ISO 3166-2:BF explained

ISO 3166-2:BF is the entry for Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso, 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 Burkina Faso. 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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Regions

CodeSubdivision name (fr)
Boucle du Mouhoun
Cascades
Centre
Centre-Est
Centre-Nord
Centre-Ouest
Centre-Sud
Est
Hauts-Bassins
Nord
Plateau-Central
Sahel
Sud-Ouest

Provinces

CodeSubdivision name (fr)In region
Balé
Bam
Banwa
Bazèga
Bougouriba
Boulgou
Boulkiemdé
Comoé
Ganzourgou
Gnagna
Gourma
Houet
Ioba
Kadiogo
Komondjari
Kompienga
Kossi
Koulpélogo
Kouritenga
Kourwéogo
Loroum
Mouhoun
Nahouri
Namentenga
Nayala
Noumbiel
Oubritenga
Oudalan
Passoré
Poni
Sanguié
Sanmatenga
Sissili
Soum
Sourou
Tapoa
Tuy
Yagha
Yatenga
Ziro
Zondoma
Zoundwéogo

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.

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)Code/Subdivision change
2014-04-15Correction of the short name lowercase in French
2016-11-15Change of spelling of BF-TUI; update list sourceSpelling change:
Tui → Tuy

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