ISO 3166-2:ER
Template:Short description ISO 3166-2:ER is the entry for Eritrea in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Eritrea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for six regions.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is Template:Mono, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Eritrea. 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).
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
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| Code | Subdivision name (ar) (BGN/PCGN 1956) |
Template:Nowrap (ar) <ref group="note">For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.</ref> |
Subdivision name (ti) (BGN/PCGN 2007) |
Template:Nowrap (ti) <ref group="note">For reference only, Tigrinya name in Tigrinya script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.</ref> |
Template:Nowrap (en) <ref group="note">For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.</ref> |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mono | Al Awsaţ | الأوسط | Ma’ĭkel | ማእከል | Central |
| Template:Mono | Al Janūbī | الجنوبي | Debub | ደቡብ | Southern |
| Template:Mono | Ansabā | أنسابا | Template:Sort | ዓንሰባ | Anseba |
| Template:Mono | Janūbī al Baḩrī al Aḩmar | جنوبي البحري الأحمر | Debubawi K’eyyĭḥ Baḥri | ደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ | Southern Red Sea |
| Template:Mono | Qāsh-Barkah | قش بركاح | Gash-Barka | ጋሽ ባርካ | Gash-Barka |
| Template:Mono | Template:Nowrap | الشمالي البهري آل الأحمر | Template:Nowrap | ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ | Northern Red Sea |
- Notes
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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:
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap | Introduction of a completely new subdivision layout | Subdivision layout: 10 provinces (see below) → 6 provinces |
| Template:Nowrap | Template:Nowrap (corrected Template:Nowrap) |
Country name romanization adjustment, language adjustment, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update. |
Codes before Newsletter I-1
| Former code | Subdivision name |
|---|---|
| Template:Mono | Akele Guzai [Akalä Guzay] |
| Template:Mono | Asmara [Asmära] |
| Template:Mono | Barka |
| Template:Mono | Denkalia [Dänkali] |
| Template:Mono | Gash-Setit [Gaš enna Sätit] |
| Template:Mono | Hamasien [Hamasén] |
| Template:Mono | Sahel |
| Template:Mono | Semhar [Sämhar] |
| Template:Mono | Senhit [Sänhet] |
| Template:Mono | Seraye [Särayé] |
See also
- Subdivisions of Eritrea
- FIPS region codes of Eritrea
- Neighbouring countries: DJ, ET, SD
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: ER
- Regions of Eritrea, Statoids.com