Portugal
ISO 3166-1 country codes and official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Portugal. Use them in forms, validation, and CountriesDB integrations.
About Portugal codes
Need Portugal (PT) for a checkout form, shipping zone, or backend validation? This page summarizes the ISO 3166-1 country codes and official subdivisions developers use with CountriesDB.
This guide lists 20 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Portugal. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.
For production, use the CountriesDB country/subdivision widget or fetch Portugal from the Data API and validate codes server-side instead of copying values from this page.
ISO codes
Official subdivisions (20)
Official ISO 3166-2 codes for Portugal. Use these values in region/state selects and server-side validation, not informal or marketing region names.
| Code | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| PT-01 | Aveiro | district |
| PT-02 | Beja | district |
| PT-03 | Braga | district |
| PT-04 | Bragança | district |
| PT-05 | Castelo Branco | district |
| PT-06 | Coimbra | district |
| PT-07 | Évora | district |
| PT-08 | Faro | district |
| PT-09 | Guarda | district |
| PT-10 | Leiria | district |
| PT-11 | Lisboa | district |
| PT-12 | Portalegre | district |
| PT-13 | Porto | district |
| PT-30 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | autonomous region |
| PT-20 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | autonomous region |
| PT-14 | Santarém | district |
| PT-15 | Setúbal | district |
| PT-16 | Viana do Castelo | district |
| PT-17 | Vila Real | district |
| PT-18 | Viseu | district |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Portugal?
- Portugal uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 PT, alpha-3 PRT, and numeric 620. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
- How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Portugal have?
- CountriesDB lists 20 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Portugal (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
- How do I use Portugal country and subdivision data in a form?
- Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Portugal, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.
Use Portugal in your app
Add CountriesDB country and subdivision selects with the widget docs, or call the Backend Data API for Portugal (PT) and validate submissions with the Validation API. Guides stay in sync with the same dataset your project keys already use. widget docs.