ISO 3166-2:PL explained

ISO 3166-2:PL is the entry for Poland 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 Poland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 16 voivodeships.

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

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 Polish alphabetical order: a, ą, b-c, ć, d-e, ę, f-l, ł, m-n, ń, o, ó, p-s, ś, t-z, ź, ż.

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CodeSubdivision name (pl)Subdivision name (en)[1]
DolnośląskieLower Silesia
Kujawsko-PomorskieKuyavia-Pomerania
LubelskieLublin
LubuskieLubusz
Łódź
Lesser Poland
MazowieckieMazovia
OpolskieUpper Silesia
PodkarpackieSubcarpathia
PodlaskiePodlaskie
PomorskiePomerania
Silesia
Holy Cross
Warmińsko-MazurskieWarmia-Masuria
WielkopolskieGreater Poland
ZachodniopomorskieWest Pomerania
Notes
  1. For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced 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
Introduction of a completely new subdivision layoutstyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivision layout:
49 provinces (see below)
→ 16 provinces

(corrected
)
Alphabetical re-ordering and source list update.
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Platform (OBP)
2018-11-26Change of category name from province to voivodship in eng and from région to voïvodie in fra; Change of subdivision code from PL-DS to PL-02, PL-KP to PL-04, PL-LB to PL-08, PL-LD to PL-10, PL-LU to PL-06, PL-MA to PL-12, PL-MZ to PL-14, PL-OP to PL-16, PL-PD to PL-20, PL-PK to PL-18, PL-PM to PL-22, PL-SK to PL-26, PL-SL to PL-24, PL-WN to PL-28, PL-WP to PL-30 and PL-ZP to PL-32; Update List Source; Update Code SourceCategory change:
province → voivodship
Code changes:















2023-11-23Change of spelling of PL-04, PL-28; Update Code Source and List SourceName changes:
Kujawsko-pomorskie → Kujawsko-Pomorskie
Warmińsko-mazurskie → Warmińsko-Mazurskie

Codes before Newsletter I-1

Former codeSubdivision name (pl)
Biała Podlaska
Białystok
Bielsko-Biała
Bydgoszcz
Chełm
Ciechanów
Częstochowa
Elbląg
Gdańsk
Gorzów
Jelenia Góra
Kalisz
Katowice
Kielce
Konin
Koszalin
Kraków
Krosno
Legnica
Leszno
Lublin
Nowy Sącz
Olsztyn
Opole
Ostrołęka
Piotrków
Poznań
Przemyśl
Radom
Rzeszów
Siedlce
Sieradz
Skierniewice
Suwałki
Szczecin
Tarnobrzeg
Tarnów
Toruń
Warszawa
Wrocław
Zamość
Zielona Góra

Codes before 2018-11-26 update

Former codeSubdivision name (pl)
Dolnośląskie
Kujawsko-pomorskie
Lubelskie
Lubuskie
Mazowieckie
Opolskie
Podkarpackie
Podlaskie
Pomorskie
Warmińsko-mazurskie
Wielkopolskie
Zachodniopomorskie

See also

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