ISO 3166-2:CH

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ISO 3166-2:CH is the entry for Switzerland 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.

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The abbreviation is derived from Latin name for Switzerland, Confoederatio Helvetica ("Helvetic Confederation").

Currently for Switzerland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 26 cantons.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CH, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Switzerland. The second part is two letters, currently used in vehicle registration plates.

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:

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CodeSubdivision name
CH-AGFlag of Canton of Aargau.svg  Aargau (de)
CH-ARFlag of Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.svg  Appenzell Ausserrhoden (de)
CH-AIFlag of Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.svg  Appenzell Innerrhoden (de)
CH-BLFlag of Canton of Basel Land.svg  Basel-Landschaft (de)
CH-BSFlag of Canton of Basel.svg  Basel-Stadt (de)
CH-BEFlag of Canton of Bern.svg  Bern (de), Berne (fr)
CH-FRFlag of Canton of Fribourg.svg  Fribourg (fr), Freiburg (de)
CH-GEFlag of Canton of Geneva.svg  Genève (fr)
CH-GLFlag of Canton of Glarus.svg  Glarus (de)
CH-GRFlag of Canton of Graubunden.svg  Graubünden (de), Grigioni (it), Grischun (rm)
CH-JUFlag of Canton of Jura.svg  Jura (fr)
CH-LUFlag of Canton of Lucerne.svg  Luzern (de)
CH-NEFlag of Canton of Neuchatel.svg  Neuchâtel (fr)
CH-NWFlag of Canton of Nidwalden.svg  Nidwalden (de)
CH-OWFlag of Canton of Obwalden.svg  Obwalden (de)
CH-SGFlag of Canton of Sankt Gallen.svg  Sankt Gallen (de)
CH-SHFlag of Canton of Schaffhausen.svg  Schaffhausen (de)
CH-SZFlag of Canton of Schwyz.svg  Schwyz (de)
CH-SOFlag of Canton of Solothurn.svg  Solothurn (de)
CH-TGFlag of Canton of Thurgau.svg  Thurgau (de)
CH-TIFlag of Canton of Ticino.svg  Ticino (it)
CH-URFlag of Canton of Uri.svg  Uri (de)
CH-VSFlag of Canton of Valais.svg  Valais (fr), Wallis (de)
CH-VDFlag of Canton of Vaud.svg  Vaud (fr)
CH-ZGFlag of Canton of Zug.svg  Zug (de)
CH-ZHFlag of Canton of Zurich.svg  Zürich (de)

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:

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletter
Newsletter I-5 2003-09-05Spelling correction of CH-AI and CH-AR. New list source
Online Browsing Platform (OBP) 2020-11-24Deletion of canton CH-GR in fra; Update List Source

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