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 the names of their capital cities rather than their own names:
- Álava/Araba (ES-VI): Vitoria
- Asturias (ES-O): Oviedo
- Illes Balears (ES-PM): Palma
- Cantabria (ES-S): Santander
- Gipuzkoa (ES-SS): San Sebastián
- La Rioja (ES-LO): Logroño
- Las Palmas (ES-GC): Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- 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:
Except where noted, the names given are in Spanish (Castilian). In autonomous communities and provinces where any of the regional languages is the sole official language of toponymy, the Spanish name is given in square brackets for information. In subdivisions where both a regional language and Spanish are co-oficial languages of toponymy, both names are listed vertically.
Autonomous communities; autonomous cities in Spain
| Code | Subdivision name (es) [note 1] |
Subdivision name (en) [note 2] |
Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|---|
| ES-AN | Template:Country data Andalucía | Andalusia | autonomous community |
| ES-AR | Template:Country data Aragón | Aragon | autonomous community |
| ES-AS | Template:Country data Principado de Asturias | Principality of Asturias | autonomous community |
| ES-CN | Template:Country data Canarias | Canary Islands | autonomous community |
| ES-CB | Template:Country data Cantabria | Cantabria | autonomous community |
| ES-CL | Template:Country data Castilla y León | Castile and León | autonomous community |
| ES-CM | Castilla La Mancha Template:Country data Castilla-La Mancha
|
Castile-La Mancha | autonomous community |
| ES-CT | Template:Country data Catalunya (ca) [Cataluña] | Catalonia | autonomous community |
| ES-CE | Template:Country data Ceuta | Ceuta | autonomous city in North Africa |
| ES-EX |  Extremadura
|
Extremadura | autonomous community |
| ES-GA |  Galicia (gl) [Galicia]
|
Galicia | autonomous community |
| ES-IB | Template:Country data Illes Balears (ca) [Islas Baleares] | Balearic Islands | autonomous community |
| ES-RI | Template:Country data La Rioja (Spain) | La Rioja | autonomous community |
| ES-MD | Template:Country data Comunidad de Madrid | Community of Madrid | autonomous community |
| ES-ML | Template:Country data Melilla | Melilla | autonomous city in North Africa |
| ES-MC | Template:Country data Región de Murcia | Region of Murcia | autonomous community |
| ES-NC | Template:Country data Comunidad Foral de Navarra Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea (eu) |
Chartered Community of Navarre | autonomous community |
| ES-PV | Template:Country data País Vasco Euskal Herria (eu) |
Basque Country | autonomous community |
| ES-VC | Template:Country data Comunitat Valenciana Valenciana, Comunitat (ca) |
Valencian Community | autonomous community |
- Notes
Provinces
| Code | Subdivision name (es) | In autonomous community |
|---|---|---|
| ES-C | A Coruña (gl) [La Coruña] | GA |
| ES-VI | Alava Álava
|
PV |
| ES-AB | Albacete | CM |
| ES-A | Alicante Alacant (ca) |
VC |
| ES-AL | Almería | AN |
| ES-O | Asturias | AS |
| ES-AV | Avila Ávila
|
CL |
| ES-BA | Badajoz | EX |
| ES-B | Barcelona (ca) [Barcelona] | CT |
| ES-BI | Bizkaia (eu) | PV |
| ES-BU | Burgos | CL |
| ES-CC | Caceres Cáceres
|
EX |
| ES-CA | Cadiz Cádiz
|
AN |
| ES-S | Cantabria | CB |
| ES-CS | Castellón Castelló (ca) |
VC |
| ES-CR | Ciudad Real | CM |
| ES-CO | Cordoba Córdoba
|
AN |
| ES-CU | Cuenca | CM |
| ES-SS | Gipuzkoa (eu) | PV |
| ES-GI | Girona (ca) [Gerona] | CT |
| ES-GR | Granada | AN |
| ES-GU | Guadalajara | CM |
| ES-H | Huelva | AN |
| ES-HU | Huesca | AR |
| ES-PM | Illes Balears (ca) [Islas Baleares] | IB |
| 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 | Malaga 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-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2020-11-24 | Change of subdivision name of ES-PM; Update List Source; Correction of the Code Source |
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
- Neighbouring countries: AD, FR, GI, MA, PT
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: ES
- Provinces of Spain, Statoids.com
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