ISO 3166-2:CO
ISO 3166-2:CO is the entry for Colombia 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, states or ) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Colombia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 capital district and 32 departments. The capital district of Bogotá has special status equal to the departments.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CO, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Colombia. The second part is either of the following:
- two letters: capital district
- three letters: departments
Current codes[]
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
Subdivision names are sorted in traditional Spanish alphabetical order: a-c, ch, d-l, ll, m-n, ñ, o-z.
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Code | Subdivision name (es) | Local variant | Subdivision category |
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CO-DC | Distrito Capital de Bogotá | Distrito Capital | capital district |
CO-AMA | Amazonas | department | |
CO-ANT | Antioquia | department | |
CO-ARA | Arauca | department | |
CO-ATL | Atlántico | department | |
CO-BOL | Bolívar | department | |
CO-BOY | Boyacá | department | |
CO-CAL | Caldas | department | |
CO-CAQ | Caquetá | department | |
CO-CAS | Casanare | department | |
CO-CAU | Cauca | department | |
CO-CES | Cesar | department | |
CO-COR | Córdoba | department | |
CO-CUN | Cundinamarca | department | |
CO-CHO | Chocó | department | |
CO-GUA | Guainía | department | |
CO-GUV | Guaviare | department | |
CO-HUI | Huila | department | |
CO-LAG | La Guajira | department | |
CO-MAG | Magdalena | department | |
CO-MET | Meta | department | |
CO-NAR | Nariño | department | |
CO-NSA | Norte de Santander | department | |
CO-PUT | Putumayo | department | |
CO-QUI | Quindío | department | |
CO-RIS | Risaralda | department | |
CO-SAP | San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina | San Andrés | department |
CO-SAN | Santander | department | |
CO-SUC | Sucre | department | |
CO-TOL | Tolima | department | |
CO-VAC | Valle del Cauca | Valle | department |
CO-VAU | Vaupés | department | |
CO-VID | Vichada | department |
Changes[]
The following changes to the entry have been announced 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 |
---|---|---|
Newsletter I-6 | 2004-03-08 | Change of name of CO-DC |
Online Browsing Platform (OBP) |
2016-11-15 | Addition of local variation of CO-DC, CO-SAP, CO-VAC; update list source |
See also[]
- Subdivisions of Colombia
- FIPS region codes of Colombia
External links[]
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: CO
- Departments of Colombia, Statoids.com
- ISO 3166
- Departments of Colombia
- Colombia geography-related lists