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Updates: 

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17, has new ISO parish codes for Andorra. They are shown in the table below.

The Universal Postal Union has posted a document  listing postal codes for the seven parishes and 52 localities. There are only seven distinct codes mentioned in the document. The last two digits are "00" in all instances.

Change Notice 6 to FIPS PUB 10-4 was published on 2001-01-28. It shows the separation of Escaldes-Engordany from Andorra la Vella.

International standard ISO 3166-2 was published on 1998-12-15. It superseded ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard). For Andorra, the draft standard showed seven parishes with their codes. The final standard mentions that there are seven parishes, but declines to specify names or codes. It says that these divisions are "not relevant".

Country overview: 

Short name	ANDORRA
ISO code	AD
FIPS code	AN
Language	Catalan (ca)
Time zone	+1 ~
Capital	Andorra la Vella

 

Andorra has been a joint fief of France and Spain throughout the 20th century.

Other names of country: 

1. Catalan: Principat d'Andorra (formal)
2. Dutch: Vorstendom Andorra (formal)
3. English: Principality of Andorra (formal)
4. French: Andorre, Principauté f d'Andorre f (formal)
5. Italian: Andorra
6. Norwegian: Andorra, Fyrstedømmet Andorra (formal)
7. Portuguese: Andorra, Principado m de Andorra f (formal)
8. Spanish: Principado m de Andorra f (formal)

Origin of name: 

Possibly Navarrian andurrial: land covered with bushes, or Basque ama: ten, iturri: springs

Primary subdivisions: 

Andorra is divided into seven parròquies (parishes; sing. parròquia).

Parish	HASC	ISO	FIPS	Post	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital
Andorra la Vella	AD.AN	07	AN07	500	21,189	59	23	Andorra
Canillo	AD.CA	02	AN02	100	2,706	121	47	Canillo
Encamp	AD.EN	03	AN03	200	10,595	74	29	Encamp
Escaldes-Engordany	AD.EE	08	AN08	700	15,299			Les Escaldes-Engordany
La Massana	AD.MA	04	AN04	400	6,276	61	24	La Massana
Ordino	AD.OR	05	AN05	300	2,283	89	34	Ordino
Sant Julià de Lòria	AD.JL	06	AN06	600	7,623	60	23	Sant Julià de Lòria
7 parishes					65,971	464	179
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from international standard ISO 3166-2. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4, a U.S. government standard. Post: Parish postal codes. Prefix them with AD for the full code. (This is a new postal code system implemented in 2004.) Population: 1999 census, compiled from local registers. Area: My source for areas antedates the creation of Escaldes-Engordany, so its area is included in that of Andorra la Vella.

Origins of names: 

Les Escaldes: French for thermal springs.

Change history: 

1978: Escaldes-Engordany split from Andorra la Vella (former FIPS code AN01).

Other names of subdivisions: 

1. Andorra la Vella: Andorra (informal); Andorra-a-Velha (Portuguese); Andorre-la-Vieille (French); Andorra la Vieja (Spanish) [literally, Andorra the old.]
2. Escaldes-Engordany: Escaldes i Engordany, Les Escaldes (variant)