ISO 3166-2:IQ

ISO 3166-2:IQ is the entry for Iraq 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 Iraq, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 18 governorates and 1 region.

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

Code Subdivision
name (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956) 		Subdivision name (ar) [note 1] Subdivision
name (ku)
(BGN/PCGN 2007) 		Subdivision name (ku) [note 2] Subdivision name (en) [note 3] Subdivision category Parent subdiv.
IQ-AN Al Anbār الأنبار Anbar governorate
IQ-BA Al Başrah البصرة Basra governorate
IQ-MU Al Muthanná المثنى Muthanna governorate
IQ-QA Al Qādisīyah القادسية Qadisiya governorate
IQ-NA An Najaf النجف Najaf governorate
IQ-AR Arbīl أربيل Hewlêr ھەولێر Erbil governorate KR
IQ-SU As Sulaymānīyah السليمانية Slêmanî سلێمانی Sulaymaniya governorate KR
IQ-BB Bābil بابل Babylon governorate
IQ-BG Baghdād بغداد Bagdad governorate
IQ-DA Dahūk دهوك Dihok دھۆک Duhok governorate KR
IQ-DQ Dhī Qār ذي قار Dhi Qar governorate
IQ-DI Diyālá ديالى Diyala governorate
IQ-KR Iqlīm Kūrdistān کوردستان Herêm-î Kurdistan كوردستان Kurdistan region
IQ-KA Karbalā’ كربلاء Karbala governorate
IQ-KI Kirkūk كركوك کەرکووک Kirkuk governorate
IQ-MA Maysān ميسان Maysan governorate
IQ-NI Nīnawá نينوى Nineveh governorate
IQ-SD Şalāḩ ad Dīn صلاح الدين Saladin governorate
IQ-WA Wāsiţ واسط Wasit governorate
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ^ For reference only, Kurdish name in Kurdish script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  3. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of change Short description of change (en)
2022-03-03 Addition of category region in eng, fra, ara, kur; Addition of region IQ-KR; Assign parent subdivision to IQ-AR, IQ-DA, IQ-SU; Update List and Code Source

See also