ISO 3166-2:EG
ISO 3166-2:EG is the entry for Egypt in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Egypt, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 29 governorates. 6th of October Governorate and Helwan Governorate, which had their codes added in Newsletter II-2, were merged back into Cairo Governorate and Giza Governorate respectively in 2011.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is EG, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Egypt. The second part is either one, two, or three letters.
Current codes
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
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| Code | Subdivision name |
|---|---|
| EG-DK | Ad Daqahlīyah |
| EG-BA | Al Baḩr al Aḩmar |
| EG-BH | Al Buḩayrah |
| EG-FYM | Al Fayyūm |
| EG-GH | Al Gharbīyah |
| EG-ALX | Al Iskandarīyah |
| EG-IS | Al Ismāٰīlīyah |
| EG-GZ | Al Jīzah |
| EG-MNF | Al Minūfīyah |
| EG-MN | Al Minyā |
| EG-C | Al Qāhirah |
| EG-KB | Al Qalyūbīyah |
| EG-LX | Al Uqşur |
| EG-WAD | Al Wādī al Jadīd |
| EG-SHR | Ash Sharqīyah |
| EG-SU | As Sādis min Uktūbar |
| EG-SUZ | As Suways |
| EG-ASN | Aswān |
| EG-AST | Asyūţ |
| EG-BNS | Banī Suwayf |
| EG-PTS | Būr Saٰīd |
| EG-DT | Dumyāţ |
| EG-HU | Ḩulwān |
| EG-JS | Janūb Sīnā' |
| EG-KFS | Kafr ash Shaykh |
| EG-MT | Maţrūḩ |
| EG-KN | Qinā |
| EG-SIN | Shamāl Sīnā' |
| EG-SHG | Sūhāj |
Changes
The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:
| Edition/Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 3166-2:2007 | 2007-12-13 | Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (this change was not announced in a newsletter)[1] | Subdivisions added: EG-LX Al Uqşur |
| Newsletter II-2 | 2010-06-30 | Update of the administrative structure and of the list source | Subdivisions added: EG-SU As Sādis min Uktūbar EG-HU Ḩulwān |
See also
References
- ^ "Statoid Newsletter January 2008". Statoids.com.
External links
- Governorates of Egypt, Statoids.com