ISO 3166-2:CH
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ISO 3166-2:CH is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the cantons of Switzerland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISO 3166-2:CH canonical | 9 |
| ISO 3166-2:CH codes | 1 |
| ISO 3166-2:CH subdivision code | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4309086 — 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:CH Context triple: [CH-JU, codeSet, ISO 3166-2:CH]
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A.
Deutschschweiz
Deutschschweiz is the predominantly German-speaking region of Switzerland, encompassing major cities like Zurich, Basel, and Bern and forming the country's largest linguistic and cultural area.
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B.
Swiss cantons
The Swiss cantons are the 26 semi-sovereign member states of the Swiss Confederation, each with its own constitution, parliament, government, and courts.
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C.
Unterwalden
Unterwalden was one of the original forest cantons of central Switzerland, historically forming a founding member of the Old Swiss Confederacy.
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D.
ISO 3166-2:GS
ISO 3166-2:GS is the subdivision code entry in the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines codes for the territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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E.
Grisons
Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland, known for its mountainous Alpine landscapes and multilingual culture (German, Romansh, and Italian).
- 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:CH Target entity description: ISO 3166-2:CH is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the cantons of Switzerland.
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A.
Deutschschweiz
Deutschschweiz is the predominantly German-speaking region of Switzerland, encompassing major cities like Zurich, Basel, and Bern and forming the country's largest linguistic and cultural area.
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B.
Swiss cantons
The Swiss cantons are the 26 semi-sovereign member states of the Swiss Confederation, each with its own constitution, parliament, government, and courts.
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C.
Unterwalden
Unterwalden was one of the original forest cantons of central Switzerland, historically forming a founding member of the Old Swiss Confederacy.
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D.
ISO 3166-2:GS
ISO 3166-2:GS is the subdivision code entry in the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines codes for the territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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E.
Grisons
Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland, known for its mountainous Alpine landscapes and multilingual culture (German, Romansh, and Italian).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ISO 3166-2 entry
ⓘ
geographic code standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo | first-level subdivisions of Switzerland ⓘ |
| category | geocodes for Switzerland ⓘ |
| codeSeparator | hyphen ⓘ |
| codeStructure | CH-XX ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| defines | subdivision codes for the cantons of Switzerland ⓘ |
| firstPartRepresents | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasUpdateMechanism | periodic newsletter and online updates by ISO 3166/MA ⓘ |
| includesSubdivision |
CH-AG
ⓘ
CH-AI ⓘ CH-AR ⓘ CH-BE ⓘ CH-BL ⓘ CH-BS ⓘ CH-FR ⓘ CH-GE ⓘ CH-GL ⓘ CH-GR ⓘ CH-JU ⓘ CH-LU ⓘ CH-NE ⓘ CH-NW ⓘ CH-OW ⓘ CH-SG ⓘ CH-SH ⓘ CH-SO ⓘ CH-SZ ⓘ CH-TG ⓘ CH-TI ⓘ CH-UR ⓘ CH-VD ⓘ CH-VS ⓘ CH-ZG ⓘ CH-ZH ⓘ |
| languageOfCodes | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency
ⓘ
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| numberOfSubdivisions | 26 ⓘ |
| partOf |
ISO 3166
ⓘ
ISO 3166-2 ⓘ
linked to:
ISO 3166
|
| relatedStandard |
ISO 3166-1
ⓘ
ISO 3166-3 ⓘ |
| scope | current cantons of Switzerland ⓘ |
| secondPartRepresents | two-letter canton code ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | ISO ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | canton ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative referencing
ⓘ
data exchange ⓘ statistical analysis ⓘ |
| usesAlpha2CountryCode | CH ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ISO 3166-2:CH Description of subject: ISO 3166-2:CH is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the cantons of Switzerland.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.