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Entry for East Timor (Timor-Leste) in ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2:TL
is the entry for
East Timor
(Timor-Leste) 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 East Timor, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for
12 municipalities and 1 special administrative region
.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is
TL
, the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
code of East Timor. The second part is two letters.
Before it became independent from
Indonesia
in 2002, East Timor was officially assigned the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
TP
. Moreover, it was also assigned the ISO 3166-2 code
ID-TT
under the
entry for Indonesia
.
Current codes
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Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
ISO 639-1
and
ISO 639-2
codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following
administrative languages
:
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| Code
|
Subdivision name (
pt
)
|
Subdivision name (
tet
)
|
Category
|
| TL-AL
|
Aileu
|
Aileu
|
municipality
|
| TL-AN
|
Ainaro
|
Ainaru
|
municipality
|
| TL-BA
|
Baucau
|
Baukau
|
municipality
|
| TL-BO
|
Bobonaro
|
Bobonaru
|
municipality
|
| TL-CO
|
Cova Lima
|
Kovalima
|
municipality
|
| TL-DI
|
Dili
|
Dili
|
municipality
|
| TL-ER
|
Ermera
|
Ermera
|
municipality
|
| TL-LA
|
Lautem
|
Lautein
|
municipality
|
| TL-LI
|
Liquica
|
Likisa
|
municipality
|
| TL-MT
|
Manatuto
|
Manatutu
|
municipality
|
| TL-MF
|
Manufahi
|
Manufahi
|
municipality
|
| TL-OE
|
Oe-Cusse Ambeno
(local variant is Oecussi)
|
Oekusi-Ambenu
|
special administrative region
|
| TL-VI
|
Viqueque
|
Vikeke
|
municipality
|
Changes
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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
|
| Newsletter I-3
|
2002-08-20
|
Change of the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code element to TL. Insertion of 13 districts. In accordance with
ISO 3166-1 Newsletter V-5
|
Subdivisions added:
13 districts
|
| Newsletter I-4
|
2002-12-10
|
Change of country name in accordance with
ISO 3166-1 Newsletter V-6
(East Timor renamed Timor-Leste in English and French). Spelling correction in TL-LI
|
(TBD)
|
| Newsletter II-3
|
2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15
)
|
Update of the language adjustment and source list update.
|
Spelling change
TL-DI
Dili → Dili
|
Online Browsing
Platform (OBP)
|
2018-11-26
|
Change of subdivision category name from district to municipality; Addition of category name in tet; Change of category name from district to special administrative region for TL-OE; Change of spelling in por of TL-OE; Change of spelling of TL-LA; Addition of local variation of TL-OE; Update List Source
|
(TBD)
|
See also
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External links
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ISO 3166
? Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
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ISO 3166-1
country codes
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ISO 3166-2
country subdivision codes
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ISO 3166-3
codes for former names of countries
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- a
Changed from TP
- b
Changed from YU
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