ISO 3166-2:NG

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Nigerian English ISO 3166-2:NG is the entry for Nigeria 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 Nigeria, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for one capital territory and 36 states. The Federal Capital Territory contains the capital of the country Abuja and has special status equal to the states.Template:Fact

Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is Template:Mono, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Nigeria. 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 (en)	Subdivision category
Template:Mono	Abia	state
Template:Mono	Abuja Federal Capital Territory	capital territory
Template:Mono	Adamawa	state
Template:Mono	Akwa Ibom	state
Template:Mono	Anambra	state
Template:Mono	Bauchi	state
Template:Mono	Bayelsa	state
Template:Mono	Benue	state
Template:Mono	Borno	state
Template:Mono	Cross River	state
Template:Mono	Delta	state
Template:Mono	Ebonyi	state
Template:Mono	Edo	state
Template:Mono	Ekiti	state
Template:Mono	Enugu	state
Template:Mono	Gombe	state
Template:Mono	Imo	state
Template:Mono	Jigawa	state
Template:Mono	Kaduna	state
Template:Mono	Kano	state
Template:Mono	Katsina	state
Template:Mono	Kebbi	state
Template:Mono	Kogi	state
Template:Mono	Kwara	state
Template:Mono	Lagos	state
Template:Mono	Nasarawa	state
Template:Mono	Niger	state
Template:Mono	Ogun	state
Template:Mono	Ondo	state
Template:Mono	Osun	state
Template:Mono	Oyo	state
Template:Mono	Plateau	state
Template:Mono	Rivers	state
Template:Mono	Sokoto	state
Template:Mono	Taraba	state
Template:Mono	Yobe	state
Template:Mono	Zamfara	state

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	Addition of 6 new states	Subdivisions added: Template:Mono Bayelsa Template:Mono Ebonyi Template:Mono Ekiti Template:Mono Gombe Template:Mono Nassarawa Template:Mono Zamfara
Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Consistency between ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of names in administrative languages

See also

• Subdivisions of Nigeria
• FIPS region codes of Nigeria
• Neighbouring countries: BJ, CM, NE, TD

External links

• ISO Online Browsing Platform: NG
• States of Nigeria, Statoids.com