ISO 3166-2:EG

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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 27 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 (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)		 Subdivision Name (en)
[note 1]		 Subdivision Name (ar)
[note 2]
EG-DK Ad Daqahlīyah Dakahlia الدقهلية
EG-BA Al Baḩr al Aḩmar Red Sea البحر الأحمر
EG-BH Al Buḩayrah Beheira البحيرة
EG-FYM Al Fayyūm Faiyum الفيوم
EG-GH Al Gharbīyah Gharbia الغربية
EG-ALX Al Iskandarīyah Alexandria الإسكندرية
EG-IS Al Ismāʿīlīyyah Ismailia الإسماعيلية
EG-GZ Al Jīzah Giza الجيزة
EG-MNF Al Minūfīyah Monufia المنُوفيّة
EG-MN Al Minyā Minya المنيا
EG-C Al Qāhirah Cairo القاهرة
EG-KB Al Qalyūbīyah Qalyubia القليوبية
EG-LX Al Uqşur Luxor الأقصر
EG-WAD Al Wādī al Jadīd New Valley الوادي الجديد
EG-SHR Ash Sharqīyah Al Sharqia الشرقية
EG-SUZ As Suways Suez السويس
EG-ASN Aswān Aswan أسوان
EG-AST Asyūţ Asyut أسيوط
EG-BNS Banī Suwayf Beni Suef بني سويف
EG-PTS Būr Sa‘īd Port Said بورسعيد
EG-DT Dumyāţ Damietta دمياط
EG-JS Janūb Sīnā' South Sinai جنوب سيناء
EG-KFS Kafr ash Shaykh Kafr el-Sheikh كفر الشيخ
EG-MT Maţrūḩ Matrouh مطروح
EG-KN Qinā Qena قنا
EG-SIN Shamāl Sīnā' North Sinai شمال سيناء
EG-SHG Sūhāj Sohag سوهاج
Notes
  1. ↑ For reference only, English Name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ↑ For reference only, Arabic Name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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

  1. ↑ "Statoid Newsletter January 2008". Statoids.com.

External links

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