ISO 3166-2:BR
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ISO 3166-2:BR is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the states and federal units of Brazil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISO 3166-2:BR canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6160848 — 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:BR Context triple: [BR-SE, partOf, ISO 3166-2:BR]
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A.
Portuguesa State
Portuguesa State is a landlocked agricultural region in western Venezuela known for its extensive plains and significant crop production, particularly of rice and corn.
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B.
State of Rio de Janeiro
The State of Rio de Janeiro is a coastal state in southeastern Brazil known for its capital city of Rio de Janeiro, major ports, tourism, and significant cultural and economic influence.
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C.
Southeast Region of Brazil
The Southeast Region of Brazil is the country’s most populous and economically developed area, encompassing major states and cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais.
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D.
Goiás
Goiás is a large inland state in central Brazil known for its agricultural production, Cerrado savanna landscapes, and the regional capital city of Goiânia.
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E.
Paraná state
Paraná state is a southern Brazilian state known for its diverse landscapes, major agricultural production, and popular natural attractions including part of the Iguaçu National Park.
- 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:BR Target entity description: ISO 3166-2:BR is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the states and federal units of Brazil.
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A.
Portuguesa State
Portuguesa State is a landlocked agricultural region in western Venezuela known for its extensive plains and significant crop production, particularly of rice and corn.
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B.
State of Rio de Janeiro
The State of Rio de Janeiro is a coastal state in southeastern Brazil known for its capital city of Rio de Janeiro, major ports, tourism, and significant cultural and economic influence.
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C.
Southeast Region of Brazil
The Southeast Region of Brazil is the country’s most populous and economically developed area, encompassing major states and cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais.
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D.
Goiás
Goiás is a large inland state in central Brazil known for its agricultural production, Cerrado savanna landscapes, and the regional capital city of Goiânia.
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E.
Paraná state
Paraná state is a southern Brazilian state known for its diverse landscapes, major agricultural production, and popular natural attractions including part of the Iguaçu National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ISO 3166-2 entry
ⓘ
geographic code standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo | subdivisions of Brazil ⓘ |
| codeStructure | BR-XX ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| defines |
codes for Brazilian states
ⓘ
codes for the Federal District of Brazil ⓘ official subdivision codes for Brazil ⓘ |
| exampleCode |
BR-DF
ⓘ
BR-SP ⓘ |
| exampleCodeSubdivision |
Distrito Federal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPart | BR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPartMeaning | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Brazil ⓘ |
| hasUpdateMechanism | periodic newsletter updates by ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency ⓘ |
| includesSubdivision |
Acre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alagoas NERFINISHED ⓘ Amapá NERFINISHED ⓘ Amazonas NERFINISHED ⓘ Bahia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ceará NERFINISHED ⓘ Distrito Federal NERFINISHED ⓘ Espírito Santo NERFINISHED ⓘ Goiás NERFINISHED ⓘ Maranhão NERFINISHED ⓘ Mato Grosso NERFINISHED ⓘ Mato Grosso do Sul NERFINISHED ⓘ Minas Gerais NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraná NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraíba NERFINISHED ⓘ Pará NERFINISHED ⓘ Pernambuco NERFINISHED ⓘ Piauí NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande do Norte NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande do Sul NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Rondônia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roraima NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Catarina NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergipe NERFINISHED ⓘ São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tocantins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | International Organization for Standardization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSubdivisions | 27 ⓘ |
| partOf |
ISO 3166
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ISO 3166-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondPartBasedOn | conventional state abbreviations in Brazil ⓘ |
| secondPartType | two-letter code ⓘ |
| standardLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| subdivisionCategory |
federal district
ⓘ
state ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative referencing
ⓘ
data exchange ⓘ geocoding ⓘ statistical analysis ⓘ |
| usesSeparator | hyphen ⓘ |
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:BR Description of subject: ISO 3166-2:BR is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the states and federal units of Brazil.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.