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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.
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted.
Iso 3166 [1] Name [5]World Factbook [6] Official State Name ...Sovereignty [6] [7] [8]Iso 3166-1 [2](a-2 [5])UN memberUN memberISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard. It was made by the International Organization for Standardization. For each country listed in ISO 3166-1, ISO 3166-2 defines its provinces with two or three letter codes, or numbers.
Entry (click To View Codes)Country NameSubdivisions Assigned CodesHow to guide to turn GPS coordinates (longitude/latitude) or addresses into ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2 codes
Oct 14, 2020 · The ISO 3166 series of international standards details country codes and codes for their subdivisions. These universal abbreviations save time and help numerous groups avoid errors that might arise while using a country’s name, since names change between languages.
This document specifies basic guidelines for the implementation and maintenance of country subdivision codes. This code is intended for use in any application requiring the expression of current country subdivision names in coded form.
ISO 3166-2 establishes a code that represents the names of the principal administrative divisions, or similar areas, of the countries and entities included in ISO 3166-1.
