ISO 3166-2:KP
states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for North Korea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 2 metropolitan cities,
1 capital city, 1 special city, and 9 provinces. All of them except the metropolitan city are province-level subdivisions. The three special administrative regions, i.e., the Kaesong Industrial Region, the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region, and the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region
, are not listed.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is KP, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of North Korea. The second part is two digits:
- 01: capital city
- 02–10: provinces
- 13: special city
- 14–15: metropolitan cities
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 ( McCune-Reischauer 1939)
|
Subdivision name (ko) (KPS 11080:2002) |
Subdivision name (ko) [note 1] |
Subdivision name (en) [note 2] |
Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KP-04 | Chagang-do |
Jakangto | 자강도 | Chagang | province |
| KP-09 | Hamgyǒng-bukto |
Hamkyeongpukto | 함경북도 | North Hamgyong | province |
| KP-08 | Hamgyǒng-namdo |
Hamkyeongnamto | 함경남도 | South Hamgyong | province |
| KP-06 | Hwanghae-bukto |
Hwanghaipukto | 황해북도 | North Hwanghae | province |
| KP-05 | Hwanghae-namdo |
Hwanghainamto | 황해남도 | South Hwanghae | province |
| KP-15 | Kaesŏng |
Kaeseong | 개성시 | Kaesong | metropolitan city |
| KP-07 | Kangwǒn-do |
Kangweonto | 강원도 | Kangwon | province |
| KP-14 | Namp’o |
Nampho | 남포시 | Nampo | metropolitan city |
| KP-03 | P'yǒngan-bukto |
Phyeonganpukto | 평안북도 | North Pyongan | province |
| KP-02 | P'yǒngan-namdo |
Phyeongannamto | 평안남도 | South Pyongan | province |
| KP-01 | P'yǒngyang | Phyeongyang | 평양시 | Pyongyang | capital city |
| KP-13 | Rasǒn (Local variant: Najin Sǒnbong) |
Raseon | 라선시 | Rason | special city |
| KP-10 | Ryanggang-do |
Ryangkangto | 량강도 | Ryanggang | province |
- Notes
Changes
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) |
|---|---|
| 2017-11-23 | Change of spelling of KP-10, KP-13 (McCune-Reischauer, 1939); addition of metropolitan city KP-14; update List Source. |
| 2014-12-18 | Deletion of the space between "de" and the parenthesis in the short French name lower case. |
| 2010-02-19 | Administrative update, replacement of alphabetical characters with numeric characters in second code element |
| 2022-11-29 | Addition of metropolitan city KP-15; Update List Source |
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-4 | 2002-12-10 | Addition of one special city. Subdivision categories in header re-sorted | Subdivisions added: KP-NAJ Najin Sonbong-si
|
| Newsletter I-6 | 2004-03-08 | Spelling correction in header of list source | |
| Newsletter II-1 | 2010-02-03 (corrected 2010-02-19) |
Administrative update, replacement of alphabetical characters with numeric characters in second code element | Subdivisions deleted: KP-KAE Nampo-si Codes: format changed (see below) |
Codes changed in Newsletter II-1
| Before | After | Subdivision name |
|---|---|---|
| KP-CHA | KP-04 | Chagang-do
|
| KP-HAB | KP-09 | Hamgyongbuk-do
|
| KP-HAN | KP-08 | Hamgyongnam-do
|
| KP-HWB | KP-06 | Hwanghaebuk-do
|
| KP-HWN | KP-05 | Hwanghaenam-do
|
| KP-KAN | KP-07 | Kangwon-do
|
| KP-PYB | KP-03 | Pyonganbuk-do
|
| KP-PYN | KP-02 | Pyongannam-do
|
| KP-YAN | KP-10 | Yanggang-do
|
| KP-NAJ | KP-13 | Najin Sonbong-si
|
| KP-PYO | KP-01 | Pyongyang-si
|
See also
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: KP
- Provinces of North Korea, Statoids.com