ISO 3166-2:AF

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ISO 3166-2:AF is the entry for

states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1
.

Currently for Afghanistan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 34 provinces.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is AF, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Afghanistan. The second part is 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 (
ps
)
(BGN/PCGN 2007)
Subdivision name (en)
[note 1]
Subdivision name (fa)
[note 2]
Subdivision name (
AF-BDS
Badakhshān
Badakhshan بدخشان بدخشان
AF-BDG
Bādghīs
Badghis بادغیس بادغیس
AF-BGL
Baghlān
Baghlan بغلان بغلان
AF-BAL Balkh Balkh بلخ بلخ
AF-BAM Bāmyān Bamyan بامیان بامیان
AF-DAY
Dāykundī
Daykundi دایکندی دایکندی
AF-FRA
Farāh
Farah فراه فراه
AF-FYB
Fāryāb
Faryab فاریاب فاریاب
AF-GHA
Ghaznī
Ghazni غزنى غزني
AF-GHO
Ghōr
Ghōr غور غور
AF-HEL Helmand Helmand هلمند هلمند
AF-HER
Herāt
Herat هرات هرات
AF-JOW
Jowzjān
Jowzjan جوزجان جوزجان
AF-KAB
Kābul
Kabul کابل کابل
AF-KAN
Kandahār
Kandahar قندهار کندھار
AF-KAP
Kāpīsā
Kapisa کاپیسا کاپيسا
AF-KHO
Khōst
Khost خوست خوست
AF-KNR
Kunaṟ
Kunar کنر کونړ
AF-KDZ
Kunduz
Kunduz قندوز کندوز
AF-LAG
Laghmān
Laghman لغمان لغمان
AF-LOG Lōgar Logar لوگَر لوګر
AF-NAN
Nangarhār
Nangarhar ننگرهار ننګرهار
AF-NIM
Nīmrōz
Nimruz نیمروز نيمروز
AF-NUR Nūristān Nuristan نورستان نورستان
AF-PKA
Paktīkā
Paktika پکتیکا پکتیکا
AF-PIA
Paktiyā
Paktia پکتیا پکتیا
AF-PAN Panjshayr Panjshir پنجشیر پنجشیر
AF-PAR
Parwān
Parwan پروان پروان
AF-SAM
Samangān
Samangan سمنگان سمنګان
AF-SAR
Sar-e Pul
Sar-e Pol سرپل سرپل
AF-TAK
Takhār
Takhar تخار تخار
AF-URU Uruzgān Urozgan اروزگان اروزګان
AF-WAR
Wardak
Maidan Wardak ميدان وردگ ميدان وردگ
AF-ZAB
Zābul
Zabul زابل زابل

Notes

  1. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ^ For reference only, Persian name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  3. ^ For reference only, Pashto name in Persian 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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-6 2004-03-08 Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source Subdivisions added:
AF-KHO
Nūrestān
Newsletter I-7 2005-09-13 Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source Subdivisions added:
AF-DAY
Panjshīr
Newsletter II-3 2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15)
Language corrections, administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update Codes:
AF-LOW Lowgar → AF-LOG Lōgar
AF-ORU Orūzgān → AF-URU Uruzgān

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of change Short description of change (en)
2011-12-13 Language corrections; administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update.
2015-11-27 Correction of the local short name; change romanization system; change of spelling of categories of pus and fas; change of spelling of AF-KNR; update List Source
2018-11-26 Correction of the romanization system label

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