ISO 3166-2:BD explained

ISO 3166-2:BD is the entry for Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Bangladesh. The second part is either of the following:

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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Divisions

CodeSubdivision name (bn)Subdivision name (bn)Local variant
BarishalBengali: বরিশাল
ChattogramBengali: চট্টগ্রামChittagong
DhakaBengali: ঢাকা
KhulnaBengali: খুলনা
MymensinghBengali: ময়মনসিংহ
RajshahiBengali: রাজশাহী
RangpurBengali: রংপুর
SylhetBengali: সিলেট

Districts

CodeSubdivision name (bn)Subdivision name (bn)Local variantIn division
Bagerhatবাগেরহাট
Bandarbanবান্দরবান
Bargunaবরগুনা
Barishalবরিশাল
Bholaভোলা
Boguraবগুড়া
Brahmanbariaব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া
Chandpurচাঁদপুর
Chapai Nawabganjচাঁপাইনবাবগঞ্জ
Chattogramচট্টগ্রামChittagong
Chuadangaচুয়াডাঙ্গা
Cox's Bazarকক্সবাজার
Cumillaকুমিল্লা
Dhakaঢাকা
Dinajpurদিনাজপুর
Faridpurফরিদপুর
Feniফেনী
Gaibandhaগাইবান্ধা
Gazipurগাজীপুর
Gopalganjগোপালগঞ্জ
Habiganjহবিগঞ্জ
Jamalpurজামালপুর
Jashoreযশোর
Jhalakathiঝালকাঠি
Jhenaidahঝিনাইদহ
Joypurhatজয়পুরহাট
Khagrachhariখাগড়াছড়ি
Khulnaখুলনা
Kishoreganjকিশোরগঞ্জ
Kurigramকুড়িগ্রাম
Kushtiaকুষ্টিয়া
Lakshmipurলক্ষ্মীপুর
Lalmonirhatলালমনিরহাট
Madaripurমাদারীপুর
Maguraমাগুরা
Manikganjমানিকগঞ্জ
Meherpurমেহেরপুর
Moulvibazarমৌলভীবাজার
Munshiganjমুন্সীগঞ্জ
Mymensinghময়মনসিংহ
Naogaonনওগাঁ
Narailনড়াইল
Narayanganjনারায়ণগঞ্জ
Narsingdiনরসিংদী
Natoreনাটোর
Netrakonaনেত্রকোণা
Nilphamariনীলফামারী
Noakhaliনোয়াখালী
Pabnaপাবনা
Panchagarhপঞ্চগড়
Patuakhaliপটুয়াখালী
Pirojpurপিরোজপুর
Rajbariরাজবাড়ী
Rajshahiরাজশাহী
Rangamatiরাঙ্গামাটি
Rangpurরংপুর
Satkhiraসাতক্ষীরা
Shariatpurশরিয়তপুর
Sherpurশেরপুর
Sirajganjসিরাজগঞ্জ
Sunamganjসুনামগঞ্জ
Sylhetসিলেট
Tangailটাঙ্গাইল
Thakurgaonঠাকুরগাঁও
Notes

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.

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
New list source. One division added. 31 regions cancelled. Allocation of districts to divisions instead of regions. Correction of one spelling errorstyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions added:
Sylhet bibhag
Subdivisions deleted:
21 regions (see below)

(corrected
)
Country name romanization adjustment, first level prefix addition, deletion of generic terms, addition of administrative division and source list updatestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions added:
Rangpur (division)
Codes:
Barisal (division) : →
Chittagong (division) : →
Dhaka (division) : →
Khulna (division) : →
Rajshahi (division) : →
Sylhet (division) : →

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of changeShort description of change (en)
2012-02-15Correct local short name and align with ISO 3166-2
2016-11-15Change of spelling of BD-24, BD-25, BD-29, BD-45; change of parent subdivision of BD-21, BD-34, BD-41, BD-55, BD-57; addition of parent subdivision BD-H; addition of an asterisk to divisions; update list source
2018-11-26Correction of the romanization system label
2020-11-24Change of spelling of BD-03, BD-06, BD-08, BD-10, BD-22, BD-A, BD-B; Addition of local variation for BD-10, BD-B; Correction of the Code Source

Codes deleted in Newsletter I-2

Former codeSubdivision nameIn divisionDistricts in region
Bandarban anchal
Barisal anchal, , ,
Bogra anchal,
Chittagong anchal,
Chittagong Hill Tracts,
Comilla anchal, ,
Dhaka anchal, , , , ,
Dinajpur anchal, ,
Faridpur anchal, , , ,
Jamalpur anchal,
Jessore anchal, , ,
Khulna anchal, ,
Khustia anchal, ,
Mymensingh anchal, ,
Noakhali anchal, ,
Pabna anchal,
Patuakhali anchal,
Rajshahi anchal, , ,
Rangpur anchal, , , ,
Sylhet anchal, , ,
Tangail anchal

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