ISO 3166-2:SS
ISO 3166-2:SS is the entry for
Currently for South Sudan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 states.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is SS, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of South Sudan. 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). The administrative areas of Pibor and Ruweng, as well as the currently disputed region of Abyei, do not currently have a corresponding code, and thus are not listed.
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| Code | Subdivision name (en) |
|---|---|
| SS-EC |  Central Equatoria
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| SS-EE |  Eastern Equatoria
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| SS-JG |  Jonglei
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| SS-LK |  Lakes
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| SS-BN |  Northern Bahr el Ghazal
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| SS-UY |  Unity
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| SS-NU |  Upper Nile
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| SS-WR |  Warrap
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| SS-BW |  Western Bahr el Ghazal
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| SS-EW |  Western Equatoria
|
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 II-3 | 2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) |
Administrative subdivisions addition. | Subdivisions added: 10 states |
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) |
|---|---|
| 2021-11-25 | Typographical correction of SS-BW (deletion of the extra space between el and Ghazal) |
| 2014-12-18 | Deletion of the space after the short English name lower case |
| 2011-12-13 | Addition of code and its administrative subdivisions to align ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2. |
| 2011-08-09 | Assign code elements |
See also
- Subdivisions of South Sudan
- .ss (corresponding top level domain)
- Neighbouring countries: CD, CF, ET, KE, SD, UG