ISO 3166-2:SA is the entry for Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 13 regions.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Saudi Arabia. The second part is two digits (01 - 14 except 13).
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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| Code | Subdivision name (ar) (BGN/PCGN 1956) | Subdivision name (ar) [1] | Subdivision name (en) [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| عَسِيْر | Asir | |||
| Al Bāḩah | ٱلْبَاحَة | Baha | ||
| الحدود الشمالية | Northern Borders | |||
| Al Jawf | الجوف | Jouf | ||
| Al Madīnah al Munawwarah | ٱلْمَدِيْنَة ٱلْمُنَوَّرَة | Medina | ||
| Al Qaşīm | القصيم | Qassim | ||
| Ar Riyāḑ | الرياض | Riyadh | ||
| Ash Sharqīyah | الشرقية | Eastern | ||
| حَائِل | Ha’il | |||
| Jāzān | جازان | Jizan | ||
| Makkah al Mukarramah | مكة | Mecca | ||
| Najrān | نجران | Najran | ||
| Tabūk | تَبُوْك | Tabuk |
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:
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter |
|---|---|---|
(corrected ) | Alphabetical re-ordering. | |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2014-11-03 | Change subdivision names of SA-02, SA-03 and SA-09; update List Source |
| 2018-11-26 | Change of subdivision category from province to region |