ISO 3166-2:TH

ISO 3166-2:TH is the entry for Thailand 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 Thailand, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for one metropolitan administration, one special administrative city and 76 provinces. The metropolitan administration Bangkok is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the provinces. The special administrative city Pattaya is a self-governing city in Chonburi province. Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is TH, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Thailand. The second part is two digits, except Pattaya which uses a letter: leading digits 1, 2, 6, 7: Central Thailand leading digits 3, 4: Northeastern Thailand leading digit 5: Northern Thailand leading digits 8, 9: Southern Thailand S: Pattaya ISO 3166-2:TH follows the Thai standard TIS 1099, which in turn follows codes assigned by the Ministry of Interior.