ISO 3166-2:ES
ISO 3166-2:ES is the entry for Spain in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Spain, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
- 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities in North Africa
- 50 provinces
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is ES, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Spain. The second part is one or two letters. For the provinces, the letters were originally used in vehicle registration plates. The codes for the following provinces are based on their capitals:
- Álava/Araba (ES-VI): Vitoria
- Asturias (ES-O): Oviedo
- Balears (ES-PM): Palma
- Cantabria (ES-S): Santander
- Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa (ES-SS): San Sebastián
- La Rioja (ES-LO): Logroño
- Las Palmas (ES-GC): Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Vizcaya/Bizkaia (ES-BI): Bilbao
Current codes
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
In the autonomous communities of Galicia, Catalonia and the Balearics, the respective regional languages are the sole official languages of toponymy. Old toponymic Castilian language forms are given in square brackets for information. For the toponyms of the autonomous communities of Navarra, Valencia and the Basque Country, the regional language has co-official status with Castilian. Toponymic regional language forms having equal status to that of Castilian are given after a slash mark (in accordance with the official Spanish form of presentation).
Autonomous communities; autonomous cities in North Africa
Code | Subdivision name | Subdivision category |
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ES-AN | Andalucía | autonomous community |
ES-AR | Aragón | autonomous community |
ES-AS | Asturias, Principado de | autonomous community |
ES-CN | Canarias | autonomous community |
ES-CB | Cantabria | autonomous community |
ES-CM | Castilla-La Mancha | autonomous community |
ES-CL | Castilla y León | autonomous community |
ES-CT | Catalunya (ca) [Cataluña] | autonomous community |
ES-EX | Extremadura | autonomous community |
ES-GA | Galicia (gl) [Galicia] | autonomous community |
ES-IB | Illes Balears (ca) [Islas Baleares] | autonomous community |
ES-RI | La Rioja | autonomous community |
ES-MD | Madrid, Comunidad de | autonomous community |
ES-MC | Murcia, Región de | autonomous community |
ES-NC | Navarra, Comunidad Foral de / Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea (eu) | autonomous community |
ES-PV | País Vasco / Euskadi (eu) | autonomous community |
ES-VC | Valenciana, Comunidad / Valenciana, Comunitat (ca) | autonomous community |
ES-CE | Ceuta | autonomous city in North Africa |
ES-ML | Melilla | autonomous city in North Africa |
Provinces
Code | Subdivision name | In autonomous community |
---|---|---|
ES-C | A Coruña (gl) [La Coruña] | GA |
ES-VI | Álava / Araba (eu) | PV |
ES-AB | Albacete | CM |
ES-A | Alicante / Alacant (ca) | VC |
ES-AL | Almería | AN |
ES-O | Asturias | AS |
ES-AV | Ávila | CL |
ES-BA | Badajoz | EX |
ES-PM | Balears (ca) [Baleares] | IB |
ES-B | Barcelona (ca) [Barcelona] | CT |
ES-BU | Burgos | CL |
ES-CC | Cáceres | EX |
ES-CA | Cádiz | AN |
ES-S | Cantabria | CB |
ES-CS | Castellón / Castelló (ca) | VC |
ES-CR | Ciudad Real | CM |
ES-CO | Córdoba | AN |
ES-CU | Cuenca | CM |
ES-GI | Girona (ca) [Gerona] | CT |
ES-GR | Granada | AN |
ES-GU | Guadalajara | CM |
ES-SS | Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa (eu) | PV |
ES-H | Huelva | AN |
ES-HU | Huesca | AR |
ES-J | Jaén | AN |
ES-LO | La Rioja | RI |
ES-GC | Las Palmas | CN |
ES-LE | León | CL |
ES-L | Lleida (ca) [Lérida] | CT |
ES-LU | Lugo (gl) [Lugo] | GA |
ES-M | Madrid | MD |
ES-MA | Málaga | AN |
ES-MU | Murcia | MC |
ES-NA | Navarra / Nafarroa (eu) | NC |
ES-OR | Ourense (gl) [Orense] | GA |
ES-P | Palencia | CL |
ES-PO | Pontevedra (gl) [Pontevedra] | GA |
ES-SA | Salamanca | CL |
ES-TF | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | CN |
ES-SG | Segovia | CL |
ES-SE | Sevilla | AN |
ES-SO | Soria | CL |
ES-T | Tarragona (ca) [Tarragona] | CT |
ES-TE | Teruel | AR |
ES-TO | Toledo | CM |
ES-V | Valencia / València (ca) | VC |
ES-VA | Valladolid | CL |
ES-BI | Vizcaya / Bizkaia (eu) | PV |
ES-ZA | Zamora | CL |
ES-Z | Zaragoza | AR |
Changes
The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:
Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
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Newsletter I-1 | 2000-06-21 | Code elements for autonomous communities withdrawn to correct the erroneous duplicate coding of the whole Spanish territory (see 4.1.1 of ISO 3166-2). Introduction of a third column stating a regional level of subdivision which is not coded (see 4.4. c) of ISO 3166-2). Introduction of 2 alternative name forms. Correction of 1 spelling error | |
Newsletter I-2 | 2002-05-21 | Spelling correction and update in header information. Four corrections in spellings of subdivisions | Codes: Illes Balears: ES-PM → ES-IB (to correct duplicate use) ES-GE Gerona → ES-GI Girona |
Newsletter I-4 | 2002-12-10 | Error correction: Regional subdivision indicator corrected in ES-PM | |
Newsletter II-1 | 2010-02-03 (corrected 2010-02-19) |
Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, reallocation of 3166-2 alpha-2 codes to avoid duplication, update of the administrative structure, addition of names in administrative languages | Codes: (to correct duplicate use) Asturias, Principado de: ES-O → ES-AS Cantabria (autonomous community): ES-S → ES-CB La Rioja: (autonomous community): ES-LO → ES-RI Madrid, Comunidad de: ES-M → ES-MD Murcia, Región de: ES-MU → ES-MC Navarra, Comunidad Foral de: ES-NA → ES-NC |
Special territories
The following two areas not covered by European Union Customs arrangements are also exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes on the request of the World Customs Organization:
- EA Ceuta, Melilla
- IC Canary Islands
However, these codes do not correspond in any way to the ISO 3166-2 codes of the territories.
See also
- Subdivisions of Spain
- FIPS region codes of Spain
- NUTS codes of Spain
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: ES
- Provinces of Spain, Statoids.com
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