ISO 3166-2:MD explained

ISO 3166-2:MD is the entry for Moldova 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 Moldova, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 autonomous territorial unit, 3 cities, 32 districts, and 1 territorial unit. The three cities have special status equal to the districts.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Moldova. The second part is two letters.

Due to limited international recognition, Transnistria is considered part of Moldova and does not have its own ISO 3166-1 code.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

Subdivision names are sorted in Romanian alphabetical order: a, ă, â, b-i, î, j-s, ș, t, ț, u-z.

Click on the button in the header to sort each column.

CodeSubdivision name (ro)Subdivision category
Anenii Noidistrict
Basarabeascadistrict
city
Bender [Tighina]city
Bricenidistrict
Cahuldistrict
Cantemirdistrict
district
district
Chișinăucity
Cimișliadistrict
Criulenidistrict
Dondușenidistrict
Drochiadistrict
Dubăsaridistrict
Edinețdistrict
district
Floreștidistrict
(UTAG)autonomous territorial unit
Glodenidistrict
Hînceștidistrict
Ialovenidistrict
Leovadistrict
Nisporenidistrict
Ocnițadistrict
Orheidistrict
Rezinadistrict
Rîșcanidistrict
district
Sorocadistrict
territorial unit
Strășenidistrict
district
district
Taracliadistrict
Teleneștidistrict
Unghenidistrict

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
Completely new subdivision layoutstyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivision layout:
10 cities, 40 districts (see below)
→ 1 autonomous territory, 1 city, 1 territorial unit, 9 districts
Error correction: Header information on number of districts corrected
Addition of one district. Subdivision categories in header re-sortedSubdivisions added:
Taraclia
Consistency between ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of names in administrative languages, and update of the administrative structure and of the list sourcestyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivision layout:
1 autonomous territory, 1 city, 10 districts, 1 territorial unit (see below)
→ 1 autonomous territorial unit, 3 cities, 32 districts, 1 territorial unit

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)
2015-08-04Correction of the administrative language codes from mo, mol to ro, ron
2014-11-03Change subdivision name of MD-BD
2010-06-30Consistency between ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of names in administrative languages, and update of the administrative structure and of the list source
2009-01-07Change of short name
2008-09-09Correction of administrative language from Romanian (ro, ron) to Moldavian (mo, mol)
2008-04-08Change of short name

Codes before Newsletter I-2

Former codeSubdivision nameSubdivision category
city
Cahulcity
Chişinăucity
Dubăsaricity
Orheicity
Rîbnițacity
Sorocacity
Tighinacity
Tiraspolcity
Unghenicity
Anenii Noidistrict
Basarabeascadistrict
Brincenidistrict
Cahuldistrict
Camencadistrict
Cantemirdistrict
district
district
district
Ciadîr-Lungadistrict
Cimișliadistrict
Comratdistrict
Criulenidistrict
Dondușenidistrict
Drochiadistrict
Dubăsaridistrict
Edinețdistrict
district
Floreștidistrict
Glodenidistrict
Grigoriopoldistrict
Hînceștidistrict
Ialovenidistrict
Leovadistrict
Nisporenidistrict
Ocnițadistrict
Orheidistrict
Rezinadistrict
Rîbnițadistrict
Rîșcanidistrict
district
Sloboziadistrict
Sorocadistrict
Strășenidistrict
district
district
Taracliadistrict
Teleneștidistrict
Unghenidistrict
Vulcăneștidistrict

Codes before Newsletter II-2

Former codeSubdivision nameSubdivision category
Găgăuzia, Unitate Teritorială Autonomă (UTAG)autonomous territory
Chişinăucity
Bălţidistrict
Cahuldistrict
Chişinăudistrict
Edineţdistrict
Lăpuşnadistrict
Orheidistrict
Sorocadistrict
Taracliadistrict
Tighina [Bender]district
Unghenidistrict
Stînga Nistrului, unitatea teritorială dinterritorial unit

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