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    ZA

    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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