Talk:ISO 3166-2:ES

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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-ANAndalucía (8)ES-ALAlmería
  ES-CACádiz
  ES-COCórdoba
  ES-GRGranada
  ES-HHuelva
  ES-JJaén
  ES-MAMálaga
  ES-SESevilla
ES-ARAragón (3)ES-HUHuesca
  ES-TETeruel
  ES-ZZaragoza
ES-OAsturias, Principado de (1)ES-OAsturias
ES-CNCanarias (2)ES-GCLas Palmas
  ES-TFSanta Cruz de Tenerife
ES-SCantabria (1)ES-SCantabria
ES-CMCastilla-La Mancha (5)ES-ABAlbacete
  ES-CRCiudad Real
  ES-CUCuenca
  ES-GUGuadalajara
  ES-TOToledo
ES-CLCastilla y León (9)ES-AVÁvila
  ES-BUBurgos
  ES-LELeón
  ES-PPalencia
  ES-SASalamanca
  ES-SGSegovia
  ES-SOSoria
  ES-VAValladolid
  ES-ZAZamora
ES-CTCataluña (4)ES-BBarcelona
  ES-GIGirona
  ES-LLleida
  ES-TTarragona
ES-EXExtremadura (2)ES-BABadajoz
  ES-CCCáceres
ES-GAGalicia (4)ES-CA Coruña
  ES-LULugo
  ES-OROurense
  ES-POPontevedra
ES-IBIlles Balears (1)ES-PMBaleares
ES-LOLa Rioja (1)ES-LOLa Rioja
ES-MMadrid, Comunidad de (1)ES-MMadrid
ES-MUMurcia, Région de (1)ES-MUMurcia
ES-NANavarra, Comunidad Foral de (1)ES-NANavarra
ES-PVPaís Vasco (3)ES-VIÁlava
  ES-SSGuipúzcoa
  ES-BIVizcaya
ES-VCValenciana, Comunidad (3)ES-AAlicante
  ES-CSCastellón
  ES-VValencia
Autonomous cities in North Africa (2):ES-CECeuta
  ES-MLMelilla

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