. It was created for coding the names of subdivisions of
ISO 3166-2 codes consist of two parts, separated by "-". The first part is the
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.
. If you are familiar with the two-letter codes, you can also use the format matrix given below, or the short cut ISO 3166-2:XX, where XX stands for the ISO 3166-1 code, e.g.
| length
| alpha
| numeric
| alpha-numeric
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constant
1 char
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AR, BO[?], CR[?], EC, FJ[?], GM[?], KG, KI[?], KM[?], LS[?], LU[?], MG[?], NE[?], RW[?], SL[?], ST[?], TG[?], TM, VE
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GA[?], IS[?]
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PA[?]
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constant
2 chars
|
AE, AL[?], AM[?], AU, BI, BJ[?], BN[?], BI, BJ[?], BR, BS[?], BW[?], BY[?], CA, CD[?], CF[?], CH, CL[?], CM[?], CV[?], CZ[?], DE, DJ[?], DO[?], 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[?], NO, PT[?], SA[?], SD[?], TN[?], TR[?], TZ[?], UA[?], UM[?], VN[?], ZM[?]
|
BT[?]
|
constant
3 chars
|
AO[?], AF[?], BA[?], BE, BF[?], CZ[?], FM[?], GB, KP, KZ, MA[?], MD, MH[?], MX, NZ, PE[?], PG[?], PH[?], TT[?], TW, UG[?]
|
DK[?], KE[?], SI, VU[?]
|
|
mixed
1,2 chars
|
no system?: ES, GQ[?], IE[?], MY[?], 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: ??[?]
|
|
MR[?], MV[?]
|
mixed
1,3
|
MZ[?]
|
MN[?]
|
ML[?]
|
mixed
1,2,3
|
|
|
CG[?], PY[?]
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