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RADIO SUB-COUNTRIES
An appendix to the DXIC list of Radio Countries
See here for inclusion criteria.
Main Country List found here.

For use in logs < 2.85 MHz and > 28 MHz.


North America
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
Oceania
Antarctica


 



Code
Country
  North America
AG.  Antigua & Barbuda
ATG
 • Antigua
AG10
 • Barbuda
AG11
 • Redonda
CA.  Canada
AB
 • Alberta
BC
 • British Columbia
MB
 • Manitoba
NB
 • New Brunswick
NL
 • Newfoundland & Labrador
NT
 • Northwest Territories
NS
 • Nova Scotia
NU
 • Nunavut
ON
 • Ontario
PE
 • Prince Edward Island
QC
 • Quebec
SK
 • Saskatchewan
YT
 • Yukon
GD.  Grenada
GRD
 • Grenada
GD10
 • Carriacou & Petite Martinique
MX.  Mexico
AGU
 • Aguascalientes
BCN
 • Baja California Norte
BCS  • Baja California Sur
CAM
 • Campeche
CHP
 • Chiapas
CHH
 • Chihuahua
COA
 • Coahuila
COL
 • Colima
DUR
 • Durango
GUA
 • Guanajuato
GRO
 • Guerrero
HID
 • Hidalgo
JAL
 • Jalisco
CMX
 • Mexico City
MEX
 • Mexico State
MIC
 • Michoacan
MOR
 • Morelos
NAY
 • Nayarit
NLE
 • Nuevo Leon
OAX
 • Oaxaca
PUE
 • Puebla
QUE
 • Queretaro
ROO
 • Quintana Roo
SLP
 • San Luis Potosi
SIN
 • Sinaloa
SON
 • Sonora
TAB
 • Tabasco
TAM
 • Tamaulipas
TLA
 • Tlaxcala
VER
 • Veracruz
YUC
 • Yucatan
ZAC
 • Zacatecas
NI.  Nicaragua
NCG
 • Nicaragua
AN
 • Costa Caribe Norte
AS
 • Costa Caribe Sur
KN.  St. Kitts & Nevis
K
 St. Kitts
N
 Nevis
VC.  St. Vincent & The Grenadines
VCT
 • St. Vincent
BQU
 • Bequia
CAN
 Canuoan
MAY
 Mayreau
MQS  • Mustique
UNI  • Union Island
YOU  • Young Island
TT.  Trinidad & Tobago
TRD
 • Trinidad
TOB
 • Tobago
US.
 USA
AL
 • Alabama
AZ
 • Arizona
AR
 • Arkansas
CA
 • California
CO
 • Colorado
CT
 • Connecticut
DC
 • DC  [Columbia]
DE
 • Delaware
FL
 • Florida
GA
 • Georgia
ID
 • Idaho
IL
 • Illinois
IN
 • Indiana
IA
 • Iowa
KS
 • Kansas
KY
 • Kentucky
LA
 • Louisiana
ME
 • Maine
MD
 • Maryland
MA
 • Massachusetts
MI
 • Michigan
MN
 • Minnesota
MS
 • Mississippi
MO
 • Missouri
MT
 • Montana
NE
 • Nebraska
NV
 • Nevada
NH
 • New Hampshire
NJ
 • New Jersey
NM
 • New Mexico
NY
 • New York
NC
 • North Carolina
ND
 • North Dakota
OH
 • Ohio
OK
 • Oklahoma
OR
 • Oregon
PA
 • Pennsylvania
RI
 • Rhode Island
SC
 • South Carolina
SD
 • South Dakota
TN
 • Tennessee
TX
 • Texas
UT
 • Utah
VT
 • Vermont
VA
 • Virginia
WA
 • Washington
WV
 • West Virginia
WI
 • Wisconsin
WY
 • Wyoming

  South America
AR.  Argentina
C
 • Buenos Aires City
B
 • Buenos Aires Province
K
 • Catamarca
H
 • Chaco
U
 • Chubut
X
 • Cordoba
W
 • Corrientes
E
 • Entre Rios
P
 • Formosa
Y
 • Jujuy
M
 • Mendoza
N
 • Misiones
Q
 • Neuquen
L
 • La Pampa
F
 • La Rioja
R
 • Rio Negro
A
 • Salta
J
 • San Juan
D
 • San Luis
Z
 • Santa Cruz
S
 • Santa Fe
G
 • Santiago del Estero
V
 • Tierra del Fuego
T
 • Tucuman
B.  Brazil
AC
 • Acre
AL
 • Alagoas
AP
 • Amapa
AM
 • Amazonas
BA
 • Bahia
CE
 • Ceara
DF
 • Brazilian DF  [Brazilian Federal District]
ES
 • Espirito Santo
GO
 • Goias
MA
 • Maranhano
MT
 • Mato Grosso 
MS
 • Mato Grosso do Sul
MG
 • Minas Gerais
PA
 • Para
PB  • Paraiba  
PR
 • Parana  
PE
 • Pernambuco
PI
 • Piaui
RJ
 • Rio de Janeiro  
RN
 • Rio Grande do Norte  
RS
 • Rio Grande do Sul
RO
 • Rondonnia  
RR
 • Roraima
SP
 • Sano Paulo  
SC
 • Santa Catarina
SE
 • Sergipe  
TO
 • Tocantins 
VE.  Venezuela
VEN
 • Venezuela 
W
 • Venezuelan Federal Dependencies
 
  Europe
AT.  Austria
AT1
 • Burgenland
AT2
 • Carinthia
AT3
 • Lower Austria
AT5
 • Salzburg
AT6
 • Styria
AT7
 • Tyrol
AT4
 • Upper Austria
AT9
 • Vienna
AT8
 • Vorarlberg
AZ.  Azerbaijan
AZE
 • Azerbaijan
NX
 • Nakhichevan
BE.  Belgium
BRU
 • Brussels
VLG
 • Flanders
WAL
 • Wallonia
BA.  Bosnia & Herzegovina
BIH  • Bosnia & Herzegovina
BRC  • Brczko
SRP  • Sprska
G.  Britannia
ENG  • England
NIR  • Northern Ireland
SCT  • Scotland
WLS  • Wales
F.  France
FRA  • France
6AE  • Alsace
COR  • Corsica
GE.  Georgia
GEO  Georgia
AJ  Adzharia
D.  Germany
BW  • Baden-Wuerttemberg
BY  Bavaria
BE  Berlin
BB  Brandenburg
HB  Bremen
HH  Hamburg
HE  Hesse
NI  Lower Saxony
MV  Mecklenburg-Vor Pomerania
NW
 North Rhine-Westphalia
RP  Rhineland-Palatinate
SL  Saarland
SN  Saxony
ST  Saxony-Anhalt
SH  Schleswig-Holstein
TH  Thuringia
GR.  Greece
GRC
 • Greece
GR69
 • Mount Athos
GG.  Guernsey
GGY  • Guernsey
ACI  • Alderney
I.  Italy
ITA
 • Italy
I36
 • Friuli Venezia Giula
I88
 • Sardinia
I82
 • Sicily
I32
 • Trentino-Alto Adige
I23
 • Valle d'Aosta
MD.  Moldova
MDA
 • Moldova
GA
 • Gagauz
RU.  Russia 1 
AD
 • Adygea
ARK
 • Archangel
AST
 • Astrakhan
BA
 • Bashkortostan
BEL
 • Belgorod
BRY
 • Bryansk
CE
 • Chechenya
CU
 • Chuvashia
X43
 • Crimea
DA
 • Dagestan
IN
 • Ingushetia
IVA • Ivanovo
KB
 • Kabardino-Balkaria
KGD
 • Kaliningrad
KL
 • Kalmykia
KLU
 • Kaluga
KC
 • Karachay-Cherkessia
KR
 • Karelia
KO
 • Komi
KOS
 • Kostroma
KDA
 • Krasnodar
KRS
 • Kursk 
LEN
 • Leningrad
LIP
 • Lipetsk
ME
 • Mari El
MO
 • Mordvinia
MOW
 • Moscow City
MOS
 • Moscow Oblast
MUR
 • Murmansk
NEN
 • Nenets
NIZ
 • Nizhniy Novgorod
SE
 • North Ossetia
NGR
 • Novgorod
ORL
 • Orel
ORE
 • Orenburg
PNZ
 • Penza
PER
 • Perm
PSK
 • Pskov
ROS
 • Rostov
RYA
 • Ryazan
SPE
 • St. Petersburg
SAM
 • Samara
SAR
 • Saratov
X40
 • Sebastopol
SMO
 • Smolensk
STA
 • Stravropol
TAM
 • Tambov
TA
 • Tatarstan
TUL
 • Tula
TVE
 • Tver
UD
 • Udmurtia
ULY
 • Ulyanovsk
VLA
 • Vladimir
VGG
 • Volgograd
VLG
 • Vologda
VOR
 • Voronezh
KIR
 • Vyatka
YAR
 • Yaroslavl
RS.  Serbia
SRB
 • Serbia
VO
 • Vojvodina
E.  Spain
AN
 • Andalusia
AR
 • Aragon
AS
 • Asturias
IB
 • Balearic Islands
PV
 • Basque Country
CB
 • Cantabria
CL
 • Castilla & Leon
CM
 • Castilla-La Mancha
CT • Catalonia 
CE • Ceuta
EX • Extremadura
GA • Galicia
MD
 • Madrid 
ML • Melilla
MC
 • Murcia
NC
 • Navarre
RI
 • La Rioja
VC
 • Valencia
CH. Switzerland
AG
 • Aargau
AR
 • Appenzell Ausser Rhoden
AI • Appenzell Inner Rhoden
BS
 • Basle City
BL
 • Basle Country
BE
 • Berne
FR
 • Fribourg
GE
 • Geneva
GL
 • Glarus
GR
 • Grisons
JU
 • Jura
LU • Lucerne
NE
 • Neuchastel
NW
 • Nidwalden
OW
 • Obwalden
SG
 • St. Gall
SH
 • Schaffhausen
SZ
 • Schwyz
SO
 • Solothurn
TG
 • Thurgau
TI
 • Ticino
UR
 • Uri
VS
 • Valais
VD
 • Vaud
ZG
 • Zug
ZH
 • Zurich
 1 excl. Siberia, Far East & Ural. (see under Asia)

 Africa
KM.  Comoros
A
 • Anjouan
G
 • Grand Comore
M
 • Moheli
ET.  Ethiopia
AA
 • Addis Ababa
AF
 Afar
AM
 Amara
BE
 Benhangul-Gumaz
DD
 Diredawa
GA
 Gambela
HA
 Harari
OR
 Oromia
SI
 Sidama
SO
 Ethiopian Somalia
SN
 South Nations
SW
 South-West Ethiopia
TI
 Tigray
MU.  Mauritius
MAU
 Mauritius
AG
 Agalega
CC
 St. Brandon
NG.  Nigeria
AB
 Abia
FC
 Abuja
AD
 Adamawa
AK
 Akwa Ibom
AN
 Anambra
BA
 Bauchi
BY
 Bayelsa
BE
 Benue
BO
 Borno
CR
 Cross River
DE
 Delta
EB
 Ebonyi
ED
 Edo
EK
 Ekiti
EN
 Enugu
GO
 Gombe
IM
 Imo
JI
 Jigawa
KD
 Kaduna
KN
 Kano
KT
 Katsina
KE
 Kebbi
KO
 Kogi
KW
 Kwara
LA
 Lagos
NA
 Nasarawa
NI
 Niger State
OG
 Ogun
ON
 Ondo
OS
 Osun
OY
 Oyo
PL
 Plateau
RI
 Rivers
SO
 Sokoto
TA
 Taraba
YO
 Yobe
ZA
 Zamfara
ST.  S. Tome & Principe
S
 S. Tome
P
 Principe
ZA.  South Africa
EC
 Eastern Cape
FS
 Free State
GP
 Gauteng
KZN
 Kwazulu Natal
LP
 Limpopo
MP
 Mpumalanga
NC
 Northern Cape
NW
 North-West Province
WC
 Western Cape
TZ.  Tanzania
TGK
 Tanganyika
ZAN
 Zanzibar

 Asia
CN.  China
CHN
 China
GX
 • Guangxi
NM
 Inner Mongolia
NX
 Ningxia Hui
XZ
 Tibet
XJ
 Xinjiang Uygur
AE.  Emirati Arabia
AZ
 Abu Dhabi
AJ
 Ajman
DU
 Dubai
FU
 Fujairah
RK
 Ras al-Khaimah
SH
 Sharjah
UQ  Umm al Qaiwain
IN.  India
AN  Andaman & Nicobar Islands
AP  Andhra Pradesh
AR
 Arunachal Pradesh
AS
 Assam
BR
 Bihar
CH
 Chandigarh
CT
 Chhattisgarh
DH
 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
DL
 Delhi
GA
 Goa
GJ
 Gujarat
HR
 Haryana
HP
 Himachal Pradesh
JK
 Jammu & Kashmir
JH
 Jharkland
KA
 Karnataka
KL
 Kerala
LA
 Ladakh
LD
 Lakshadweep
MP
 Madhya Pradesh
MH
  Maharashtra
MN
 Manipur
ML
 Meghalaya
MZ
 Mizoram
NL
 Nagaland
OR
 Odisha
PY
 • Puducherry
PB
 • Indian Punjab
RJ
 Rajasthan
SK
 Sikkim
TN
 Tamil Nadu
TG
 Telangana
TR
 Tripura
UT
  Uttarakhand
UP
 Uttar Pradesh
WB
 West Bengal
ID.  Indonesia
INS
 Indonesia
YO
 Yogyakarta
IQ.  Iraq
IRQ
 Iraq
KR
 Kurdistan
KR.  Korea
KOR
 Korea
KR49
 • Cheju
MY.  Malaysia
W
 Kuala Lumpur
MY16
 Putrajaya
J
 Johor
K
 Kedah
D
 Kelantan
M
 Melaka
N
 Negeri Sembilan
C
 Pahang
P
 Penang
A
 Perak
R
 Perlis
B
 Selangor
T
 Trengganu
NP.  Nepal  
P3
 Bagmati
P4
 • Gandaki
P5
 • Lumbini
P6
 • Karnali
P1
 • Koshi
P2
 • Madesh
P7
 • Sudur Pashchim
PK. Pakistan
JK • Azad Jammu & Kashmir
BA • Baluchistan
GB • Gilgit-Baltistan
IS • Islamabad
KP • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PB • Punjab
SD • Sind
PH. Pilipinas
PHL
 Pilipinas
PH14  Muslim Mindinao
NB.
 Sabah & Labuan
SA
  Sabah
L
  Labuan
RA. Siberia, Far East & Ural
AL
 Altai Republic
ALT
 Altai Territory
AMU
 Amur
BU
 Buryatia
CHE
 Chelyabinsk
CHU
 Chukot
IRK
 Irkutsk
YEV
 Jewish Oblast
KAM
 Kamchatka
KEM
 Kemerovo
KHA
 Khabarovsk
KK
 Khakassia
KHM
 Khanty-Mansiysk
KYA
 Krasnoyarsk
KGN
 Kurgan
MAG
 Magadan
NVS
 Novosibirsk
PRI
 Primorye
SAK
 Sakhalin
SVE
 • Sverdlovsk
TOM
 Tomsk
TY
 Tuva
TYU
 Tyumen
SA
 • Yakutia
YAN
 Yamal-Nenets
ZAB
 Zabaykalsky
TJ. Tajikistan
TJK
 Tajikistan
GB
 Gorno-Badakhshan
UZ. Uzbekistan
UZB
 Uzbekistan
QR
 • Karakalpakstan
 
 Oceania
AU.  Australia
ACT
 • ACT  [Australian Capital]
JBT
 Jervis Bay
NSW
 New South Wales
NT
 Northern Territory
QLD
 Queensland
SA
 South Australia
TAS
 Tasmania
VIC
 Victoria
WA
 Western Australia
CK.  Cook Islands
CKH
 Cook Islands
AIT
 Aitutaki
PYE
 Penrhyn
FJ.  Fiji
FJI
 • Fiji
R
 • Rotuma
FM.  Micronesia
KSA
 • Kosrae
PNI
 • Pohnpei
TRK
 • Truk
YAP
 • Yap
NZ.  New Zealand
NZL
 • New Zealand
CIT
 • Chatham Islands
PG.  Papua New Guinea
PNG
 • Papua New Guinea
NSB
 • Bougainville
TO.  Tonga
TON
 • Tonga
NFO
 • Niuafo'ou

 Antarctica
 
 nil



Maintained by William R. Hepburn.
Disclaimer : This list is in not meant to depict de jure or de facto territories.


Additional Sub-Countries included :
1) Forum of Federations : 'Map of Federal Countries', their provinces, states, etc.
2) UPU : Postage-Stamp Issuing Entities
3) ISO 3166-2 : Dependencies, Autonomous Units and Republics
4) United Nations : Headquarters.


Sub-countries are listed under their associated ITU country.

There is no attempt to list defunct sub-countries here, as they are too numerous. Sub-countries will be added and deleted as their status changes. Using a current list gives all DXers (rookie and veteran) a chance to DX the same # of sub-countries, look forward to DXing new sub-countries, or lament the loss of a deleted sub-country.

Sub-country names derived from English name translations, generally matching those found in the Oxford Dictionary of the World.
Sub-country names do not include government type except in the case of duplicate sub-country names.

Sub-country codes are generally chosen in the order shown above from 1) to 7) of the main Country List, see here, but there are exceptions.
Number-only codes are prefixed by a country code.
In some cases there are no known official codes and thus unofficial codes were designated by DXIC.

Usage : Usage of codes depends on your preference. Sub-country codes can be used alone or in conjunction with a country prefix. Example : Quebec can coded as QC or CA.QC.


 Record of Changes
2024-04-03 
 ACIT Ashmore & Cartier Islands and CSIT Coral Sea Islands promoted to country list as ACI and CSI respectively due to new
   country criteria added (US.CIA list).
 Mount Athos code changed to GR69 to match ISO 3166-2.
 United Nations sub-countries deleted to reflect unified stamp country "UN".
2024-04-01 
 "-" replaced by "." as a code separator.
2024-03-11 
 Tanzania added, as it is officially a "United Republic".


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