CD

Short description: Entry for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2:CD is the entry for the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 city and 25 provinces. The city Kinshasa is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the provinces. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CD, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The second part is two letters.

## Contents

* 1 Current codes
* 2 Changes
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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 (fr)  | Subdivision name (en)
[note 1] | Subdivision category

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CD-BU | Bas-Uélé  | Lower Uele  | province
CD-EQ | Équateur  | Equator  | province
CD-HK | Haut-Katanga  | Upper Katanga  | province
CD-HL | Haut-Lomami  | Upper Lomami  | province
CD-HU | Haut-Uélé  | Upper Uele  | province
CD-IT | Ituri  | Ituri  | province
CD-KS | Kasaï  | Kasai  | province
CD-KC | Kasaï Central  | Central Kasai  | province
CD-KE | Kasaï Oriental  | Eastern Kasai  | province
CD-KN | Kinshasa | Kinshasa  | city
CD-BC | Kongo Central  | Central Kongo  | province
CD-KG | Kwango  | Kwango  | province
CD-KL | Kwilu  | Kwilu  | province
CD-LO | Lomami  | Lomami  | province
CD-LU | Lualaba  | Lualaba  | province
CD-MN | Mai-Ndombe  | Mai-Ndombe  | province
CD-MA | Maniema  | Maniema  | province
CD-MO | Mongala  | Mongala  | province
CD-NK | Nord-Kivu  | North Kivu  | province
CD-NU | Nord-Ubangi  | North Ubangi  | province
CD-SA | Sankuru  | Sankuru  | province
CD-SK | Sud-Kivu  | South Kivu  | province
CD-SU | Sud-Ubangi  | South Ubangi  | province
CD-TA | Tanganyika  | Tanganyika  | province
CD-TO | Tshopo  | Tshopo  | province
CD-TU | Tshuapa  | Tshuapa  | province

Notes

1. ↑ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

## 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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

Newsletter  | Date issued  | Description of change in newsletter  | Code/Subdivision change

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Newsletter I-2 | 2002-05-21 | One subdivision name changed. Generic name of subdivisions changed. New reference in the list source  | Codes:
CD-HC Haut-Congo → CD-OR Orientale
Online Browsing
Platform (OBP) | 2016-11-15  | Change of subdivision name of CD-BC, CD-KE; deletion of provinces CD-BN, CD-KA, CD-KW, CD-OR; addition of provinces CD-BU, CD-HK, CD-HL, CD-HU, CD-IT, CD-KC, CD-KG, CD-KL, CD-KS, CD-LO, CD-LU, CD-MN, CD-MO, CD-NU, CD-SA, CD-SU, CD-TA, CD-TO, CD-TU; update List Source  | Names changed:
CD-BC, CD-KE
Subdivisions deleted:
CD-BN, CD-KA, CD-KW, CD-OR
Subdivisions added:
CD-BU, CD-HK, CD-HL, CD-HU, CD-IT, CD-KC, CD-KG, CD-KL, CD-KS, CD-LO, CD-LU, CD-MN, CD-MO, CD-NU, CD-SA, CD-SU, CD-TA, CD-TO, CD-TU

## See also

* Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* FIPS region codes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Neighbouring countries: AO, BI, CF, CG, RW, SS, TZ, UG, ZM

## References

## External links

* ISO Online Browsing Platform: CD
* Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa), Statoids.com

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