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.
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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Code | Subdivision name (ar) (BGN/PCGN 1956) | Subdivision name (ar) [1] | Subdivision name (en) [2] | |
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Al Buţnān | البطنان | Butnan | ||
Al Jabal al Akhḑar | الجبل الأخضر | Green Mountain | ||
Al Jabal al Gharbī | الجبل الغربي | Western Mountain | ||
Al Jafārah | الجفارة | Jafara | ||
Al Jufrah | الجفرة | Jufra | ||
Al Kufrah | الكفرة | Kufra | ||
Al Marj | المرج | Meadows | ||
Al Marqab | المرقب | Murqub | ||
Al Wāḩāt | الواحات | Oases | ||
An Nuqāţ al Khams | النقاط الخمس | Nuqat al Khams | ||
Az Zāwiyah | الزاوية | Zawiya | ||
Banghāzī | بنغازي | Benghazi | ||
Darnah | درنة | Derna | ||
Ghāt | غات | Ghat | ||
Mişrātah | مصراته | Misrata | ||
Murzuq | مرزق | Murzuq | ||
Nālūt | نالوت | Nalut | ||
Sabhā | سبها | Sabha | ||
Surt | سرت | Sirte | ||
طرابلس | Tripoli | |||
Wādī al Ḩayāt | وادي الحياة | Wadi al Hayaa | ||
Wādī ash Shāţi’ | وادي الشاطئ | Wadi ash Shati |
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.
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
Effective date of change | Short description of change (en) | |
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2014-12-18 | Alignment of the French short name lower case with UNTERM | |
2011-11-08 | Name change | |
2010-06-30 | Update of the administrative structure and of the list source |
Former code | Subdivision name | |
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Al Buţnān | ||
Al Jabal al Akhḑar | ||
Al Jabal al Gharbī | ||
Al Jufrah | ||
Al Wusţá | ||
Az Zāwiyah | ||
Banghāzī | ||
Fazzān | ||
Mişrātah | ||
Naggaza | ||
Sawfajjin | ||
Ţarābulus |