ISO 3166-2:CD
ISO 3166-2:CD is the entry for the
Currently for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 city and 25 provinces. The city Kinshasa is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the provinces. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CD, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The second part is two 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 (fr) | Subdivision name (en) [note 1] |
Subdivision category |
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CD-BU | Bas-Uélé
|
Lower Uele | province |
CD-EQ | Équateur | Equator | province |
CD-HK | Haut-Katanga | Upper Katanga | province |
CD-HL | Haut-Lomami | Upper Lomami | province |
CD-HU | Haut-Uélé
|
Upper Uele | province |
CD-IT | Ituri | Ituri | province |
CD-KS | Kasaï
|
Kasai | province |
CD-KC | Kasaï Central | Central Kasai | province |
CD-KE | Kasaï Oriental
|
Eastern Kasai | province |
CD-KN | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | city |
CD-BC | Kongo Central | Central Kongo | province |
CD-KG | Kwango | Kwango | province |
CD-KL | Kwilu | Kwilu | province |
CD-LO | Lomami | Lomami | province |
CD-LU | Lualaba | Lualaba | province |
CD-MN | Mai-Ndombe | Mai-Ndombe | province |
CD-MA | Maniema | Maniema | province |
CD-MO | Mongala | Mongala | province |
CD-NK | Nord-Kivu | North Kivu | province |
CD-NU | Nord-Ubangi | North Ubangi | province |
CD-SA | Sankuru | Sankuru | province |
CD-SK | Sud-Kivu | South Kivu | province |
CD-SU | Sud-Ubangi | South Ubangi | province |
CD-TA | Tanganyika | Tanganyika | province |
CD-TO | Tshopo | Tshopo | province |
CD-TU | Tshuapa | Tshuapa | province |
- Notes
- ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
Changes
The following changes to the entry have been announced 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 |
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Newsletter I-2 | 2002-05-21 | One subdivision name changed. Generic name of subdivisions changed. New reference in the list source | Codes: CD-HC Haut-Congo → CD-OR Orientale |
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2016-11-15 | Change of subdivision name of CD-BC, CD-KE; deletion of provinces CD-BN, CD-KA, CD-KW, CD-OR; addition of provinces CD-BU, CD-HK, CD-HL, CD-HU, CD-IT, CD-KC, CD-KG, CD-KL, CD-KS, CD-LO, CD-LU, CD-MN, CD-MO, CD-NU, CD-SA, CD-SU, CD-TA, CD-TO, CD-TU; update List Source | Names changed: CD-BC, CD-KE Subdivisions deleted: CD-BN, CD-KA, CD-KW, CD-OR Subdivisions added: CD-BU, CD-HK, CD-HL, CD-HU, CD-IT, CD-KC, CD-KG, CD-KL, CD-KS, CD-LO, CD-LU, CD-MN, CD-MO, CD-NU, CD-SA, CD-SU, CD-TA, CD-TO, CD-TU |
See also
- Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- FIPS region codes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Neighbouring countries: AO, BI, CF, CG, RW, SS, TZ, UG, ZM