ISO 3166-2:TW

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ISO 3166-2:TW is the entry for

states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1
.

ISO 3166-2:TW defines codes for the subdivisions of

government of the People's Republic of China, which resides in Beijing, also claims these islands but considers ROC-held Fujian islands of Kinmen and Matsu to be within its Fujian Province,[4] not its nominal Taiwan Province (ISO 3166-2 code: CN-TW
).

Currently ISO 3166-2:TW lists 13

Republic of China (Taiwan)
.

Format

Current codes

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

ISO 3166-2:TW since 2015-11-27
Code Subdivision name (zh)
(conventional names)
Subdivision name (zh)
[note 1]
Subdivision category
TW-CHA Changhua 彰化 county
TW-CYI Chiayi 嘉義 city
TW-CYQ Chiayi 嘉義 county
TW-HSZ Hsinchu 新竹 city
TW-HSQ Hsinchu 新竹 county
TW-HUA Hualien 花蓮 county
TW-KHH Kaohsiung 高雄 special municipality
TW-KEE Keelung 基隆 city
TW-KIN Kinmen 金門 county
TW-LIE
Lienchiang
連江 county
TW-MIA Miaoli 苗栗 county
TW-NAN Nantou 南投 county
TW-NWT
New Taipei
新北 special municipality
TW-PEN
Penghu
澎湖 county
TW-PIF Pingtung 屏東 county
TW-TXG Taichung 臺中 special municipality
TW-TNN Tainan 臺南 special municipality
TW-TPE Taipei 臺北 special municipality
TW-TTT Taitung 臺東 county
TW-TAO Taoyuan 桃園 special municipality
TW-ILA Yilan 宜蘭 county
TW-YUN Yunlin 雲林 county
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, Chinese name in Chinese script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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.

Changes to ISO 3166-2:TW on 2002-12-10 when Kinmen and Matsu were not yet coded
Newsletter/OBP Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-4 2002-12-10 Error correction: Duplicate use of six code elements corrected. Subdivision categories in header re-sorted

Codes: (to correct duplicate use)

  • Chiayi (district): TW-CYITW-CYQ
  • Hsinchu (district): TW-HSZTW-HSQ
  • Kaohsiung (district): TW-KHHTW-KHQ
  • Taichung (district): TW-TXGTW-TXQ
  • Tainan (district): TW-TNNTW-TNQ
  • Taipei
    (district): TW-TPETW-TPQ
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Platform (OBP)
2015-11-27 Addition of category name for special municipality in zho; change of spelling of TW-ILA; deletion of districts TW-KHQ, TW-TNQ, TW-TPQ, TW-TXQ; addition of districts TW-KIN, TW-LIE and special municipality TW-NWT; change of subdivision category from municipalities to special municipalities for TW-TXG, TW-TNN; change of subdivision category from district to special municipality for TW-TAO; update List Source.

Subdivision added:

  • Kinmen (district): TW-KIN
  • Lienchiang
    (district): TW-LIE
  • New Taipei
    (special municipality): TW-NWT

Subdivision deleted:

Subdivision category changed:

  • Taoyuan (TW-TAO): district → special municipality
  • Tainan (TW-TNN): municipality → special municipality
  • Taichung (TW-TXG): municipality → special municipality
2016-11-15 Change of subdivision category from municipality to city and district to county; update List Source
  • (each) district → county
  • (each) municipality → city

See also

References

  1. ^ "ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions: TW". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2020-08-26. Local short name Taiwan
  2. ^ "ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions: TW". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2020-08-26. Short name TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
  3. ^ "ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions: TW". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2020-08-26. Short name lower case Taiwan (Province of China)
  4. ^ "中国的岛屿乡镇一览" [China's Insular Townships at a Glance] (in Simplified Chinese). Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2020-01-31. 六.福建省……连江县(台湾当局只控制了马祖列岛……)……金门县(全县台湾当局控制……)

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