ISO 3166-2:LY

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ISO 3166-2:LY is the entry for

states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1
.

Currently for Libya, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 22 popularates.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is LY, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Libya. 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 (
ar
)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)
Subdivision name ( Subdivision name (en) [note 2]
LY-BU Al Buţnān البطنان Butnan
LY-JA Al Jabal al Akhḑar الجبل الأخضر Green Mountain
LY-JG Al Jabal al Gharbī الجبل الغربي Western Mountain
LY-JI Al Jafārah الجفارة Jafara
LY-JU Al Jufrah الجفرة Jufra
LY-KF Al Kufrah الكفرة Kufra
LY-MJ Al Marj المرج Meadows
LY-MB Al Marqab المرقب Murqub
LY-WA Al Wāḩāt الواحات Oases
LY-NQ An Nuqāţ al Khams النقاط الخمس Nuqat al Khams
LY-ZA Az Zāwiyah الزاوية Zawiya
LY-BA
Banghāzī
بنغازي Benghazi
LY-DR Darnah درنة Derna
LY-GT Ghāt غات Ghat
LY-MI Mişrātah مصراته Misrata
LY-MQ Murzuq مرزق Murzuq
LY-NL Nālūt نالوت Nalut
LY-SB Sabhā سبها Sabha
LY-SR Surt سرت Sirte
LY-TB Ţarābulus طرابلس Tripoli
LY-WD Wādī al Ḩayāt وادي الحياة Wadi al Hayaa
LY-WS Wādī ash Shāţi’ وادي الشاطئ Wadi ash Shati
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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-5 2003-09-05 Revision of subdivision layout. Revision of header information Subdivision layout:
13 municipalities (see below)
→ 34 municipalities
Newsletter II-2 2010-06-30 Update of the administrative structure and of the list source Subdivision layout:
34 municipalities (see below)
→ 22 popularates

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)
2014-12-18 Alignment of the French short name lower case with UNTERM
2011-11-08 Name change
2010-06-30 Update of the administrative structure and of the list source

Codes before Newsletter I-5

Former code Subdivision name
LY-BU Al Buţnān
LY-JA Al Jabal al Akhḑar
LY-JG Al Jabal al Gharbī
LY-JU Al Jufrah
LY-WA Al Wāḩah
LY-WU Al Wusţá
LY-ZA Az Zāwiyah
LY-BA Banghāzī
LY-FA Fazzān
LY-MI Mişrātah
LY-NA Naggaza
LY-SF Sawfajjin
LY-TB Ţarābulus

Codes before Newsletter II-2

Former code Subdivision name
LY-AJ Ajdābiyā
LY-BU Al Buţnān
LY-HZ Al Ḩizām al Akhḑar
LY-JA Al Jabal al Akhḑar
LY-JI Al Jifārah
LY-JU Al Jufrah
LY-KF Al Kufrah
LY-MJ Al Marj
LY-MB Al Marqab
LY-QT Al Qaţrūn
LY-QB Al Qubbah
LY-WA Al Wāḩah
LY-NQ An Nuqaţ al Khams
LY-SH
Ash Shāţi'
LY-ZA Az Zāwiyah
LY-BA
Banghāzī
LY-BW Banī Walīd
LY-DR Darnah
LY-GD Ghadāmis
LY-GR Gharyān
LY-GT Ghāt
LY-JB
Jaghbūb
LY-MI Mişrātah
LY-MZ Mizdah
LY-MQ Murzuq
LY-NL Nālūt
LY-SB Sabhā
LY-SS
Şabrātah Şurmān
LY-SR Surt
LY-TN
Tājūrā' wa an Nawāḩī al Arbāʻ
LY-TB Ţarābulus
LY-TM
Tarhūnah-Masallātah
LY-WD
Wādī al Ḩayāt
LY-YJ
Yafran-Jādū

See also

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