DX INFO CENTRE
 
RADIO SUB-COUNTRIES
An appendix to the DXIC list of Radio Countries
See here for inclusion criteria.

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

Sub-country codes are highlighted in bold.

NORTH AMERICA
EUROPE
ASIA
SOUTH AMERICA
AFRICA
OCEANIA
ANTARCTICA


 



NAID
NORTH AMERICA

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

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
XU- United Nations
N
 in New York
US-
USA
AL
  Alabama
AZ
  Arizona
AR
  Arkansas
CA
  California
CO
  Colorado
CT
  Connecticut
DC
  DC 1
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


 1 Columbia District.

 
EU
EUROPE

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
XMK  Artsakh
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
GG-  Guernsey
ACI    • Alderney
SRK    • Sark
IMN  Isle of Man
JEY  Jersey
F- France
FRA   France
6AE   Alsace
COR   Corsica
GE- Georgia
GEO   Georgia
AJ   Adzharia
XAB  Abkhazia
XSO  South Ossetia
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
AOA
  Mount Athos
Italy
ITA
  Italy
I36
  Friuli Venezia Giula
I88
  Sardinia
I82
  Sicily
I32
  Trentino-Alto Adige
I23
  Valle d'Aosta
XOM  Order of Malta
MD- Moldova
MDA
  Moldova
GA
  Gagauz
XSN  TMR 1
1RU- Russia 2 
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
XKM  • Kosovo
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
XU- United Nations
G
  in Geneva
V
  in Vienna


 1 Transnistria.
 2 excl. Siberia, Far East & Ural. (see under Asia)


AS
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
AR
 Arunachal
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
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
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

  Sabah & Labuan
BRN
   Sabah
L
   Labuan
SRW  Sarawak
NP- Nepal  
P3
 Bagmati
P4
 Gandaki
P5
 Lumbini
P6
 Karnali
P2
 Madesh
P1
 Province #1
P7
 Sudur Pashchim
PK-Pakistan 
JK  Azad Jammu & Kashmir
BA  Baluchistan
GB  Gilgit-Baltistan
IS  Islamabad
KP  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PB  Punjab
SD  Sind
Pilipinas
PHL
 Pilipinas
PH14  Muslim Mindinao
RU- Russia Siberia, Far East & Ural
AL
 Altai
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
PK-Uzbekistan
UZB
 Uzbekistan
QR
 • Karakalpakstan




SA
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
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


AA
ANTARCTICA
  nil


AF
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


OC
OCEANIA
AU- Australia
ACT
  ACT
ACIT
  Ashmore & Cartier Islands
CSIT
  Coral Sea Islands
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


 1 excl. Phoenix Islands.




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
2023-04-08 
 Major revamp.
2023-02-19 
 Initial publication.


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William R. Hepburn