ISO 3166-2:HN is the entry for Honduras

Honduras

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

ISO 3166

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 standard

Standardization

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 published by the International Organization for Standardization

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 (ISO), which defines code

Code

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

Province

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s or states) of all countries

Country

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

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.

Currently for Honduras, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 18 departments.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is HN, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 code of Honduras. The second part is two letters.

Current codes

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

Subdivision names are sorted in traditional Spanish alphabetical order: a-c, ch, d-l, ll, m-n, ñ, o-z.

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Code	Subdivision name
HN-AT	Atlántida
HN-CL	Colón
HN-CM	Comayagua
HN-CP	Copán
HN-CR	Cortés
HN-CH
HN-EP	El Paraíso
HN-FM	Francisco Morazán
HN-GD	Gracias a Dios
HN-IN	Intibucá
HN-IB	Islas de la Bahía
HN-LP	La Paz
HN-LE	Lempira
HN-OC	Ocotepeque
HN-OL	Olancho
HN-SB	Santa Bárbara
HN-VA	Valle
HN-YO	Yoro

See also

• Subdivisions of Honduras
• FIPS region codes of Honduras

External links

• Departments of Honduras, Statoids.com