ISO 3166-2:IN is the entry for
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
in
ISO 3166-2, part of the
ISO 3166 standard published by the
International Organization for Standardization
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(ISO), which defines
code
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s for the names of the principal
subdivision
Subdivision may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Subdivision (metre), in music
* ''Subdivision'' (film), 2009
* "Subdivision", an episode of ''Prison Break'' (season 2)
* ''Subdivisions'' (EP), by Sinch, 2005
* "Subdivisions" (song), by Rus ...
s (e.g.,
province
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s or
states) of all
countries
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coded in
ISO 3166-1
ISO 3166-1 (''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes'') is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It ...
.
Currently for India, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for
28 states and 8 union territories.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for India. The second part is two letters, currently used in
vehicle registration plates with some exceptions.
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Current codes
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
Notes
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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
See also
*
Subdivisions of India
The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions.
Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level ...
*
FIPS region codes of India
* Neighbouring countries:
BD,
BT,
CN,
MM,
NP,
PK
References
External links
ISO Online Browsing Platform: IN Statoids.com
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2:IN
States and union territories of India-related lists
Standards of India
Lists of subdivisions of India