ISO 3166-2:AF is the entry for Afghanistan 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 Afghanistan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 34 provinces.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Afghanistan. The second part is 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 (fa), (ps)(BGN/PCGN 2007) Subdivision name (en)For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Subdivision name (fa)For reference only, Persian name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Subdivision name (ps)For reference only, Pashto name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Badakhshān Badakhshan بدخشان بدخشان Bādghīs Badghis بادغیس بادغیس Baghlān Baghlan بغلان بغلان Balkh Balkh بلخ بلخ Bāmyān Bamyan بامیان بامیان Dāykundī Daykundi دایکندی دایکندی Farāh Farah فراه فراه Fāryāb Faryab فاریاب فاریاب Ghaznī Ghazni غزنى غزني Ghōr Ghōr غور غور Helmand Helmand هلمند هلمند Herāt Herat هرات هرات Jowzjān Jowzjan جوزجان جوزجان Kabul کابل کابل Kandahār Kandahar قندهار کندھار Kapisa کاپیسا کاپيسا Khōst Khost خوست خوست Kunaṟ Kunar کنر کونړ Kunduz Kunduz قندوز کندوز Laghmān Laghman لغمان لغمان Lōgar Logar لوگَر لوګر Nangarhār Nangarhar ننگرهار ننګرهار Nīmrōz Nimruz نیمروز نيمروز Nūristān Nuristan نورستان نورستان Paktika پکتیکا پکتیکا Paktiyā Paktia پکتیا پکتیا Panjshayr Panjshir پنجشیر پنجشیر Parwān Parwan پروان پروان Samangān Samangan سمنگان سمنګان Sar-e Pul Sar-e Pol سرپل سرپل Takhār Takhar تخار تخار Uruzgān Urozgan اروزگان اروزګان Wardak Maidan Wardak ميدان وردگ ميدان وردگ Zābul Zabul زابل زابل
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.
Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source Subdivisions added: Khowst Nūrestān Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source Subdivisions added: Dāykondī Panjshīr (corrected ) Language corrections, administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update Codes: Lowgar → Lōgar Orūzgān → Uruzgān
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) 2011-12-13 Language corrections; administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update. 2015-11-27 Correction of the local short name; change romanization system; change of spelling of categories of pus and fas; change of spelling of AF-KNR; update List Source 2018-11-26 Correction of the romanization system label
See also Subdivisions of Afghanistan FIPS region codes of Afghanistan Neighbouring countries: CN, IR, PK, TJ, TM, UZ
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: AF Provinces of Afghanistan, Statoids.com