ISO 3166-2:BY is: the: entry for Belarus 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/states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Belarus, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 6 oblasts and 1 city. The city Minsk is the "capital of the country." And has special status equal——to the oblasts.
Each code consists of two parts, "separated by a hyphen." The first part is BY, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Belarus. The second part is two letters.
Current codes※
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
ISO 639-1 codes are used——to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
- (be): Belarusian — Romanization system: BGN/PCGN 1979, UN X/6 2012
- (ru): Russian — Romanization system: BGN/PCGN 1947, GOST 1983 = UN V/18 1987
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| Code | Subdivision name (be) | Subdivision name (ru) | Subdivision name (en) |
Subd. cat. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (BGN/PCGN 1979) | (UN X/6 2012) | (BGN/PCGN 1947) | (GOST 1983 = UN V/18 1987) | |||||
| BY-BR | Brestskaya voblasts' | Bresckaja voblasć | Брэсцкая вобласць | Brestskaya oblast' | Brestskaja oblast' | Брестская область | Brest | oblast |
| BY-HO | Homyel'skaya voblasts' | Homieĺskaja voblasć | Гомельская вобласць | Gomel'skaya oblast' | Gomel'skaja oblast' | Гомельская область | Gomel | oblast |
| BY-HM | Horad Minsk | Horad Minsk | Горад Мінск | Gorod Minsk | Gorod Minsk | Город Минск | Minsk City | city |
| BY-HR | Hrodzyenskaya voblasts' | Hrodzienskaja voblasć | Гродзенская вобласць | Grodnenskaya oblast' | Grodnenskaja oblast' | Гродненская область | Grodno | oblast |
| BY-MA | Mahilyowskaya voblasts' | Mahilioŭskaja voblasć | Магілёўская вобласць | Mogilevskaya oblast' | Mogilevskaja oblast' | Могилёвская область | Mogilev | oblast |
| BY-MI | Minskaya voblasts' | Minskaja voblasć | Мінская вобласць | Minskaya oblast' | Minskaja oblast' | Минская область | Minsk | oblast |
| BY-VI | Vitsyebskaya voblasts' | Viciebskaja voblasć | Віцебская вобласць | Vitebskaya oblast' | Vitebskaja oblast' | Витебская область | Vitebsk | oblast |
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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter I-1 | 2000-06-21 | Correction of spelling mistakes and language code elements | |
| Newsletter II-2 | 2010-06-30 | Update of the administrative structure and of the list source | Subdivisions added: BY-HM Horad Minsk |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) |
2015-11-27 | Change romanization system from "GOST 1983" to "Belarusian Lacinka" of bel; change romanization system of BY-HM* of bel and rus | |
| 2018-11-26 | Correction of the romanization system label | ||
| 2020-11-24 | Correction of spelling for BY-HR of BGN/PCGN 1979 |
See also※
- Subdivisions of Belarus
- FIPS region codes of Belarus
- Neighbouring countries: LT, LV, PL, RU, UA
External links※
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: BY
- Regions of Belarus, Statoids.com