ISO 3166-2:TW
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
- Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is TW, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Taiwan. The second part is three letters.
- The divisions in the list are categorized in three types:
- Cities: Romanized as shih (市) and formerly called "municipalities" in ISO 3166-2. The divisions carry City (市) in their official names.
- Counties: Romanized as hsien (縣) and formerly called "districts" in ISO 3166-2. The divisions carry County (縣) in their official names.
- Special municipalities: Romanized as chih-hsia-shih (直轄市). The divisions also carry City (市) in their official names.
- Taiwan is currently assigned the ISO 3166-2 code CN-TW under ISO 3166-2:CN, as China solely claims it as a province of China.
Current codes
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
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
- ^ 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.
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) |
Online Browsing 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:
Subdivision deleted: Subdivision category changed: |
2016-11-15 | Change of subdivision category from municipality to city and district to county; update List Source |
|
See also
References
- ^ "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
- ^ "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
- ^ "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)
- ^ "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.
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External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: TW
- Counties of Taiwan, Statoids.com