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A country list for LW - MW - VHF - UHF DXers
VLF-SW Country List found here.
 
See here for inclusion criteria.
Non-ITU/ISO country codes are highlighted in red.

North America
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
Oceania
Antarctica


 



Code
Country
  North America
ALS
 Alaska
AIA
 Anguilla

 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
ATG
 • Antigua
A10
 • Barbuda
A11
 • Redonda
ABW
 Aruba
BAH
 Bahamas
BRB
 Barbados
BLZ
 Belize
BER
 Bermuda
VRG
 British Virgin Islands

 CANADA
AB.C
 • Alberta
BC.C
 • British Columbia
MB.C
 • Manitoba
NB.C
 • New Brunswick
TRN
NL.C
 • Newfoundland & Labrador
NT.C
 • Northwest Territories
NS.C
 • Nova Scotia
NU.C
 • Nunavut
ON.C
 • Ontario
PE.C
 • Prince Edward Island
QC.C
 • Quebec
SK.C
 • Saskatchewan
YT.C
 • Yukon
BES
 Caribbean Netherlands
CYM  Cayman Islands
CPT
 Clipperton Island
CTR
 Costa Rica
CUB
 Cuba
CUW
 Curazao
DMA
 Dominica
DOM  Dominicana
GRL
 Greenland

 GRENADA
GRD
 • Grenada
G10
 • Carriacou & Petite Martinique
GLP
 Guadeloupe
CG7
 Guantanamo Bay
GTM
 Guatemala
HTI  Haiti
HND
 Honduras
JMC
 Jamaica
MRT
 Martinique

 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
MSR
 Montserrat
XNV
 Navassa Island

 NICARAGUA
NCG
 • Nicaragua
AN.N
 • Costa Caribe Norte
AS.N
 • Costa Caribe Sur
PNR
 Panama
PTR
 Puerto Rico
BLM
 St. Barthelemy

 ST. KITTS & NEVIS
K.KN
 St. Kitts
N.KN
 Nevis
LCA
 Saint Lucia
MAF
 Saint Martin
SPM
 St. Pierre & Miquelon

 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
VCT
 • St. Vincent
VC6
 • Bequia
XCA
 Canuoan
XMA
 Mayreau
XMQ  • Mustique
XUI  • Union Island
XYO  • Young Island
SLV
 El Salvador
SXM
 Sint Maarten
SWN
 Swan Islands

 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
TRD
 • Trinidad
TOB
 • Tobago
TCA
 Turks & Caicos
XUN
 UN 1

 USA
AL.U
 • Alabama
AZ.U
 • Arizona
AR.U
 • Arkansas
CA.U
 • California
CO.U  • Colorado
CT.U  • Connecticut
DC.U  • DC
DE.U  • Delaware
FL.U  • Florida
GA.U  • Georgia
ID.U  • Idaho
IL.U  • Illinois
IN.U  • Indiana
IA.U  • Iowa
KS.U  • Kansas
KY.U  • Kentucky
LA.U  • Louisiana
ME.U  • Maine
MD.U  • Maryland
MA.U  • Massachusetts
MI.U  • Michigan
MN.U  • Minnesota
MS.U  • Mississippi
MO.U  • Missouri
MT.U  • Montana
NE.U  • Nebraska
NV.U  • Nevada
NH.U  • New Hampshire
NJ.U  • New Jersey
NM.U  • New Mexico
NY.U  • New York
NC.U  • North Carolina
ND.U  • North Dakota
OH.U  • Ohio
OK.U  • Oklahoma
OR.U  • Oregon
PA.U  • Pennsylvania
RI.U  • Rhode Island
SC.U  • South Carolina
SD.U  • South Dakota
TN.U  • Tennessee
TX.U  • Texas
UT.U  • Utah
VT.U  • Vermont
VA.U  • Virginia
WA.U  • Washington
WV.U  • West Virginia
WI.U  • Wisconsin
WY.U  • Wyoming
VIR
 Virgin Islands
 1 stations with 4UY call signs in New York (also see entry under Europe). XUN counts as one entity.

  South America

 ARGENTINA
C.AR
 • Buenos Aires City
B.AR
 • Buenos Aires Province
K.AR
 • Catamarca
H.AR
 • Chaco
U.AR
 • Chubut
X.AR  • Cordoba
W.AR
 • Corrientes
E.AR
 • Entre Rios
P.AR
 • Formosa
Y.AR
 • Jujuy
M.AR
 • Mendoza
N.AR
 • Misiones
Q.AR
 • Neuquen
L.AR
 • La Pampa
F.AR
 • La Rioja
R.AR
 • Rio Negro
A.AR
 • Salta
J.AR
 • San Juan
D.AR
 • San Luis
Z.AR
 • Santa Cruz
S.AR
 • Santa Fe
G.AR
 • Santiago del Estero
V.AR
 • Tierra del Fuego
T.AR
 • Tucuman
BOL
 Bolivia

 BRAZIL
AC.B
 • Acre
AL.B  • Alagoas
AP.B  • Amapa
AM.B  • Amazonas
BA.B  • Bahia
CE.B  • Ceara
DF.B  • Brazilian DF
ES.B  • Espirito Santo
GO.B  • Goias
MA.B  • Maranhao
MT.B  • Mato Grosso 
MS.B  • Mato Grosso do Sul
MG.B  • Minas Gerais
PA.B  • Para
PB.B • Paraiba  
PR.B  • Parana  
PE.B  • Pernambuco
PI.B  • Piaui
RJ.B  • Rio de Janeiro  
RN.B  • Rio Grande do Norte  
RS.B  • Rio Grande do Sul
RO.B  • Rondonia  
RR.B  • Roraima
SC.B  • Santa Catarina
SP.B  • S. Paulo
SE.B  • Sergipe  
TO.B  • Tocantins 
CHL
 Chile
CLM
 Colombia
EQA
 Ecuador
FLK
 Falkland Islands
GUF
 French Guyana
GUY
 Guyana
PRG
 Paraguay
PRU
 Peru
SUR
 Suriname
URG
 Uruguay

 VENEZUELA
Z.VE
 • Venezuelan Amazonas 
B.VE
 • Anzoategui 
C.VE
 • Apure
D.VE
 • Aragua
E.VE
 • Barinas
F.VE
 • Bolivar
A.VE
 • Venezuelan Capital 
G.VE
 • Carabobo 
H.VE
 • Cojedes
Y.VE
 • Delta Amacuro
I.VE
 • Falcon
W.VE
 • Federal Dependencies
X.VE
 • La Guaira
J.VE
 • Guarico
K.VE
 • Lara
L.VE
 • Merida 
M.VE
 • Miranda
N.VE
 • Monagas
O.VE
 • Nueva Esparta
P.VE
 • Portuguesa
R.VE
 • Sucre
S.VE
 • Tachira
T.VE
 • Trujuillo
U.VE
 • Yaracuy
V.VE
 • Zulia

  Europe
ALA
 Aaland
XAB
 Abkhazia
ALB
 Albania
AND
 Andorra
ARM
 Armenia

 AUSTRIA
AT1
 • Burgenland
AT2
 • Carinthia
AT3
 • Lower Austria
AT5
 • Salzburg
AT6
 • Styria
AT7
 • Tyrol
AT4
 • Upper Austria
AT9
 • Vienna
AT8
 • Vorarlberg

 AZERBAIJAN
AZE
 • Azerbaijan
NX.A
 • Nakhichevan
AZR
 Azores
BLR
 Belarus

 BELGIUM
BRU
 • Brussels
VLG
 • Flanders
WAL
 • Wallonia

 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
BIH  • Bosnia & Herzegovina
BRC  • Brczko
SRP  • Sprska

 BRITANNIA
ENG  • England
NIR  • Northern Ireland
SCT  • Scotland
WLS  • Wales
BUL
 Bulgaria
HRV
 Croatia
CZE
 Czechia
DNK
 Denmark
IRL
 Éire
EST
 Estonia
FRO
 Faero Islands
FIN
 Finland

 FRANCE
FRA  • France
6AE  • Alsace
COR  • Corsica

 GEORGIA
GEO  Georgia
AJ.G  Adzharia

 GERMANY
BW.D  • Baden-Wuerttemberg
BY.D  Bavaria
BE.D  Berlin
BB.D  Brandenburg
HB.D  Bremen
HH.D  Hamburg
HE.D  Hesse
NI.D  Lower Saxony
MV.D  Mecklenburg-Vor Pomerania
NW.D  North Rhine-Westphalia
RP.D  Rhineland-Palatinate
SAR
SL.D
 Saarland
SN.D  Saxony
ST.D  Saxony-Anhalt
SH.D  Schleswig-Holstein
TH.D  Thuringia
GIB
 Gibraltar

 GREECE
GRC
 • Greece
G69
 • Mount Athos

 GUERNSEY
GGY  • Guernsey
GBA  • Alderney
HNG
 Hungary
ISL Iceland
IMN
 Isle of Man

 ITALY
ITA
 • Italy
I36
 • Friuli Venezia Giula
I88
 • Sardinia
I82
 • Sicily
I32
 • Trentino-Alto Adige
I23
 • Valle d'Aosta
JEY
 Jersey
XKO  Kosovo
LVA
 Latvia
LIE
 Liechtenstein
LTU
 Lithuania
LUX
 Luxembourg
MLT
 Malta
XOM
 Order of Malta

 MOLDOVA
MDA
 • Moldova
GA.M
 • Gagauz
MCO
 Monaco
MNE
 Montenegro
HOL
 Netherlands
MKD
 North Macedonia
NOR
 Norway
POL
 Poland
POR
 Portugal
ROU
 Romania

 RUSSIA
AD.R
 • Adygea
ARK
 • Archangel
AST
 • Astrakhan
BA.R  • Bashkortostan
BEL
 • Belgorod
BRY
 • Bryansk
CE.R  • Chechenya
CU.R  • Chuvashia
KR.R  • Crimea
DA.R  • Dagestan
IN.R  • Ingushetia
IVA • Ivanovo
KB.R  • Kabardino-Balkaria
KGD
 • Kaliningrad
KL.R  • Kalmykia
KLU
 • Kaluga
KC.R  • Karachay-Cherkessia
KR.R  • Karelia
KO.R  • Komi
KOS
 • Kostroma
KDA
 • Krasnodar
KRS
 • Kursk 
LEN
 • Leningrad
LIP
 • Lipetsk
ME.R  • Mari El
MO.R  • Mordvinia
MOW
 • Moscow City
MOS
 • Moscow Oblast
MUR
 • Murmansk
NEN
 • Nenets
NIZ
 • Nizhniy Novgorod
SE.R  • North Ossetia
NGR.R  • Novgorod
ORL
 • Orel
ORE
 • Orenburg
PNZ
 • Penza
PER
 • Perm
PSK
 • Pskov
ROS
 • Rostov
RYA
 • Ryazan
SPE
 • St. Petersburg
SAM
 • Samara
SAR.R
 • Saratov
SEV
 • Sebastopol
SMO
 • Smolensk
STA
 • Stravropol
TAM
 • Tambov
TA.R  • Tatarstan
TUL
 • Tula
TVE
 • Tver
UD.R  • Udmurtia
ULY
 • Ulyanovsk
VLA
 • Vladimir
VGG
 • Volgograd
VLG.R  • Vologda
VOR
 • Voronezh
KIR.R
 • Vyatka
YAR
 • Yaroslavl
SMR
 San Marino
XSQ
 Sark

 SERBIA
SRB
 • Serbia
VO.S
 • Vojvodina
SVK
 Slovakia
SVN
 Slovenia
XSO
 South Ossetia

 SPAIN
AN.E
 • Andalusia
AR.E
 • Aragon
AS.E
 • Asturias
IB.E
 • Balearic Islands
PV.E
 • Basque Country
CB.E
 • Cantabria
CL.E
 • Castilla & Leon
CM.E
 • Castilla-La Mancha
CT.E
 • Catalonia 
MRE
CE.E
 • Ceuta
EX.E
 • Extremadura
GA.E
 • Galicia
MD.E
 • Madrid 
ML.E
 • Melilla
MC.E
 • Murcia
NC.E
 • Navarre
RI.E
 • La Rioja
VC.E
 • Valencia

 SVALBARD & JAN MAYEN
XSZ
 • Svalbard
XJN
 • Jan Mayen
SWE
 Sweden

 SWITZERLAND
AG.H
 • Aargau
AR.H  • Appenzell Ausser Rhoden
AI.H • Appenzell Inner Rhoden
BS.H  • Basle City
BL.H  • Basle Country
BE.H  • Berne
FR.H  • Fribourg
GE.H  • Geneva
GL.H  • Glarus
GR.H  • Grisons
JU.H  • Jura
LU.H • Lucerne
NE.H  • Neuchastel
NW.H  • Nidwalden
OW.H  • Obwalden
SG.H  • St. Gall
SH.H  • Schaffhausen
SZ.H  • Schwyz
SO.H  • Solothurn
TG.H  • Thurgau
TI.H  • Ticino
UR.H  • Uri
VS.H  • Valais
VD.H  • Vaud
ZG.H  • Zug
ZH.H  • Zurich
XPM
 TMR
UKR
 Ukraine
XUN
 UN 1
CVA
 Vatican
 1 stations with 4UZ call signs in Geneva or Vienna (also see entry under North America). XUN counts as one entity. Stations with 4UA-4UX call signs count only under the
country that they are located in.

 Africa
XBY
 Abyei
ALG
 Algeria
AGL
 Angola
ASC
 Ascension Island
BEN
 Benin
BOT
 Botswana
BFA
 Burkina Faso
BDI
 Burundi
CME
 Cameroon
CNR
 Canary Islands
CPV
 Cape Verde
CAF
 Centrafrica
TCD
 Chad

 COMOROS
A.KM
 • Anjouan
G.KM
 • Grand Comore
M.KM
 • Moheli
COG
 Congo
COD
 Democratic Congo
DJI
 Djibouti
EGY
 Egypt
GNE
 Equatorial Guinea
ERI
 Eritrea
SWZ
 Eswatini

 ETHIOPIA
AA.E
 • Addis Ababa
AF.E  Afar
AM.E  Amara
BE.E  Benhangul-Gumaz
DD.E  Diredawa
GA.ET  Gambela
HA.E  Harari
OR.E  Oromia
SI.E  Sidama
SO.E  Ethiopian Somalia
SN.E  South Nations
SW.E  South-West Ethiopia
TI.E  Tigray
GAB
 Gabon
GMB
 The Gambia
GHA
 Ghana
GEX  Gough Island
GUI
 Guinea
GNB
 Guinea-Bissau
CTI
 Ivory Coast
KEN
 Kenya
LSO
 Lesotho
LBR
 Liberia
LBY
 Libya
MDG
 Madagascar
MDR
 Madeira
MWI
 Malawi
MLI
 Mali
MTN
 Mauritania

 MAURITIUS
MAU
 Mauritius
AG.M
 Agalega
CC.M
 St. Brandon
MYT
 Mayotte
MRC
 Morocco
MOZ
 Mozambique
NMB
 Namibia
NGR
 Niger

 NIGERIA
AB.N
 Abia
FC.N  Abuja
AD.N  Adamawa
AK.N  Akwa Ibom
AN.N  Anambra
BA.N  Bauchi
BY.N  Bayelsa
BE.N  Benue
BO.N  Borno
CR.N  Cross River
DE.N  Delta
EB.N  Ebonyi
ED.N  Edo
EK.N  Ekiti
EN.N  Enugu
GO.N  Gombe
IM.N  Imo
JI.N  Jigawa
KD.N  Kaduna
KN.N  Kano
KT.N  Katsina
KE.N  Kebbi
KO.N  Kogi
KW.N  Kwara
LA.N  Lagos
NA.N  Nasarawa
NI.N  Niger State
OG.N  Ogun
ON.N  Ondo
OS.N  Osun
OY.N  Oyo
PL.N  Plateau
RI.N  Rivers
SO.N  Sokoto
TA.N  Taraba
YO.N  Yobe
ZA.N  Zamfara
REU  Reunion
ROD
 Rodrigues
RRW
 Rwanda
AOE
 Sahara
XES  Sahara Republic
SHN
 St. Helena

 S. TOME & PRINCIPE
STP
 S. Tome
P.ST
 Principe

 SCATTERED ISLANDS
XBX  • Bassas da India
XEU • Europa Island
XGO • Glorioso Islands
XJU  • Juan de Nova Island
XTE • Tromelin Island
SEN
 Senegal
SEY
 Seychelles
SRL
 Sierra Leone
SMB  Somaliland

 SOOMAALIYA
BN.S
 Banaadir
G.SO
 Galmudug
H.SO
 Hirshabeele
J.SO
 Jubbada
K.SO
 Khatumo
KG.S
 • Koonfur Galbeed
P.SO
 • Puntland

 SOUTH AFRICA
EC.Z
 Eastern Cape
FS.Z
 Free State
GP.Z
 Gauteng
KZN
 Kwazulu Natal
LP.Z
 Limpopo
MP.Z
 Mpumalanga
NC.Z
 Northern Cape
NW.Z
 North-West Province
WC.Z
 Western Cape

 SOUTH SUDAN
EC.S
 Central Equatoria
EE.S  Eastern Equatoria
GP.S  Greater Pibor
JG.S  Jonglei
LK.S  Lakes
BN.S  Northern Bahr el Ghazal
RW.S  Ruweng
UY.S  • Unity
NU.S  • Upper Nile
WR.S  Warrap
BW.S  Western Bahr el Ghazal
EW.S  Western Equatoria

 SUDAN
NB.S  Blue Nile
DC.S  • Central Darfur
DE.S  • East Darfur
GZ.S  • Gezira
KA.S  Kassala
KH.S  Khartoum
DN.S  North Darfur
KN.S  • North Kordofan
NO.S  Northern State
GD.S  • Al Qadarif
RS.S  Red Sea
NR.S  • River Nile
SI.S  Sennar
DS.S  South Darfur
KS.S  South Kordofan
DW.S  West Darfur
GK.S  West Kordofan
NW.S  White Nile

 TANZANIA
TGK
 Tanganyika
ZAN
 Zanzibar
TGO
 Togo
TRC
 Tristan da Cunha
TUN
 Tunisia
UGA
 Uganda
ZMB
 Zambia
ZWE
 Zimbabwe

 Asia
AFG
 Afghanistan
BHR
 Bahrain
BGD
 Bangladesh
BTN
 Bhutan
BIO
 British Indian Ocean
BRU
 Brunei
CBG
 Cambodia

 CHINA
CHN
 China
GX.C
 • Guangxi
NM.C
 Inner Mongolia
NX.C
 Ningxia Hui
XTB
XZ.C

 Tibet
XJ.C
 Xinjiang Uygur
 TWN  China (Taiwan)

 CYPRUS
CYP Cyprus
XQZ Akrotiri
XXD Dhekelia
DGA
 Diego Garcia
TLS
 East Timor

 EMIRATI ARABIA
AZ.A
 Abu Dhabi
AJ.A  Ajman
DU.A  Dubai
FU.A
 Fujairah
RK.A  Ras al-Khaimah
SH.A
 Sharjah
UQ.A  Umm al Qaiwain
XGZ Gaza Strip
HKG
 Hong Kong

 INDIA
AN.I  Andaman & Nicobar Islands
AP.I  Andhra Pradesh
AR.I  Arunachal Pradesh
AS.I  Assam
BR.I  Bihar
CH.I  Chandigarh
CT.I  Chhattisgarh
DH.I
 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
DL.I
 Delhi
INP
GA.I
 Goa
GJ.I
 Gujarat
HR.I
 Haryana
HP.I  Himachal Pradesh
JK.I
 Jammu & Kashmir
JH.I
 Jharkland
KA.I
 Karnataka
KL.I
 Kerala
LA.I
 Ladakh
LD.I
 Lakshadweep
MP.I
 Madhya Pradesh
MH.I
  Maharashtra
MN.I
 Manipur
ML.I
 Meghalaya
MZ.I
 Mizoram
NL.I
 Nagaland
OR.I
 Odisha
PY.I
 • Puducherry
PB.I
 • Indian Punjab
RJ.I
 Rajasthan
SIK
 Sikkim
TN.I
 Tamil Nadu
TG.I
 Telangana
TR.I
 Tripura
UT.I
  Uttarakhand
UP.I
 Uttar Pradesh
WB.I
 West Bengal

 INDONESIA
INS
 Indonesia
YO.I
 Yogyakarta
IRN
 Iran

 IRAQ
IRQ
 Iraq
KR.I
 Kurdistan
ISR
 Israel
JOR
 Jordan
KAZ
 Kazakhstan

 KOREA
KOR
 Korea
K49
 • Cheju
K42
 • Gangwon
KRE
 Korea DPR
KWT
 Kuwait
KGZ
 Kyrgyzstan
LAO
 Laos
LBN
 Lebanon
MAC
 Macao

 MALAYSIA
W.MY
 Kuala Lumpur
M16
 Putrajaya
J.MY
 Johor
K.MY
 Kedah
D.MY
 Kelantan
M.MY
 Melaka
N.MY
 Negeri Sembilan
C.MY
 Pahang
P.MY
 Penang
A.MY
 Perak
R.MY
 Perlis
B.MY
 Selangor
T.MY
 Trengganu
MLD Maldives
MNG
 Mongolia
BRM
 Myanmar

 NEPAL
P3.N
 Bagmati
P4.N
 • Gandaki
P5.N
 • Lumbini
P6.N
 • Karnali
P1.N
 • Koshi
P2.N
 • Madesh
P7.N
 • Sudur Pashchim
JPN
 Nippon
XNC  North Cyprus
OMA
 Oman

 PAKISTAN
JK.P • Azad Jammu & Kashmir
BA.P • Baluchistan
GB.P • Gilgit-Baltistan
IS.P • Islamabad
KP.P • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PB.P • Punjab
SD.P • Sind
PSE  Palestine
XPX  Paracel Islands

 PILIPINAS
PHL
 Pilipinas
P14  Muslim Mindinao
QAT
 Qatar

 SABAH & LABUAN
BRN
  Sabah
L.MY
  Labuan
SRW
 Sarawak
ARS
 Saudi Arabia

 SIBERIA, FAR EAST & URAL
AL.R
 Altai Republic
ALT
 Altai Territory
AMU
 Amur
BU.R
 Buryatia
CHE
 Chelyabinsk
CHU
 Chukot
IRK
 Irkutsk
YEV
 Jewish Oblast
KAM
 Kamchatka
KEM
 Kemerovo
KHA
 Khabarovsk
KK.R
 Khakassia
KHM
 Khanty-Mansiysk
KYA
 Krasnoyarsk
KGN
 Kurgan
MAG
 Magadan
NVS
 Novosibirsk
OMS
 • Omsk
PRI
 Primorye
SAK
 Sakhalin
SVE
 • Sverdlovsk
TOM
 Tomsk
TY.R
 Tuva
TYU
 Tyumen
SA.R
 • Yakutia
YAN
 Yamal-Nenets
ZAB
 Zabaykalsky
SNG
 Singapore
XSP
 Spratly Islands
CLN
 Sri Lanka
SYR
 Syria

 TAJIKISTAN
TJK
 Tajikistan
GB.T
 Gorno-Badakhshan
THA
 Thailand
TUR
 Turkey
TKM
 Turkmenistan

 UZBEKISTAN
UZB
 Uzbekistan
QR.U
 • Karakalpakstan
VTN
 Viet Nam
YEM
 Yemen

 Oceania
SMA
 American Samoa

 AUSTRALIA
ACT
 • ACT
XAH
 • Ashmore & Cartier Islands
XCQ
 • Coral Sea Islands
JBT
 Jervis Bay
NSW
 New South Wales
NT.A
 Northern Territory
QLD
 Queensland
SA.A
 South Australia
TAS
 Tasmania
VIC
 Victoria
WA.A
 Western Australia
CTE
 Canton & Enderbury
CHR
 Christmas Island
ICO
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands

 COOK ISLANDS
CKH
 Cook Islands
XAI
 Aitutaki
CKN
 Penrhyn
PAQ
 Easter Island

 FIJI
FJI
 • Fiji
R.FJ
 • Rotuma
OCE
 French Polynesia
GUM
 Guam
HWA
 Hawaii

 HOWLAND ISLAND
HWL
 • Howland Island
XFQ
 • Baker Island
JAR
 Jarvis Island
JON
 Johnston Atoll
KIR
 Kiribati
MHL
 Marshall Islands

 MICRONESIA
KSA
 • Kosrae
PNI
 • Pohnpei
TRK
 • Truk
YAP
 • Yap
MDW
 Midway Islands
NRU
 Nauru
NCL
 New Caledonia

 NEW ZEALAND
NZL
 • New Zealand
CIT
 • Chatham Islands
NIU
 Niue
NFK
 Norfolk Island
MRA
 Northern Mariana Islands
PLW
 Palau

 PALMYRA ATOLL
PLM
 Palmyra Atoll
XKQ
 • Kingman Reef

 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PNG
 • Papua New Guinea
NSB
 • Bougainville
PHX
 Phoenix Islands
PTC
 Pitcairn Islands
SMO
 Samoa
SLM
 Solomon Islands
XLN
 Southern Line Islands
XSX
 Temotu
TKL
 Tokelau

 TONGA
TON
 • Tonga
TO3
 • Niuafo'ou
XBK
 Torba
TUV
 Tuvalu
VUT
 Vanuatu
WAK
 Wake Island
WAL  Wallis & Futuna

 Antarctica
ADL1  Adelie Land
ATA
 Antarctica 2
XAA
 Australian Antarctica
BVT
 Bouvet Island
ATB
 British Antarctica
CRO
 Crozet Islands
HMD
 Heard & McDonald Islands
KER
 Kerguelen Islands
MRN
 Prince Edward Islands
ATN
 Queen Maud Land & Peter I Island
XRD
 Ross
AMS
 St. Paul & Amsterdam Islands
SGS
 South Georgia & The South Sandwich Islands
XOR
 South Orkney Islands
 1 Current ITU code is XFR.
 2 ATA code for unclaimed Antarctica between 90°W and 150°W (Marie Byrd & Ellsworth Lands).

  International Waters
ATL
 Ocean Stations - Atlantic Region 1
PAC
 Ocean Stations - Pacific Region 1
XMM
 Ships 2
 1 Stations with 4Y call signs (operated by ICAO), and/or C7 call signs (operated by the WMO).
 2 Outside of EEZ zones.

  Space
ZDX
 Deep Space 1
ZJU
 Jupiter
ZMA
 Mars
ZME
 Mercury
ZMO
 Moon 2
ZNE
 Neptune
ZOX
 Outer Space 3
ZPL
 Pluto
ZSA
 Saturn
ZSU
 Sun
ZUR
 Uranus
ZVE
 Venus
 Note A : man-made stations only.
 Note B : Sun & planet codes for within 2,000,000 km of solar or planetary surfaces.
 1 beyond 2,000,000 km from Earth, Sun, or another planet.
 2 within 100 km of Moon's surface.
 3 100 km above Earth's surface to within 2,000,000 km of Earth, excl. ZMO.


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., plus other de jure federations
2) UPU : Postage-Stamp Issuing Entities
3) ISO 3166-2 : Dependencies, Autonomous Units and Republics
4) United Nations : Headquarters.
5) US.CIA : 'Country Data Codes'


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 QC.C.


 Record of Changes
2026-01-02 
 List re-organized to include both countries and sub-countries.


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