ISO 3166-2:AF

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 AF, 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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CodeSubdivision name (fa), (ps)
(BGN/PCGN 2007)
Subdivision name (en)
[note 1]
Subdivision name (fa)
[note 2]
Subdivision name (ps)
[note 3]
AF-BDSBadakhshānBadakhshanبدخشانبدخشان
AF-BDGBādghīsBadghisبادغیسبادغیس
AF-BGLBaghlānBaghlanبغلانبغلان
AF-BALBalkhBalkhبلخبلخ
AF-BAMBāmyānBamyanبامیانبامیان
AF-DAYDāykundīDaykundiدایکندیدایکندی
AF-FRAFarāhFarahفراهفراه
AF-FYBFāryābFaryabفاریابفاریاب
AF-GHAGhaznīGhazniغزنىغزني
AF-GHOGhōrGhōrغورغور
AF-HELHelmandHelmandهلمندهلمند
AF-HERHerātHeratهراتهرات
AF-JOWJowzjānJowzjanجوزجانجوزجان
AF-KABKābulKabulکابلکابل
AF-KANKandahārKandaharقندهارکندھار
AF-KAPKāpīsāKapisaکاپیساکاپيسا
AF-KHOKhōstKhostخوستخوست
AF-KNRKunaṟKunarکنرکونړ
AF-KDZKunduzKunduzقندوزکندوز
AF-LAGLaghmānLaghmanلغمانلغمان
AF-LOGLōgarLogarلوگَرلوګر
AF-NANNangarhārNangarharننگرهارننګرهار
AF-NIMNīmrōzNimruzنیمروزنيمروز
AF-NURNūristānNuristanنورستاننورستان
AF-PKAPaktīkāPaktikaپکتیکاپکتیکا
AF-PIAPaktiyāPaktiaپکتیاپکتیا
AF-PANPanjshayrPanjshirپنجشیرپنجشیر
AF-PARParwānParwanپروانپروان
AF-SAMSamangānSamanganسمنگانسمنګان
AF-SARSar-e PulSar-e Polسرپلسرپل
AF-TAKTakhārTakharتخارتخار
AF-URUUruzgānUrozganاروزگاناروزګان
AF-WARWardakMaidan Wardakميدان وردگميدان وردگ
AF-ZABZābulZabulزابلزابل

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.

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-62004-03-08Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list sourceSubdivisions added:
AF-KHO Khowst
AF-NUR Nūrestān
Newsletter I-72005-09-13Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list sourceSubdivisions added:
AF-DAY Dāykondī
AF-PAN Panjshīr
Newsletter II-32011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15)
Language corrections, administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list updateCodes:
AF-LOW Lowgar → AF-LOG Lōgar
AF-ORU Orūzgān → AF-URU Uruzgān

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

Effective date of changeShort description of change (en)
2011-12-13Language corrections; administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update.
2015-11-27Correction 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
2018-11-26Correction of the romanization system label

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