ISO 3166-2:NL
E353854
ISO 3166-2:NL is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the provinces and special municipalities of the Netherlands.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISO 3166-2:NL canonical | 4 |
| ISO 3166-2 codes of the Netherlands | 1 |
| ISO 3166-2:NL codes | 1 |
| NL-BE | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3370239 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISO 3166-2:NL Context triple: [NL-ZH, partOf, ISO 3166-2:NL]
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A.
European Union NUTS-2 region NL21
European Union NUTS-2 region NL21 is a statistical region in the Netherlands that includes the province of Overijssel for the purposes of EU regional analysis and funding.
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B.
Northern Netherlands
The Northern Netherlands refers to the historically Protestant, Dutch-speaking provinces in the north of the Low Countries that formed the core of what became the Dutch Republic.
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C.
Western Netherlands
Western Netherlands is a densely populated and economically vital region of the Netherlands that includes major urban and coastal areas such as those surrounding the North Sea.
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D.
Kennemerland
Kennemerland is a coastal historical region in the northwest of the Netherlands, known for its dunes, beaches, and old trading towns.
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E.
European Netherlands
The European Netherlands is the part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located on the European mainland, encompassing its primary territory and population centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISO 3166-2:NL Target entity description: ISO 3166-2:NL is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the provinces and special municipalities of the Netherlands.
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A.
European Union NUTS-2 region NL21
European Union NUTS-2 region NL21 is a statistical region in the Netherlands that includes the province of Overijssel for the purposes of EU regional analysis and funding.
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B.
Northern Netherlands
The Northern Netherlands refers to the historically Protestant, Dutch-speaking provinces in the north of the Low Countries that formed the core of what became the Dutch Republic.
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C.
Western Netherlands
Western Netherlands is a densely populated and economically vital region of the Netherlands that includes major urban and coastal areas such as those surrounding the North Sea.
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D.
Kennemerland
Kennemerland is a coastal historical region in the northwest of the Netherlands, known for its dunes, beaches, and old trading towns.
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E.
European Netherlands
The European Netherlands is the part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located on the European mainland, encompassing its primary territory and population centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ISO 3166-2 entry
ⓘ
geographic code standard ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| classificationSystem | territorial subdivision coding system ⓘ |
| codeStructure | two-part code separated by a hyphen ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| defines |
codes for provinces of the Netherlands
ⓘ
codes for special municipalities of the Netherlands ⓘ subdivision codes for the Netherlands ⓘ |
| firstPartMeaning | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Netherlands (NL) ⓘ |
| formatExample | NL-GR ⓘ |
| governingBody | ISO Technical Committee 46 ⓘ |
| governsSubdivisionType | first-level administrative subdivisions of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| hasCodeForSubdivision |
Bonaire
ⓘ
Drenthe ⓘ Flevoland ⓘ Friesland ⓘ Gelderland ⓘ Groningen ⓘ Limburg ⓘ Noord-Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Noord-Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ Overijssel ⓘ Saba ⓘ Sint Eustatius ⓘ Utrecht ⓘ Zeeland ⓘ Zuid-Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUpdateMechanism | periodic newsletters and amendments ⓘ |
| languageOfNames |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency
ⓘ
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| partOf |
ISO 3166
ⓘ
ISO 3166 ⓘ
surface form:
ISO 3166-2
|
| publicationMedium |
ISO Online Browsing Platform entry
ⓘ
surface form:
ISO Online Browsing Platform
|
| relatedStandard |
ISO 3166-1
ⓘ
ISO 3166-3 ⓘ |
| scope | current administrative subdivisions of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| secondPartMeaning | one or two-letter subdivision code ⓘ |
| standardizes | short codes for Dutch subdivisions ⓘ |
| subdivisionCategory |
province
ⓘ
special municipality ⓘ |
| subdivisionLevel | primary ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative purposes
ⓘ
data exchange ⓘ geocoding ⓘ statistical purposes ⓘ |
| usesCountryCode | NL ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ISO 3166-2:NL Description of subject: ISO 3166-2:NL is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the provinces and special municipalities of the Netherlands.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NL-BE