ISO 3166-2:LK
ISO 3166-2:LK is the entry for
Currently for Sri Lanka, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is LK, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Sri Lanka. The second part is either of the following:
- one digit (1–9): provinces
- two digits: districts
For the districts, the first digit is the second part of the ISO 3166-2 code of the province where the district is in.
Current codes
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
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Provinces
Code | Subdivision name (si) (Provisional UN Draft 1972) |
Subdivision name (si) [a] |
Subdivision name (ta) (UN II/11 1972) |
Subdivision name (ta) [b] |
Subdivision name (en) |
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LK-1 | Basnāhira paḷāta | බස්නාහිර | Mel mākāṇam | மேல் | Western Province |
LK-3 | Dakuṇu paḷāta | දකුණු | Tĕṉ mākāṇam | தென் | Southern Province |
LK-2 | Madhyama paḷāta | මධ්යම | Mattiya mākāṇam | மத்திய | Central Province |
LK-5 | Næ̆gĕnahira paḷāta | නැගෙනහිර | Kil̮akku mākāṇam | கிழக்கு | Eastern Province |
LK-9 | Sabaragamuva paḷāta | සබරගමුව | Chappirakamuva mākāṇam | சப்ரகமுவ | Sabaragamuwa Province |
LK-4 | Uturu paḷāta | උතුරු | Vaṭakku mākāṇam | வட | Northern Province |
LK-7 | Uturumæ̆da paḷāta | උතුරු මැද | Vaṭamattiya mākāṇam | வட மத்திய | North Central Province |
LK-8 | Ūva paḷāta | ඌව | Ūvā mākāṇam | ஊவா | Uva Province |
LK-6 | Vayamba paḷāta | වයඹ | Vaṭamel mākāṇam | வட மேல் | North Western Province |
Districts
Code | Subdivision name (si) (Provisional UN Draft 1972) |
Subdivision name ( si)
[a] |
Subdivision name (ta) (UN II/11 1972) |
Subdivision name (ta) [b] |
Subdivision name (en) | Parent subdivision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LK-52 | Ampāra | අම්පාර | Ampāṟai | அம்பாறை | Ampara | LK-5 |
LK-71 | Anurādhapura | අනුරාධපුර | Anurātapuram | அனுராதபுரம் | Anuradhapura | LK-7 |
LK-81 | Badulla | බදුල්ල | Patuḷai | பதுளை | Badulla | LK-8 |
LK-31 | Gālla | ගාල්ල | Kāli | காலி | Galle | LK-3 |
LK-12 | Gampaha | ගම්පහ | Kampahā | கம்பஹா | Gampaha | LK-1 |
LK-33 | Hambantŏṭa | හම්බන්තොට | Ampāntōṭṭai | அம்பாந்தோட்டை | Hambantota | LK-3 |
LK-92 | Kægalla
|
කෑගල්ල | Kekālai | கேகாலை | Kegalla | LK-9 |
LK-13 | Kalutara
|
කළුතර | Kaḷuttuṟai | களுத்துறை | Kalutara | LK-1 |
LK-42 | Kilinŏchchi | කිලිනොච්චි | Kiḷinochchi | கிளிநொச்சி | Kilinochchi | LK-4 |
LK-11 | Kŏḷamba | කොළඹ | Kŏl̮umpu | கொழும்பு | Colombo | LK-1 |
LK-61 | Kuruṇægala | කුරුණෑගල | Kurunākal | குருநாகல் | Kurunegala | LK-6 |
LK-51 | Maḍakalapuva | මඩකලපුව | Maṭṭakkaḷappu | மட்டக்களப்பு | Batticaloa | LK-5 |
LK-21 | Mahanuvara | මහනුවර | Kaṇṭi | கண்டி | Kandy | LK-2 |
LK-43 | Mannārama | මන්නාරම | Maṉṉār | மன்னார் | Mannar | LK-4 |
LK-22 | Mātale | මාතලේ | Māttaḷai | மாத்தளை | Matale | LK-2 |
LK-32 | Mātara | මාතර | Māttaṛai | மாத்தறை | Matara | LK-3 |
LK-82 | Mŏṇarāgala | මොණරාගල | Mŏṉarākalai | மொணராகலை | Monaragala | LK-8 |
LK-45 | Mulativ
|
මුලතිවු | Mullaittīvu | முல்லைத்தீவு | Mullaittivu | LK-4 |
LK-23 | Nuvara Ĕliya | නුවරඑළිය | Nuvarĕliyā | நுவரெலியா | Nuwara Eliya | LK-2 |
LK-72 | Pŏḷŏnnaruva | පොළොන්නරුව | Pŏlaṉṉaṛuvai | பொலன்னறுவை | Polonnaruwa | LK-7 |
LK-62 | Puttalama | පුත්තලම | Puttaḷam | புத்தளம் | Puttalam | LK-6 |
LK-91 | Ratnapura | රත්නපුර | Irattiṉapuri | இரத்தினபுரம் | Ratnapura | LK-9 |
LK-53 | Trikuṇāmalaya | ත්රිකුණාමළය | Tirukŏṇamalai | திருக்கோணமலை | Trincomalee | LK-5 |
LK-44 | Vavuniyāva | වවුනියා | Vavuṉiyā | வவுனியா | Vavuniya | LK-4 |
LK-41 | Yāpanaya | යාපනය | Yāl̮ppāṇam | யாழ்ப்பாணம் | Jaffna | LK-4 |
- 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 |
---|---|---|
Newsletter II-1 | 2010-02-03 (corrected 2010-02-19) |
Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages |
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) |
---|---|
2019-11-22 | Correction of parent subdivision of LK-11, LK-12, LK-13, LK-21, LK-22, LK-23, LK-31, LK-32, LK-41, LK-43, LK-44, LK-45, LK-51, LK-52, LK-53, LK-61, LK-62, LK-71, LK-81, LK-82, LK-91, LK-92; Update List Source |
2018-11-26 | Correction of the romanization system label |
2014-12-18 | Alignment of the French short name lower case with UNTERM; update of the remarks in French |
2012-08-02 | Add administrative language |
2010-02-19 | Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages |
See also
- Subdivisions of Sri Lanka
- FIPS region codes of Sri Lanka
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: LK
- Provinces of Sri Lanka, Statoids.com