ISO 3166-2:EG

ISO 3166-2:EG is the entry for Egypt 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 Egypt, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 27 governorates. 6th of October Governorate and Helwan Governorate, which had their codes added in Newsletter II-2, were merged back into Giza Governorate and Cairo Governorate respectively in 2011.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is EG, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Egypt. The second part is either one, two, or three 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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Code Subdivision name (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956) 		Local variant Subdivision name (ar)
[note 1] 		Subdivision name (en)
[note 2]
EG-DK Ad Daqahlīyah الدقهلية Dakahlia
EG-BA Al Baḩr al Aḩmar Red Sea البحر الأحمر Red Sea
EG-BH Al Buḩayrah البحيرة Beheira
EG-FYM Al Fayyūm الفيوم Faiyum
EG-GH Al Gharbīyah الغربية Gharbia
EG-ALX Al Iskandarīyah Alexandria الإسكندرية Alexandria
EG-IS Al Ismā'īlīyah الإسماعيلية Ismailia
EG-GZ Al Jīzah Giza الجيزة Giza
EG-MNF Al Minūfīyah المنُوفيّة Monufia
EG-MN Al Minyā المنيا Minya
EG-C Al Qāhirah Cairo القاهرة Cairo
EG-KB Al Qalyūbīyah القليوبية Qalyubia
EG-LX Al Uqşur Luxor الأقصر Luxor
EG-WAD Al Wādī al Jadīd New Valley الوادي الجديد New Valley
EG-SUZ As Suways Suez السويس Suez
EG-SHR Ash Sharqīyah الشرقية Al Sharqia
EG-ASN Aswān أسوان Aswan
EG-AST Asyūţ أسيوط Asyut
EG-BNS Banī Suwayf بني سويف Beni Suef
EG-PTS Būr Sa‘īd Port Said بورسعيد Port Said
EG-DT Dumyāţ Damietta دمياط Damietta
EG-JS Janūb Sīnā' South Sinai جنوب سيناء South Sinai
EG-KFS Kafr ash Shaykh كفر الشيخ Kafr el-Sheikh
EG-MT Maţrūḩ مطروح Matrouh
EG-KN Qinā قنا Qena
EG-SIN Shamāl Sīnā' North Sinai شمال سيناء North Sinai
EG-SHG Sūhāj Sohag سوهاج Sohag
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script 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 by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

Edition/Newsletter Date issued Description of change Code/Subdivision change
ISO 3166-2:2007 2007-12-13 Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (this change was not announced in a newsletter)[1] Subdivision added:
EG-LX Al Uqşur
Newsletter II-2 2010-06-30 Update of the administrative structure and of the list source Subdivisions added:
EG-SU As Sādis min Uktūbar
EG-HU Ḩulwān

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statoid Newsletter January 2008". Statoids.com.