ISO 3166-2:GB
Code Subdivision name ( en ) Subdivision category Parent subdivision
GB-BKM Buckinghamshire two-tier county ENG
GB-CAM Cambridgeshire two-tier county ENG
GB-CMA Cumbria two-tier county ENG
GB-DBY Derbyshire two-tier county ENG
GB-DEV Devon two-tier county ENG
GB-DOR Dorset two-tier county ENG
GB-ESX East Sussex two-tier county ENG
GB-ESS Essex two-tier county ENG
GB-GLS Gloucestershire two-tier county ENG
GB-HAM Hampshire two-tier county ENG
GB-HRT Hertfordshire two-tier county ENG
GB-KEN Kent two-tier county ENG
GB-LAN Lancashire two-tier county ENG
GB-LEC Leicestershire two-tier county ENG
GB-LIN Lincolnshire two-tier county ENG
GB-NFK Norfolk two-tier county ENG
GB-NYK North Yorkshire two-tier county ENG
GB-NTH Northamptonshire two-tier county ENG
GB-NTT Nottinghamshire two-tier county ENG
GB-OXF Oxfordshire two-tier county ENG
Current codes -- Second-level subdivisions
ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry for the United Kingdom 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 codes and structures used are provided to the ISO by British Standards and the Office for National Statistics. Currently for the United Kingdom, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the following subdivisions:
The four constituent parts of the United Kingdom are described as either country (England, Wales and Scotland) or province (Northern Ireland). Three other geopolitical terms are included in the standard and designated nations (formerly included for completeness):
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom. The second part is three letters, which is the British Standard BS 6879 three-letter code of the subdivision. Though is the United Kingdom's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, is exceptionally reserved for the United Kingdom on the request of the country. Its main usage is the .uk internet ccTLD.