ISO 3166-2:LY explained

ISO 3166-2:LY is the entry for Libya 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 Libya, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 22 popularates.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Libya. 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)
Subdivision name (ar) [1] Subdivision name (en) [2]
Al BuţnānالبطنانButnan
Al Jabal al Akhḑarالجبل الأخضرGreen Mountain
Al Jabal al Gharbīالجبل الغربيWestern Mountain
Al JafārahالجفارةJafara
Al JufrahالجفرةJufra
Al KufrahالكفرةKufra
Al MarjالمرجMeadows
Al MarqabالمرقبMurqub
Al WāḩātالواحاتOases
An Nuqāţ al Khamsالنقاط الخمسNuqat al Khams
Az ZāwiyahالزاويةZawiya
BanghāzīبنغازيBenghazi
DarnahدرنةDerna
GhātغاتGhat
MişrātahمصراتهMisrata
MurzuqمرزقMurzuq
NālūtنالوتNalut
SabhāسبهاSabha
SurtسرتSirte
طرابلسTripoli
Wādī al Ḩayātوادي الحياةWadi al Hayaa
Wādī ash Shāţi’وادي الشاطئWadi ash Shati
Notes

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Revision of subdivision layout. Revision of header informationstyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivision layout:
13 municipalities (see below)
→ 34 municipalities
Update of the administrative structure and of the list sourcestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivision layout:
34 municipalities (see below)
→ 22 popularates

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)
2014-12-18Alignment of the French short name lower case with UNTERM
2011-11-08Name change
2010-06-30Update of the administrative structure and of the list source

Codes before Newsletter I-5

Former codeSubdivision name
Al Buţnān
Al Jabal al Akhḑar
Al Jabal al Gharbī
Al Jufrah
Al Wusţá
Az Zāwiyah
Banghāzī
Fazzān
Mişrātah
Naggaza
Sawfajjin
Ţarābulus

Codes before Newsletter II-2

Former codeSubdivision name
Ajdābiyā
Al Buţnān
Al Jabal al Akhḑar
Al Jifārah
Al Jufrah
Al Kufrah
Al Marj
Al Marqab
Al Qaţrūn
Al Qubbah
Al Wāḩah
An Nuqaţ al Khams
Ash Shāţi'
Az Zāwiyah
Banghāzī
Banī Walīd
Darnah
Ghadāmis
Gharyān
Ghāt
Jaghbūb
Mizdah
Murzuq
Nālūt
Sabhā
Surt
Tarhūnah-Masallātah
Wādī al Ḩayāt
Yafran-Jādū

See also

External links

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.