Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GBNI) 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 divisions and subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.<ref name=ISO>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The codes and structures for the United Kingdom (UK) are provided to the ISO in Geneva by the British Standards (BS) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Primary divisionsEdit

Currently for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the following primary divisions and subdivisions:

England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales

Each ISO 3166-2:GB code consists of two parts; both parts are in upper-case capital letters, and are separated by a hyphen (without spaces). The first part for the is Template:Mono, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The second part is three letters, which is the British Standard Template:Nowrap three-letter code of the individual subdivision.

Though Template:Mono is the United Kingdom's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, Template:Mono is exceptionally reserved for the United Kingdom on the request of the country (United Kingdom). Its main usage is the Template:Mono internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) and, on 28 September 2021, Template:Mono replaced Template:Mono as the official country code on motor vehicle registration plates.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Current codesEdit

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

Template:Nowrap gives alternative name forms in Welsh (Template:Mono) for some of the Welsh unitary authorities (together with alternative code elements). Since this part of ISO 3166 does not allow for duplicate coding of identical subdivisions, such alternative names in Welsh and code elements are shown for information purposes only in square brackets after the English name of the subdivision.<ref name=ISO/>

Countries and provinceEdit

code subdivision name (en-gb) subdivision type
Template:Mono Template:Flag country
Template:Mono Template:Noflag province
Template:Mono Template:Flag country
Template:Mono Template:Flag [Cymru Template:Mono] country

Wales was changed from being described as a 'principality' to being described as a 'country' in the December 2011 update to the standard. England and Scotland were maintained as 'country', and Northern Ireland was maintained as 'province'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Included for completenessEdit

code name reason
Template:Mono England and Wales legislative
Template:Mono Great Britain geographic land mass
Template:Mono United Kingdom entire entity

The codes Template:Mono, Template:Mono, and Template:Mono are only mentioned in remark part 2 in the ISO website, where they are 'included for completeness'.<ref name=ISO/>

Second-level subdivisionsEdit

code subdivision name (en-gb) subdivision
category
parent
division
Template:AnchorTemplate:Mono Cambridgeshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Cumbria two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Derbyshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Devon two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Dorset two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono East Sussex two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Essex two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Gloucestershire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Hampshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Hertfordshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Kent two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Lancashire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Leicestershire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Lincolnshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Norfolk two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono North Yorkshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Nottinghamshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Oxfordshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Somerset two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Staffordshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Suffolk two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Surrey two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Warwickshire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono West Sussex two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Worcestershire two-tier county [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:AnchorTemplate:Mono London, City of city corporation [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Barking and Dagenham London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Barnet London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bexley London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Brent London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bromley London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Camden London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Croydon London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Ealing London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Enfield London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Greenwich London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Hackney London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Hammersmith and Fulham London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Haringey London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Harrow London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Havering London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Hillingdon London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Hounslow London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Islington London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Kensington and Chelsea London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Kingston upon Thames London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Lambeth London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Lewisham London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Merton London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Newham London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Redbridge London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Richmond upon Thames London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Southwark London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Sutton London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Tower Hamlets London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Waltham Forest London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Wandsworth London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Westminster London borough [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:AnchorTemplate:Mono Barnsley metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Birmingham metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bolton metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bradford metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bury metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Calderdale metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Coventry metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Doncaster metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Dudley metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Gateshead metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Kirklees metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Knowsley metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Leeds metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Liverpool metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Manchester metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono North Tyneside metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Oldham metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Rochdale metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Rotherham metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Template:Sort metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Salford metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Sandwell metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Sefton metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Sheffield metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Solihull metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono South Tyneside metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Stockport metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Sunderland metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Tameside metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Trafford metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Wakefield metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Walsall metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Wigan metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Wirral metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Wolverhampton metropolitan district [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:AnchorTemplate:Mono Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bedford unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Blackpool unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bracknell Forest unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Brighton and Hove unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bristol, City of unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Buckinghamshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Central Bedfordshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Cheshire East unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Cornwall unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Darlington unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Derby unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Durham, County unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Halton unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Hartlepool unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Herefordshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Isle of Wight unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Isles of Scilly unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Kingston upon Hull unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Leicester unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Luton unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Medway unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Middlesbrough unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Milton Keynes unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono North East Lincolnshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono North Lincolnshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono North Northamptonshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono North Somerset unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Northumberland unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Nottingham unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Peterborough unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Plymouth unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Portsmouth unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Reading unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Rutland unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Shropshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Slough unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono South Gloucestershire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Southampton unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Southend-on-Sea unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Stoke-on-Trent unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Swindon unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Telford and Wrekin unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Thurrock unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Torbay unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Warrington unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono West Berkshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono West Northamptonshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Wiltshire unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Windsor and Maidenhead unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Wokingham unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono York unitary authority [[England|Template:Mono]]
Template:AnchorTemplate:Mono Antrim and Newtownabbey district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Ards and North Down district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Belfast City district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Causeway Coast and Glens district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Derry and Strabane district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Fermanagh and Omagh district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Lisburn and Castlereagh district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Mid and East Antrim district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Mid-Ulster district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Newry, Mourne and Down district [[Northern Ireland|Template:Mono]]
Template:AnchorTemplate:Mono Aberdeen City council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Aberdeenshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Angus council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Argyll and Bute council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Clackmannanshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Dumfries and Galloway council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Dundee City council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono East Ayrshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono East Dunbartonshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono East Lothian council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono East Renfrewshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Edinburgh, City of council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Eilean Siar council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Falkirk council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Fife council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Glasgow City council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Highland council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Inverclyde council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Midlothian council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Moray council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono North Ayrshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono North Lanarkshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Orkney Islands council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Perth and Kinross council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Renfrewshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Scottish Borders council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Shetland Islands council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono South Ayrshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono South Lanarkshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Stirling council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono West Dunbartonshire council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono West Lothian council area [[Scotland|Template:Mono]]
Template:AnchorTemplate:Mono Blaenau Gwent unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Bridgend [Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr GB-POG] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Caerphilly [Caerffili GB-CAF] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Cardiff [Caerdydd GB-CRD] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Carmarthenshire [Sir Gaerfyrddin GB-GFY] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Ceredigion [Sir Ceredigion] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Conwy unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Denbighshire [Sir Ddinbych GB-DDB] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Flintshire [Sir y Fflint GB-FFL] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Gwynedd unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Isle of Anglesey [Sir Ynys Môn GB-YNM] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Merthyr Tydfil [Merthyr Tudful GB-MTU] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Monmouthshire [Sir Fynwy GB-FYN] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Neath Port Talbot [Castell-nedd Port Talbot GB-CTL] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Newport [Casnewydd GB-CNW] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Pembrokeshire [Sir Benfro GB-BNF] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Powys unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Rhondda Cynon Taff [Rhondda CynonTaf] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Swansea [Abertawe GB-ATA] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Torfaen [Tor-faen] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Vale of Glamorgan, The [Bro Morgannwg GB-BMG] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]
Template:Mono Wrexham [Wrecsam GB-WRC] unitary authority [[Wales|Template:Mono]]

The British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Indian Ocean Territory, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, the Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands (and the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey as of 2006) have their own ISO 3166-1 codes and are not included in the United Kingdom's entry in ISO 3166-2. There are no ISO 3166-2 codes for:

ChangesEdit

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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

newsletter date issued description of change in newsletter code / subdivision change
Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap Various corrections of name forms, i.e., deletion of name adjuncts
Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap Modification of the administrative structure Subdivisions deleted:
Template:MonoChannel Islands
Template:MonoIsle of Man (see Template:Nowrap)
Template:MonoGuernsey (see Template:Nowrap)
Template:MonoJersey (see Template:Nowrap)
Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap Modification of administrative structure
Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap Update and reorganisation of the subdivision data,
update of the list source
Subdivisions added:
Template:MonoBedford
Template:MonoCentral Bedfordshire
Template:MonoCheshire East
Template:MonoCheshire West and Chester
Subdivisions deleted:
Template:MonoBedfordshire
Template:MonoCheshire
Template:MonoIsles of Scilly
Template:Nowrap Template:Nowrap
(corrected
Template:Nowrap)
NL II-2 correction for administrative name changes Status change:
Template:MonoWales principality country

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:<ref name=ISO/>

effective date of change short description of change (en-gb)
Template:Nowrap Deletion of two-tier county GB-NTH; addition of unitary authorities GB-NNH, GB-WNH; change of category name from two-tier county to unitary authority for GB-BKM; update list source.
2022-03-03 Correction of parent subdivision of GB-PEM
2021-11-25 Addition of subdivision categories country and province in eng & fra; modification of remark part 2; addition of country GB-ENG, GB-WLS, GB-SCT; addition of province GB-NIR; addition of parent subdivisions
2020-11-24 Deletion of GB-BMH, GB-POL; addition of GB-BCP; correction of spelling for GB-BFS, GB-DRS, GB-DUR, GB-MUL, GB-RCT, GB-SCB; modification of remark, part 2; update list source
2019-11-22 Change of subdivision name of GB-ABC, GB-DRS; modification of remark part 2; update list source
2015-11-27 Deletion of Northern Ireland district council areas GB-ANT, GB-ARD, GB-ARM, GB-BLA, GB-BLY, GB-BNB, GB-CKF, GB-CSR, GB-CLR, GB-CKT, GB-CGV, GB-DRY, GB-DOW, GB-DGN, GB-FER, GB-LRN, GB-LMV, GB-LSB, GB-MFT, GB-MYL, GB-NYM, GB-NTA, GB-NDN, GB-OMH, GB-STB; change of subdivision category from district council area to district GB-BFS; addition of Northern Ireland districts GB-ANN, GB-AND, GB-ABC, GB-CCG, GB-DRS, GB-FMO, GB-LBC, GB-MEA, GB-MUL, GB-NMD; update list source
2014-12-18 Alignment of the English and French short names upper and lower case with UNTERM; update of the remarks in French
2014-10-30 Re-add GB-IOS
2011-12-13 NL II-2 correction for administrative name changes
2010-06-30 Update and reorganization of the subdivision data and update of the list source

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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