ISO 3166-2:AE explained

ISO 3166-2:AE is the entry for the United Arab Emirates 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 the United Arab Emirates, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 7 emirates.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Arab Emirates. 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)
Local variantSubdivision name (ar)
[1]
عجمانّ
Abu Dhabiأبو ظبي
Fujairahالفجيرة
Sharjahالشارقةّ
Dubaiدبي
Ras Al Khaimahرأس الخيمة
Umm Al Quwainأمّ القيوين
Notes
  1. For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script 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 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletter
2002-05-21Spelling correction in AE-RK
2002-08-20Error correction: Spelling correction in AE-AZ
Online Browsing Platform (OBP)2015-11-27Change of spelling of AE-AJ, AE-RK; addition of local variation of AE-FK, AE-RK, AE-UQ; update List Source

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