ISO 3166-2:MU explained

ISO 3166-2:MU is the entry for Mauritius 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 Mauritius, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 3 dependencies and 9 districts.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Mauritius. 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 (en)Subdivision category
Agalega Islandsdependency
Black Riverdistrict
Cargados Carajos Shoals
(local variant: Saint Brandon Islands)
dependency
Flacqdistrict
Grand Portdistrict
Mokadistrict
Pamplemoussesdistrict
Plaines Wilhemsdistrict
Port Louisdistrict
Rivière du Rempartdistrict
Rodrigues Islanddependency
Savannedistrict

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:

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Error correction: Duplicate use of one code element corrected. Subdivision categories in header re-sortedstyle=white-space:nowrap Codes: (to correct duplicate use)
Port Louis (city): →
Online Browsing Platform (OBP)Deletion of city MU-BR, MU-CU, MU-PU, MU-QB, MU-VP; Update List Source; Correction of the Code Sourcestyle=white-space:nowrap Deleted:
(Beau Bassin-Rose Hill),
(Curepipe),
(Port Louis),
(Quatre Bornes),
(Vacoas-Phoenix)

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