ISO 3166-2:AF
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 ( ps)
[note 3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
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 |
See also
- Subdivisions of Afghanistan
- FIPS region codes of Afghanistan
- Neighbouring countries: CN, IR, PK, TJ, TM, UZ
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: AF
- Provinces of Afghanistan, Statoids.com