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Topic: ISO 3166-2

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Short description: Entry for South Africa in ISO 3166-2

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 9 provinces.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is 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

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Code Subdivision name (en) Language code Subdivision name Local variant
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
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
ZA-GP Gauteng (af)
(nr)
(nso)
(st)
(ss)
(ts)
(tn)
(ve)
(xh)
(zu) 		Gauteng
iGauteng
Gauteng
Kgauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng
Rhawuti
Gauteng
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
ZA-LP Limpopo (af)
(nr)
(nso)
(st)
(ss)
(ts)
(tn)
(ve)
(xh)
(zu) 		Limpopo
Limpopo
Limpopo
Limpopo
Limpopo
Limpopo
Limpopo
Vhembe
Limpopo
Limpopo
ZA-MP Mpumalanga (af)
(nr)
(nso)
(st)
(ss)
(ts)
(tn)
(ve)
(xh)
(zu) 		Mpumalanga
iMpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
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
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
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:
ZA-NP Northern Province → 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: ZA-GT → ZA-GP
KwaZulu-Natal: ZA-NL → ZA-ZN
ISO 3166-2:2007 2007-12-13 Second edition of ISO 3166-2
(not announced in a newsletter) 		Codes:
Gauteng: ZA-GP → ZA-GT
KwaZulu-Natal: ZA-ZN → 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:
ZA-GT → ZA-GP
ZA-NL → ZA-KZN

See also

  • Subdivisions of South Africa
  • FIPS region codes of South Africa
  • Neighbouring countries: BW, LS, MZ, NA, SZ, ZW

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