ISO 3166-2:PS is the entry for the State of Palestine 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.
ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for each of the 16 governorates of the State of Palestine.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the State of Palestine. The second part is three letters.
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
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| Code | Subdivision name (ar) (BGN/PCGN 1956) | Subdivision name (ar) [1] | Subdivision name (en) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayt Laḩm | بيت لحم | Bethlehem Governorate | Bethlehem | |
| Dayr al Balaḩ | دير البلح | Deir El Balah | ||
| Ghazzah | غزة | Gaza | ||
| Al Khalīl | الخليل | Hebron | ||
| Janīn | جنين | Jenin | ||
| Arīḩā wal Aghwār | أريحا | Jericho and Al Aghwar | ||
| Al Quds | القدس | Jerusalem | ||
| Khān Yūnis | خان يونس | Khan Yunis | ||
| Nāblus | نابلس | Nablus | ||
| Shamāl Ghazzah | شمال غزة | North Gaza | ||
| Qalqīlyah | قلقيلية | Qalqilya | ||
| Rafaḩ | رفح | Rafah | ||
| Rām Allāh wal Bīrah | رام الله والبيرة | Ramallah | ||
| Salfīt | سلفيت | Salfit | ||
| Ţūbās | طوباس | Tubas | ||
| Ţūlkarm | طولكرم | Tulkarm |
The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insertion of a new entry between PUERTO RICO and PORTUGAL; in accordance with ISO 3166-1 Newsletter V-2 | New entry (no codes) | |||
(corrected ) | Administrative division taken into account. | style=white-space:nowrap | Subdivisions added: 16 governorates | |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2013-02-06 | UN notification of full name[2] [3] | ||
| 2015-11-27 | Addition of romanization system for ara; change of spelling of category name in ara; change of spelling of PS-QQA, PS-JRH, PS-RBH; update List Source |