ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 3166-2 Fourth edition 2020-08 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 2: Country subdivision code Codes pour la représentation des noms de pays et de leurs subdivisions- Partie2:Codepour les subdivisions depays Reference number IS03166-2:2020(E) ISO @ISO 2020 IS0 3166-2:2020(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS02020 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting below or Iso's memberbody in the country ofthe requester. ISO copyright office CP 40i : Ch.de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +41 22.749 01 11 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2020 - All rights reserved IS0 3166-2:2020(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction ..V 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms anddefinitions 4 Principlesforinclusioninthelistofcountrysubdivisionnames ..4 4.1 List purpose. .4 ..4 4.2 Sources. 4.3 One-to-onecorrespondence 4 4.4 Categories of subdivisions .4 4.5 Relationshipbetween categories ofsubdivisions. 4 4.6 Choice of language, romanization, character set. ..4 4.7 Specialprovisions:alternativenames .5 5 Principles for assigning (country subdivision) code elements 5.1 Codeelementformation ..5 5.2 Relationship to national or international code systems .5 5.3 Structureofcountrysubdivision codeelements .5 List of country subdivision names and their code elements 6 .6 6.1 Specification for use .6 6.2 Content ofthe list. .6 7 Maintenance. .7 7.1 Maintenance Agency (IS0 3166/MA) 7 7.2 Standard asa databaseChange of paradigm .7 7.3 Changeofcountrysubdivisionnames. .8 7.4 Alterationtocountrysubdivisioncodeelements. .8 7.5 .8 Reservationofcodeelementsforcountrysubdivisionnames 7.6 Advice regarding use of country subdivision codes. .8 AnnexA (informative)Reference sourcesforcountrysubdivision namesand codeelements .9 Annex B (informative) List of Iso 639 language codes elements, alpha-2 and alpha-3, used intheIs03166seriesof standardsofcountrycodes. .10 Bibliography .14 @IS0 2020 -All rights reserved ili