ISO 3166-2:ZA
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". ISO 3166-2:ZA is the entry for South Africa 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.
ZA hails from Dutch: Zuid-Afrika. Currently for South Africa, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for nine provinces.
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of South Africa. The second part consists of two or three letters indicating the province.
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 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
- (en): English
- (af): Afrikaans
- (nr): Ndebele
- (nso): Pedi
- (st): Sotho
- (ss): Swati
- (ts): Tsonga
- (tn): Tswana
- (ve): Venda
- (xh): Xhosa
- (zu): Zulu
Click on the button in the header to sort each column.
| Code | Subdivision name (en) | Language code | Subdivision name | Local variant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-EC | Eastern Cape | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Oos-Kaap iPumalanga-Kapa Kapa Bohlabela Kapa Botjhabela Kapa-Vuxa Kapa Botlhaba Kapa Vhubvaḓuvha Mpuma-Koloni Mpumalanga-Kapa |
Mpumalanga-Koloni |
| Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-FS | Free State | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Vrystaat iFreyistata Freistata Freistata Free State Foreisetata Fureisitata Freyistata Fuleyisitata |
Foreisetata Freyisitata |
| Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-GP | Gauteng | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Gauteng iGauteng Gauteng Kgauteng Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng Rhawuti Gauteng |
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| Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-KZN | Kwazulu-Natal | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
KwaZulu-Natal iKwaZulu-Natal GaZulu-Natala Hazolo-Natala KwaZulu-Natali Kwazulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal HaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natala KwaZulu-Natali |
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| Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-LP | Limpopo | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Limpopo Vhembe Limpopo Limpopo |
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| Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-MP | Mpumalanga | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Mpumalanga iMpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga Mpumalanga |
|
| Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-NW | North-West | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Noordwes iTlhagwini-Tjhingalanga Lebowa Bodikela Leboya (le) Bophirima N'walungu-Vupeladyambu Bokone Bophirima Mntla-Ntshona Nyakatho-Ntshonalanga |
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| Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-NC | Northern Cape | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Noord-Kaap iTlhagwini-Kapa Kapa Leboya Kapa Leboya Kapa-N'walungu Kapa Bokone Kapa Devhula Mntla-Koloni Nyakatho-Kapa |
Kapa Leboa Nyakatho-Koloni |
| Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-WC | Western Cape | (af) (nr) (nso) (st) (ss) (ts) (tn) (ve) (xh) (zu) |
Wes-Kaap iTjhingalanga-Kapa Kapa Bodikela Kapa Bophirimela Kapa-Vupeladyambu Kapa Bophirima Kapa Vhukovhela Ntshona-Koloni Ntshonalanga-Kapa |
Ntshonalanga-Koloni |
Changes
The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:
| Edition/Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter I-6 | 2004-03-08 | Change of name of Northern Province to Limpopo | Subdivision: Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-NP Northern Province → Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-LP Limpopo |
| Newsletter I-9 | 2007-11-28 | Addition of administrative divisions and their codes | Codes: (not marked with red colour in newsletter) Gauteng: Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-GT → Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-GP KwaZulu-Natal: Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-NL → Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-ZN |
| ISO 3166-2:2007 | 2007-12-13 | Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (not announced in a newsletter) |
Codes: Gauteng: Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-GP → Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-GT KwaZulu-Natal: Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-ZN → Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-NL |
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
| Effective date of change | Description of change | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-02 | Change of subdivision code from ZA-GT to ZA-GP, ZA-NL to ZA-KZN; Update Code Source | Codes: Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-GT → Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-GP Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-NL → Page Template:Mono/styles.css has no content.ZA-KZN |
See also
- Subdivisions of South Africa
- FIPS region codes of South Africa
- Neighbouring countries: BW, LS, MZ, NA, SZ, ZW
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: ZA
- Provinces of South Africa, Statoids.com
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