ISO 3166-2:IL

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
  1. ^ For reference only, Hebrew name in Hebrew script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ^ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

See also