ISO 3166-2:TZ explained

ISO 3166-2:TZ is the entry for Tanzania 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 Tanzania, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 31 regions.

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

ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:

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CodeSubdivision name (sw)Subdivision name (en)
Arusha
Dar es Salaam
Dodoma
Geita
Iringa
Kagera
Kaskazini PembaPemba North
Kaskazini UngujaZanzibar North
Katavi
Kigoma
Kilimanjaro
Kusini PembaPemba South
Kusini UngujaZanzibar South
Lindi
Manyara
Mara
Mbeya
Mjini MagharibiZanzibar West
Morogoro
Mtwara
Mwanza
Njombe
PwaniCoast
Rukwa
Ruvuma
Shinyanga
Simiyu
Singida
SongweSongwe
Tabora
Tanga

Changes

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.

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Addition of one new region. One spelling correction. List source updated. Code source updatedstyle=white-space:nowrap Subdivision added:
Manyara (sw)
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2014-11-03Add 4 regions TZ-27 to TZ-30; update List SourceSubdivisions added:
Geita (sw)
Katavi (sw)
Njombe (sw)
Simiyu (sw)
2018-11-26Addition of region TZ-31; Update List SourceSubdivision added:
Songwe (sw), Songwe (en)
2019-02-14Modification of the English and French short name lower case

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