Entry for Israel in ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2:IL is the entry for Israel 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 Israel, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 6 districts .
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is IL , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Israel. The second part is one or two letters. The code for Yerushalayim (IL-JM ) is assigned based on its English name, Jerusalem.
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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Code
Subdivision (he ) (National 2006 = UN IX/9 2007)
Subdivision (ar ) (BGN/PCGN 1956)
Subdivision name (he )[ note 1]
Subdivision name (ar )[ note 2]
Name
Local variant
Name
Local variant
IL-D
HaDarom
Southern
Al Janūbī
El Janūbī
מחוז הדרום
لواء الجنوب
IL-M
HaMerkaz
Central
Al Awsaţ
El Awsaṭ
מחוז המרכז
المنطقة الوسطى
IL-Z
HaTsafon
Northern
Ash Shamālī
Esh Shamālī
מחוז הצפון
منطقة الشمال
IL-HA
H̱efa
Haifa
Ḩayfā
Ḥeifa
מחוז חיפה
منطقة حيفا
IL-TA
Tel Aviv
Tall Abīb
Tell Abīb
מחוז תל אביב
منطقة تل أبيب
IL-JM
Yerushalayim
Jerusalem
Al Quds
El Quds
מחוז ירושלים
منطقة القدس
Notes
^ For reference only, Hebrew name in Hebrew script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
^ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
See also
External links
ISO 3166 – codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
ISO 3166-1 – country codes ISO 3166-2 – country subdivision codes
ISO 3166-3 – codes for former names of countries
a changed from TP
b changed from YU