ISO 3166-2:SA

ISO 3166-2:SA is the entry for Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 13 regions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is SA, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Saudi Arabia. The second part is two digits (01–14 except 13).

Current codes

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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Code Subdivision name (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)
Subdivision name (ar) [note 1] Subdivision name (en) [note 2]
SA-14 'Asīr عَسِيْر Asir
SA-11 Al Bāḩah ٱلْبَاحَة Baha
SA-08 Al Ḩudūd ash Shamālīyah الحدود الشمالية Northern Borders
SA-12 Al Jawf الجوف Jouf
SA-03 Al Madīnah al Munawwarah ٱلْمَدِيْنَة ٱلْمُنَوَّرَة Medina
SA-05 Al Qaşīm القصيم Qassim
SA-01 Ar Riyāḑ الرياض Riyadh
SA-04 Ash Sharqīyah الشرقية Eastern
SA-06 Ḩā'il حَائِل Ha’il
SA-09 Jāzān جازان Jizan
SA-02 Makkah al Mukarramah مكة Mecca
SA-10 Najrān نجران Najran
SA-07 Tabūk تَبُوْك Tabuk
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

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:

Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter
Newsletter II-3 2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15)
Alphabetical re-ordering.
Online BrowsingPlatform (OBP) 2014-11-03 Change subdivision names of SA-02, SA-03 and SA-09; update List Source
2018-11-26 Change of subdivision category from province to region

See also

External links

  • ISO Online Browsing Platform: SA
  • Regions of Saudi Arabia, Statoids.com
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