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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
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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
codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following
administrative languages
:
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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 Vhubva?uvha
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
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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:
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
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External links
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ISO 3166
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ISO 3166-1
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ISO 3166-2
country subdivision codes
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ISO 3166-3
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