ISO 3166-2:BD

ISO 3166-2:BD is the entry for Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BD , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Bangladesh. The second part is either of the following:

one letter (A–H): divisions
two digits (01–64): districts

Current codes [ edit ]

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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Divisions [ edit ]

Code	Subdivision name ( bn )	Subdivision name ( bn ) ^[a]	Local variant
BD-A	Barishal	??????
BD-B	Chattogram	?????????	Chittagong
BD-C	Dhaka	????
BD-D	Khulna	?????
BD-H	Mymensingh	?????????
BD-E	Rajshahi	???????
BD-F	Rangpur	?????
BD-G	Sylhet	?????

Districts [ edit ]

Code	Subdivision name ( bn )	Subdivision name ( bn ) ^[a]	Local variant	In division
BD-05	Bagerhat	????????		D
BD-01	Bandarban	?????????		B
BD-02	Barguna	??????		A
BD-06	Barishal	??????		A
BD-07	Bhola	????		A
BD-03	Bogura	??????		E
BD-04	Brahmanbaria	????????????????		B
BD-09	Chandpur	???????		B
BD-45	Chapai Nawabganj	??????????????		E
BD-10	Chattogram	?????????	Chittagong	B
BD-12	Chuadanga	???????????		D
BD-11	Cox's Bazar	?????????		B
BD-08	Cumilla	????????		B
BD-13	Dhaka	????		C
BD-14	Dinajpur	????????		F
BD-15	Faridpur	???????		C
BD-16	Feni	????		B
BD-19	Gaibandha	?????????		F
BD-18	Gazipur	???????		C
BD-17	Gopalganj	?????????		C
BD-20	Habiganj	???????		G
BD-21	Jamalpur	????????		H
BD-22	Jashore	????		D
BD-25	Jhalakathi	???????		A
BD-23	Jhenaidah	???????		D
BD-24	Joypurhat	?????????		E
BD-29	Khagrachhari	??????????		B
BD-27	Khulna	?????		D
BD-26	Kishoreganj	?????????		C
BD-28	Kurigram	??????????		F
BD-30	Kushtia	?????????		D
BD-31	Lakshmipur	??????????		B
BD-32	Lalmonirhat	??????????		F
BD-36	Madaripur	?????????		C
BD-37	Magura	??????		D
BD-33	Manikganj	?????????		C
BD-39	Meherpur	????????		D
BD-38	Moulvibazar	??????????		G
BD-35	Munshiganj	??????????		C
BD-34	Mymensingh	?????????		H
BD-48	Naogaon	?????		E
BD-43	Narail	??????		D
BD-40	Narayanganj	???????????		C
BD-42	Narsingdi	???????		C
BD-44	Natore	?????		E
BD-41	Netrakona	?????????		H
BD-46	Nilphamari	?????????		F
BD-47	Noakhali	?????????		B
BD-49	Pabna	?????		E
BD-52	Panchagarh	???????		F
BD-51	Patuakhali	??????????		A
BD-50	Pirojpur	????????		A
BD-53	Rajbari	????????		C
BD-54	Rajshahi	???????		E
BD-56	Rangamati	??????????		B
BD-55	Rangpur	?????		F
BD-58	Satkhira	?????????		D
BD-62	Shariatpur	?????????		C
BD-57	Sherpur	??????		H
BD-59	Sirajganj	?????????		E
BD-61	Sunamganj	?????????		G
BD-60	Sylhet	?????		G
BD-63	Tangail	????????		C
BD-64	Thakurgaon	?????????		F

Notes

^ ^a ^b For reference only, Bengali name in Bengali script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes [ edit ]

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.

Newsletter	Date issued	Description of change in newsletter	Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-2	2002-05-21	New list source. One division added. 31 regions cancelled. Allocation of districts to divisions instead of regions. Correction of one spelling error	Subdivisions added: BD-6 Sylhet bibhag Subdivisions deleted: 21 regions (see below)
Newsletter II-3	2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15 )	Country name romanization adjustment, first level prefix addition, deletion of generic terms, addition of administrative division and source list update	Subdivisions added: BD-F Rangpur (division) Codes: Barisal (division) : BD-1 → BD-A Chittagong (division) : BD-2 → BD-B Dhaka (division) : BD-3 → BD-C Khulna (division) : BD-4 → BD-D Rajshahi (division) : BD-5 → BD-E Sylhet (division) : BD-6 → BD-G

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

Effective date of change	Short description of change (en)
2012-02-15	Correct local short name and align with ISO 3166-2
2016-11-15	Change of spelling of BD-24, BD-25, BD-29, BD-45; change of parent subdivision of BD-21, BD-34, BD-41, BD-55, BD-57; addition of parent subdivision BD-H; addition of an asterisk to divisions; update list source
2018-11-26	Correction of the romanization system label
2020-11-24	Change of spelling of BD-03, BD-06, BD-08, BD-10, BD-22, BD-A, BD-B; Addition of local variation for BD-10, BD-B; Correction of the Code Source

Codes deleted in Newsletter I-2 [ edit ]

Former code	Subdivision name	In division	Districts in region
BD-2A	Bandarban anchal	2	01
BD-1B	Barisal anchal	1	06 , 07 , 25 , 50
BD-5C	Bogra anchal	5	03 , 24
BD-2D	Chittagong anchal	2	10 , 11
BD-2E	Chittagong Hill Tracts	2	29 , 56
BD-2F	Comilla anchal	2	04 , 09 , 08
BD-3G	Dhaka anchal	3	13 , 18 , 33 , 35 , 40 , 42
BD-5H	Dinajpur anchal	5	14 , 52 , 64
BD-3I	Faridpur anchal	3	15 , 17 , 36 , 53 , 62
BD-3J	Jamalpur anchal	3	21 , 57
BD-4K	Jessore anchal	4	22 , 23 , 37 , 43
BD-4L	Khulna anchal	4	05 , 27 , 58
BD-4M	Khustia anchal	4	12 , 30 , 39
BD-3N	Mymensingh anchal	3	26 , 34 , 41
BD-2O	Noakhali anchal	2	16 , 31 , 47
BD-5P	Pabna anchal	5	49 , 59
BD-1Q	Patuakhali anchal	1	02 , 51
BD-5R	Rajshahi anchal	5	48 , 44 , 45 , 54
BD-5S	Rangpur anchal	5	19 , 28 , 32 , 46 , 55
BD-2T	Sylhet anchal	2	20 , 38 , 61 , 60
BD-3U	Tangail anchal	3	63

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

[nonstandard-1] For reference only, Bengali name in Bengali script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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