ISO 3166-2:BI explained

ISO 3166-2:BI is the entry for Burundi 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 Burundi, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 18 provinces.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Burundi. 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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CodeSubdivision name (rn), (fr)
Bubanza
Bujumbura Mairie
Bujumbura Rural
Bururi
Cankuzo
Cibitoke
Gitega
Karuzi
Kayanza
Kirundo
Makamba
Muramvya
Muyinga
Mwaro
Ngozi
Rumonge
Rutana
Ruyigi

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
Addition of one provincestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions added:
Mwaro
Update of the administrative structure and of the list sourcestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions added:
Bujumbura Mairie
Bujumbura Rural
Subdivisions deleted:
Bujumbura

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
2010-06-30Update of the administrative structure and of the list source
2015-11-27Addition of one province BI-RM; update List Sourcestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivision added:
Rumonge

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