ISO 3166-2:DO explained

ISO 3166-2:DO is the entry for the Dominican Republic 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 Dominican Republic, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 regions, 31 provinces and 1 district. The Distrito Nacional contains the capital of the country Santo Domingo and has special status equal to the provinces.

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

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Regions

CodeSubdivision name (es)Subdivision name (en)
Cibao NordesteNortheast Cibao
Cibao NoroesteNorthwest Cibao
Cibao NorteNorth Cibao
Cibao SurSouth Cibao
El ValleThe Valley
EnriquilloEnriquillo
HiguamoHiguamo
OzamaOzama
ValdesiaValdesia
YumaYuma

Provinces and district

CodeSubdivision name (es)Subdivision name (en)Subdivision categoryParent subdivision
AzuaAzuaprovinceDO-41
BaorucoBaorucoprovinceDO-38
BarahonaBarahonaprovinceDO-38
DajabónDajabonprovinceDO-34
Distrito Nacional (Santo Domingo)Santo Domingo CitydistrictDO-40
DuarteDuarteprovinceDO-33
El SeiboEl SeiboprovinceDO-42
Elías PiñaElias PinaprovinceDO-37
EspaillatEspaillatprovinceDO-35
Hato MayorGreat HerdprovinceDO-39
Hermanas MirabalMirabal SistersprovinceDO-33
IndependenciaIndependenceprovinceDO-38
La AltagraciaLa AltagraciaprovinceDO-42
La RomanaLa RomanaprovinceDO-42
La VegaLa VegaprovinceDO-36
María Trinidad SánchezMaria Trinidad SanchezprovinceDO-33
Monseñor NouelMonsignor NouelprovinceDO-36
Monte CristiChrist MountainprovinceDO-34
Monte PlataSilver MountainprovinceDO-39
PedernalesPedernalesprovinceDO-38
PeraviaPeraviaprovinceDO-41
Puerto PlataSilver PortprovinceDO-35
SamanáSamanaprovinceDO-33
San CristóbalSaint ChristopherprovinceDO-41
San José de OcoaSaint JosephprovinceDO-41
San JuanSaint JohnprovinceDO-37
San Pedro de MacorísSaint PeterprovinceDO-39
Sánchez RamírezSanchez RamirezprovinceDO-36
SantiagoSantiagoprovinceDO-35
Santiago RodríguezSantiago RodriguezprovinceDO-34
Santo DomingoSanto DomingoprovinceDO-40
ValverdeValverdeprovinceDO-34
Notes

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.

Edition/NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Introduction of new subdivision code elements taken from the Dominican Statistics Code. Correction of alphabetic sorting of subdivision names. Addition of 1 alternative name formstyle=white-space:nowrap Codes:
format changed (see below)
Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (this change was not announced in a newsletter)[1] style=white-space:nowrap Subdivisions added:
San José de Ocoa
Santo Domingo

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)
2014-12-18Assign parent subdivision to DO-01
2014-10-29Add región (region) as top-level of subdivisions; add 10 regions DO-33 to DO-42; change subdivision name of DO-03, DO-08 and DO-19; update List Source

Codes changed in Newsletter I-1

Note: Two provinces were assigned the code .

BeforeAfterSubdivision name
Distrito Nacional (Santo Domingo)
Azua
Bahoruco
Barahona
Dajabón
Duarte
El Seybo [El Seibo]
Espaillat
Hato Mayor
Independencia
La Altagracia
La Estrelleta [Elías Piña]
La Romana
La Vega
María Trinidad Sánchez
Monseñor Nouel
Monte Cristi
Monte Plata
Pedernales
Peravia
Puerto Plata
Salcedo
Samaná
San Cristóbal
San Juan
San Pedro de Macorís
Santiago
Santiago Rodríguez
Valverde

See also

References

  1. Web site: Statoid Newsletter January 2008. Statoids.com.

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