ISO 3166-2:EG
ISO 3166-2:EG is the entry for
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 Giza Governorate and Cairo 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) |
Local variant | Subdivision name ( ar)
[note 1] |
Subdivision name (en) [note 2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG-DK | Ad Daqahlīyah
|
الدقهلية | Dakahlia | |
| EG-BA | Al Baḩr al Aḩmar
|
Red Sea | البحر الأحمر | Red Sea |
| EG-BH | Al Buḩayrah
|
البحيرة | Beheira | |
| EG-FYM | Al Fayyūm
|
الفيوم | Faiyum | |
| EG-GH | Al Gharbīyah
|
الغربية | Gharbia | |
| EG-ALX | Al Iskandarīyah
|
Alexandria | الإسكندرية | Alexandria |
| EG-IS | Al Ismā'īlīyah | الإسماعيلية | Ismailia | |
| EG-GZ | Al Jīzah
|
Giza | الجيزة | Giza |
| EG-MNF | Al Minūfīyah
|
المنُوفيّة | Monufia | |
| EG-MN | Al Minyā
|
المنيا | Minya | |
| EG-C | Al Qāhirah
|
Cairo | القاهرة | Cairo |
| EG-KB | Al Qalyūbīyah
|
القليوبية | Qalyubia | |
| EG-LX | Al Uqşur
|
Luxor | الأقصر | Luxor |
| EG-WAD | Al Wādī al Jadīd
|
New Valley | الوادي الجديد | New Valley |
| EG-SUZ | As Suways
|
Suez | السويس | Suez |
| EG-SHR | Ash Sharqīyah
|
الشرقية | Al Sharqia | |
| EG-ASN | Aswān
|
أسوان | Aswan | |
| EG-AST | Asyūţ
|
أسيوط | Asyut | |
| EG-BNS | Banī Suwayf
|
بني سويف | Beni Suef | |
| EG-PTS | Būr Sa‘īd | Port Said | بورسعيد | Port Said |
| EG-DT | Dumyāţ
|
Damietta | دمياط | Damietta |
| EG-JS | Janūb Sīnā'
|
South Sinai | جنوب سيناء | South Sinai |
| EG-KFS | Kafr ash Shaykh
|
كفر الشيخ | Kafr el-Sheikh | |
| EG-MT | Maţrūḩ
|
مطروح | Matrouh | |
| EG-KN | Qinā
|
قنا | Qena | |
| EG-SIN | Shamāl Sīnā'
|
North Sinai | شمال سيناء | North Sinai |
| EG-SHG | Sūhāj
|
Sohag | سوهاج | Sohag |
- Notes
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:
| Edition/Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change | 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] | Subdivision 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 Ḩulwān
|
See also
- Subdivisions of Egypt
- FIPS region codes of Egypt
- Neighbouring countries: IL, LY, PS, SD
References
- ^ "Statoid Newsletter January 2008". Statoids.com.
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: EG
- Governorates of Egypt, Statoids.com