ISO 3166-2:ZA
ISO 3166-2:ZA is the entry for
ZA hails from Dutch: Zuid-Afrika. Currently for South Africa, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 9 provinces.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is ZA, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of South Africa. The second part consists of two or three letters indicating the province.
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 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
- (en): English
- (af): Afrikaans
- (nr): Ndebele
- (nso): Pedi
- (st): Sotho
- (ss): Swati
- (ts): Tsonga
- (tn): Tswana
- (ve): Venda
- (xh): Xhosa
- (zu): Zulu
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Code | Subdivision name (en) | Language code | Subdivision name | Local variant |
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ZA-EC | Eastern Cape | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Oos-Kaap iPumalanga-Kapa Kapa Bohlabela Kapa Botjhabela Kapa-Vuxa Kapa Botlhaba Kapa Vhubvaḓuvha Mpuma-Koloni Mpumalanga-Kapa |
Mpumalanga-Koloni |
ZA-FS | Free State
|
(af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Vrystaat iFreyistata Freistata Freistata Free State Foreisetata Fureisitata Freyistata Fuleyisitata |
Foreisetata Freyisitata |
ZA-GP | Gauteng | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Gauteng iGauteng Gauteng Kgauteng Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng Rhawuti Gauteng |
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ZA-KZN | Kwazulu-Natal | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
KwaZulu-Natal iKwaZulu-Natal GaZulu-Natala Hazolo-Natala KwaZulu-Natali Kwazulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal HaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natala KwaZulu-Natali |
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ZA-LP | Limpopo | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Vhembe Limpopo Limpopo |
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ZA-MP | Mpumalanga | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Mpumalanga iMpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga |
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ZA-NW | North-West | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Noordwes iTlhagwini-Tjhingalanga Lebowa Bodikela Leboya (le) Bophirima N'walungu-Vupeladyambu Bokone Bophirima Mntla-Ntshona Nyakatho-Ntshonalanga |
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ZA-NC | Northern Cape | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Noord-Kaap iTlhagwini-Kapa Kapa Leboya Kapa Leboya Kapa-N'walungu Kapa Bokone Kapa Devhula Mntla-Koloni Nyakatho-Kapa |
Kapa Leboa Nyakatho-Koloni |
ZA-WC | Western Cape | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Wes-Kaap iTjhingalanga-Kapa Kapa Bodikela Kapa Bophirimela Kapa-Vupeladyambu Kapa Bophirima Kapa Vhukovhela Ntshona-Koloni Ntshonalanga-Kapa |
Ntshonalanga-Koloni |
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 |
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Newsletter I-6 | 2004-03-08 | Change of name of Northern Province to Limpopo | Subdivision: ZA-NP Northern Province → ZA-LP Limpopo |
Newsletter I-9 | 2007-11-28 | Addition of administrative divisions and their codes | Codes: (not marked with red colour in newsletter) Gauteng: ZA-GT → ZA-GP KwaZulu-Natal: ZA-NL → ZA-ZN |
ISO 3166-2:2007 | 2007-12-13 | Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (not announced in a newsletter) |
Codes: Gauteng: ZA-GP → ZA-GT KwaZulu-Natal: ZA-ZN → ZA-NL |
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
Effective date of change | Description of change | Code/Subdivision change |
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2020-03-02 | Change of subdivision code from ZA-GT to ZA-GP, ZA-NL to ZA-KZN; Update Code Source | Codes: ZA-GT → ZA-GP ZA-NL → ZA-KZN |
See also
- Subdivisions of South Africa
- FIPS region codes of South Africa
- Neighbouring countries: BW, LS, MZ, NA, SZ, ZW
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: ZA
- Provinces of South Africa, Statoids.com