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The two-letter abbreviations for Swiss cantons are widely used, e.g. on car license plates. They are also used in the ISO 3166-2 codes of Switzerland with the prefix "CH-" ( Confœderatio Helvetica — Helvetian Confederation — Helvetia having been the ancient Roman name of the region).
The abbreviation is derived from Latin name for Switzerland, Confoederatio Helvetica ("Helvetic Confederation"). Currently for Switzerland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 26 cantons. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CH, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Switzerland.
The two-letter abbreviations are widely used, e.g. on car license plates and as disambiguator for localities on postal addresses if two localities in different cantons have the same name. They are also used with the prefix "CH-" as ISO 3166-2 codes of Switzerland, e.g. CH-SZ for the canton of Schwyz.
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [1] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Each canton has its own constitution, legislature, government and courts. [2]
The Cantons of Switzerland are the top tier administrative subdivisions of the country. They were once sovereign states and under Switzerland's federal constitution they retain a higher degree of autonomy than the subdivisions of many other countries.
On 26 June 1964, Swiss Post introduced postal codes as the third country after Germany (1941) and the United States (1963). In Switzerland, the postal codes have four digits. As with the postcode system introduced in Germany in 1993, a municipality can receive several postcodes.
A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. [1] In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, the most politically important cantons are the Swiss cantons.
Districts of Switzerland are a political subdivision for cantons. In the federally constituted Switzerland , each canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality , loosely termed districts .