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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