES, GQ, IE, SE
1 for regions, 2 for capital: KG 1 for capital, 2 for departments: RO IL | KH | TH |
| mixed 2,3 |
?:BZ, EG, TD
2 for republics, 3 for cities, regions, districts: RU 2 for cities, 3 for rayons: AZ 2 for capital, 3 other: ISO 3166-2: | MR, MV | |
| mixed 1,3 | MZ | MN | ML |
| mixed 1,2,3 | CG, PY |
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