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 Anatolikí Makedonía kai Thráki Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
GR-I Attikí Attica Αττικής
GR-G Dytikí Elláda Western Greece Δυτικής Ελλάδας
GR-C Dytikí Makedonía Western Macedonia Δυτικής Μακεδονίας
GR-F Ionía Nísia Ionian Islands Ιονίων Νήσων
GR-D Ípeiros Epirus Ηπείρου
GR-B Kentrikí Makedonía Central Macedonia Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
GR-M Krítí Crete Κρήτης
GR-L Notío Aigaío Southern Aegean Νοτίου Αιγαίου
GR-J Peloponnísos Peloponnese Πελοποννήσου
GR-H Stereá Elláda Central Greece Στερεάς Ελλάδας
GR-E Thessalía Thessaly Θεσσαλία
GR-K Voreío Aigaío 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 Achaḯa department G
GR-01 Aitoloakarnanía department G
GR-11 Argolída department J
GR-12 Arkadía department J
GR-31 Árta department D
GR-A1 Attikí department I
GR-64 Chalkidikí department B
GR-94 Chaniá department M
GR-85 Chíos department K
GR-81 Dodekánisa department L
GR-52 Dráma department A
GR-71 Évros department A
GR-05 Evrytanía department H
GR-04 Évvoia department H
GR-63 Flórina department C
GR-07 Fokída department H
GR-06 Fthiótida department H
GR-51 Grevená department C
GR-14 Ileía department G
GR-53 Imathía department B
GR-33 Ioánnina department D
GR-91 Irakleío department M
GR-41 Kardítsa department E
GR-56 Kastoriá department C
GR-55 Kavála department A
GR-23 Kefallinía department F
GR-22 Kérkyra department F
GR-57 Kilkís department B
GR-15 Korinthía department J
GR-58 Kozáni department C
GR-82 Kykládes department L
GR-16 Lakonía department J
GR-42 Lárisa department E
GR-92 Lasíthi department M
GR-24 Lefkáda department F
GR-83 Lésvos department K
GR-43 Magnisía department E
GR-17 Messinía department J
GR-59 Pélla department B
GR-61 Piería department B
GR-34 Préveza department D
GR-93 Rethýmnis department M
GR-73 Rodópi department A
GR-84 Sámos department K
GR-62 Sérres department B
GR-32 Thesprotía department D
GR-54 Thessaloníki department B
GR-44 Tríkala department E
GR-03 Voiotía department H
GR-72 Xánthi department A
GR-21 Zákynthos department F
GR-69 Ágion Óros 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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