ISO 3166-2:JO explained

ISO 3166-2:JO is the entry for Jordan 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 Jordan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 12 governorates.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Jordan. 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 (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)
Local variantSubdivision name (ar) [1] Subdivision name (en) [2]
‘AjlūnعجلونAjloun
Al ‘AqabahAqabaالعقبةAqaba
Al ‘A̅şimah‘AmmānالعاصمةAmman
Al Balqā’البلقاءBalqa
Al KarakالكركKarak
Al MafraqالمفرقMafraq
Aţ ŢafīlahالطفيلةTafilah
Az Zarqā’الزرقاءZarqa
IrbidإربدIrbid
JarashجرشJerash
Ma‘ānمعانMa'an
MādabāمادباMadaba
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:

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Notes and References

  1. For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.