ISO 3166-2:GR

Main article: ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2:GR is the entry for Greece 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 Greece, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

The departments (also called prefectures) were abolished in 2011, and were replaced approximately by regional units.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is GR, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Greece. The second part is either of the following:

For the departments and self-governed part, the first digit or letter indicates the geographical region where the subdivision is in:

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Administrative regions

Code Subdivision name (el)
(ELOT 743)		 Subdivision Name (en)
[note 1]		 Subdivision Name (el)
[note 2]
GR-A Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
GR-I Attiki Attica Αττικής
GR-G Dytiki Ellada Western Greece Δυτικής Ελλάδας
GR-C Dytiki Makedonia Western Macedonia Δυτικής Μακεδονίας
GR-F Ionia Nisia Ionian Islands Ιονίων Νήσων
GR-D Ipeiros Epirus Ηπείρου
GR-B Kentriki Makedonia Central Macedonia Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
GR-M Kriti Crete Κρήτης
GR-L Notio Aigaio Southern Aegean Νοτίου Αιγαίου
GR-J Peloponnisos Peloponnese Πελοποννήσου
GR-H Sterea Ellada Central Greece Στερεάς Ελλάδας
GR-E Thessalia Thessaly Θεσσαλία
GR-K Voreio Aigaio Northern Aegean Βορείου Αιγαίου
Notes
  1. ↑ For reference only, English Name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ↑ For reference only, Greek Name in Greek alphabet not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Departments and self-governed part

Code Subdivision name Subdivision category In administrative region
GR-13 Achaïa department G
GR-01 Aitolia kai Akarnania department G
GR-11 Argolida department J
GR-12 Arkadia department J
GR-31 Arta department D
GR-A1 Attiki department I
GR-64 Chalkidiki department B
GR-94 Chania department M
GR-85 Chios department K
GR-81 Dodekanisos department L
GR-52 Drama department A
GR-71 Evros department A
GR-05 Evrytania department H
GR-04 Evvoia department H
GR-63 Florina department C
GR-07 Fokida department H
GR-06 Fthiotida department H
GR-51 Grevena department C
GR-14 Ileia department G
GR-53 Imathia department B
GR-33 Ioannina department D
GR-91 Irakleio department M
GR-41 Karditsa department E
GR-56 Kastoria department C
GR-55 Kavala department A
GR-23 Kefallonia department F
GR-22 Kerkyra department F
GR-57 Kilkis department B
GR-15 Korinthia department J
GR-58 Kozani department C
GR-82 Kyklades department L
GR-16 Lakonia department J
GR-42 Larisa department E
GR-92 Lasithi department M
GR-24 Lefkada department F
GR-83 Lesvos department K
GR-43 Magnisia department E
GR-17 Messinia department J
GR-59 Pella department B
GR-61 Pieria department B
GR-34 Preveza department D
GR-93 Rethymno department M
GR-73 Rodopi department A
GR-84 Samos department K
GR-62 Serres department B
GR-32 Thesprotia department D
GR-54 Thessaloniki department B
GR-44 Trikala department E
GR-03 Voiotia department H
GR-72 Xanthi department A
GR-21 Zakynthos department F
GR-69 Agio Oros self-governed part —

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
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, addition of names in administrative languages Codes:
format changed (see below)

Codes changed in Newsletter II-1

Before After Subdivision name
GR-I GR-A Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki
GR-IX GR-I Attiki
GR-VII GR-G Dytiki Ellada
GR-III GR-C Dytiki Makedonia
GR-VI GR-F Ionia Nisia
GR-IV GR-D Ipeiros
GR-II GR-B Kentriki Makedonia
GR-XIII GR-M Kriti
GR-XII GR-L Notio Aigaio
GR-X GR-J Peloponnisos
GR-VIII GR-H Sterea Ellada
GR-V GR-E Thessalia
GR-XI GR-K Voreio Aigaio

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