Talk:ISO 3166-2:ES

Should the "Autonomous communities" be included on this page? The codes don't seem to fit the format, although they are mentioned on the ISO newsletters. --Phil | Talk 11:15, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)

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In Spain, Spanish is everywhere an official language, there are no regions where the regional language is the sole official language. They are co-official.

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The page is just wrong, as is the page for Albania (and maybe others). The codes do fit the format, it is simply that in some cases 3166-2 describes a hierarchy and in those cases the top level codes are shown stripped of their country prefix.

3166-2:ES describes three types of entity. autonomous communities, provinces categorised by autonomous community, and African cities.

Sorted alphabetically by province within community, the correct situation for Spain is:

Autonomous Community (#provinces)		Province(s)
ES-AN	Andalucía (8)	ES-AL	Almería
		ES-CA	Cádiz
		ES-CO	Córdoba
		ES-GR	Granada
		ES-H	Huelva
		ES-J	Jaén
		ES-MA	Málaga
		ES-SE	Sevilla
ES-AR	Aragón (3)	ES-HU	Huesca
		ES-TE	Teruel
		ES-Z	Zaragoza
ES-O	Asturias, Principado de (1)	ES-O	Asturias
ES-CN	Canarias (2)	ES-GC	Las Palmas
		ES-TF	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
ES-S	Cantabria (1)	ES-S	Cantabria
ES-CM	Castilla-La Mancha (5)	ES-AB	Albacete
		ES-CR	Ciudad Real
		ES-CU	Cuenca
		ES-GU	Guadalajara
		ES-TO	Toledo
ES-CL	Castilla y León (9)	ES-AV	Ávila
		ES-BU	Burgos
		ES-LE	León
		ES-P	Palencia
		ES-SA	Salamanca
		ES-SG	Segovia
		ES-SO	Soria
		ES-VA	Valladolid
		ES-ZA	Zamora
ES-CT	Cataluña (4)	ES-B	Barcelona
		ES-GI	Girona
		ES-L	Lleida
		ES-T	Tarragona
ES-EX	Extremadura (2)	ES-BA	Badajoz
		ES-CC	Cáceres
ES-GA	Galicia (4)	ES-C	A Coruña
		ES-LU	Lugo
		ES-OR	Ourense
		ES-PO	Pontevedra
ES-IB	Illes Balears (1)	ES-PM	Baleares
ES-LO	La Rioja (1)	ES-LO	La Rioja
ES-M	Madrid, Comunidad de (1)	ES-M	Madrid
ES-MU	Murcia, Région de (1)	ES-MU	Murcia
ES-NA	Navarra, Comunidad Foral de (1)	ES-NA	Navarra
ES-PV	País Vasco (3)	ES-VI	Álava
		ES-SS	Guipúzcoa
		ES-BI	Vizcaya
ES-VC	Valenciana, Comunidad (3)	ES-A	Alicante
		ES-CS	Castellón
		ES-V	Valencia
Autonomous cities in North Africa (2):		ES-CE	Ceuta
		ES-ML	Melilla

Note that with the exception of the Balearics (IB/PM), whenever a Community maps to a single province the upper and lower level codes are the same. Additionally the above table shows the correct labels which are also a key part of the Standard!

Hope that helps. Can somebody please rewrite the article accordingly? Chris Dent