ISO 3166-2:BR

ISO 3166-2:BR is the entry for Brazil in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g. provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Brazil, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 federal district and 26 states. The Federal District contains the capital of the country Brasília and has special status equal to the states.

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

Current (since 1975) subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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An usual reference year for "past" in ISO 3166-2:BR and similar controlled names is 1889, the year of Proclamation of the Republic. In the "recent past" there was more 5 codes and names:

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