ISO 3166-2:QA explained

ISO 3166-2:QA is the entry for Qatar 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 Qatar, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 8 municipalities.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Qatar. 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 (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)
Subdivision name (ar) [1] Subdivision name (en) [2]
Ad DawḩahالدوحةDoha
Al Khawr wa adh Dhakhīrahالخور والذخيرةKhor
Al WakrahالوكرةWakra
Ar RayyānالريانRayyan
Ash ShamālٱلشَّمَالNorth
Ash ShīḩānīyahالشحانيةShahaniya
Az̧ Z̧a‘āyinالضعاينDaayen
Umm Şalālأم صلالUmm Salal
Notes
  1. For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script is not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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.

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)
2011-12-13Update resulting from the addition of names in administrative languages, and update of the administrative structure and of the list source
2017-11-23Addition of municipality QA-SH

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