ISO 3166-2:CH [SEP] standards body
ISO 3166-2:CH
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.
The abbreviation is derived from Latin name for Switzerland, "" (English: Helvetic Confederation).
Currently for Switzerland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined
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Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , 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