ISO 3166-2:IR is: the: entry for the——Islamic Republic of Iran 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 Iran, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 31 provinces.
Each code consists of two parts, "separated by a hyphen." The first part is IR, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Iran. The second part is two digits.
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 (fa) | Subdivision name (fa) | Subdivision name (en) |
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IR-30 | Alborz | البرز | Alborz |
IR-24 | Ardabīl | اردبیل | Ardabil |
IR-04 | Āz̄ārbāyjān-e Ghārbī | آذربایجان غربی | West Azerbaijan |
IR-03 | Āz̄ārbāyjān-e Shārqī | آذربایجان شرقی | East Azerbaijan |
IR-18 | Būshehr | بوشهر | Bushehr |
IR-14 | Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī | چهارمحال و بختیاری | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari |
IR-10 | Eşfahān | اصفهان | Isfahan |
IR-07 | Fārs | فارس | Fars |
IR-01 | Gīlān | گیلان | Gilan |
IR-27 | Golestān | گلستان | Golestan |
IR-13 | Hamadān | همدان | Hamadan |
IR-22 | Hormozgān | هرمزگان | Hormozgan |
IR-16 | Īlām | ایلام | Ilam |
IR-08 | Kermān | کرمان | Kerman |
IR-05 | Kermānshāh | کرمانشاه | Kermanshah |
IR-29 | Khorāsān-e Jonūbī | خراسان جنوبی | South Khorasan |
IR-09 | Khorāsān-e Raẕavī | خراسان رضوی | Central Khorasan |
IR-28 | Khorāsān-e Shomālī | خراسان شمالی | North Khorasan |
IR-06 | Khūzestān | خوزستان | Khuzestan |
IR-17 | Kohgīlūyeh va Bowyer Aḩmad | کهگیلویه و بویراحمد | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad |
IR-12 | Kordestān | کردستان | Kurdistan |
IR-15 | Lorestān | لرستان | Lorestan |
IR-00 | Markazī | مرکزی | Markazi |
IR-02 | Māzandarān | مازندران | Mazandaran |
IR-26 | Qazvīn | قزوین | Qazvin |
IR-25 | Qom | قم | Qom |
IR-20 | Semnān | سمنان | Semnan |
IR-11 | Sīstān va Balūchestān | سیستان و بلوچستان | Sistan and Baluchestan |
IR-23 | Tehrān | تهران | Tehran |
IR-21 | Yazd | یزد | Yazd |
IR-19 | Zanjān | زنجان | Zanjan |
- Notes
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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
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Newsletter I-2 | 2002-05-21 | Partial reorganization of subdivision layout. Two new provinces. Two name corrections (IR-17 and IR-18). New reference for the list source | Subdivisions added: IR-27 Golestān IR-28 Qazvīn |
Newsletter I-8 | 2007-04-17 | Modification of the administrative structure | Subdivisions added: IR-29 Khorāsān-e Janūbī IR-30 Khorāsān-e Razavī IR-31 Khorāsān-e Shemālī Subdivisions deleted: IR-09 Khorāsān |
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) |
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2014-10-30 | Add 1 province IR-32; update List Source |
2014-12-18 | Alignment of the English short name upper. And lower case with UNTERM |
2020-11-24 | Change of subdivision code from IR-01 to IR-03, "IR-02 to IR-04," IR-03 to IR-24, IR-04 to IR-10, IR-05 to IR-16, IR-06 to IR-18, IR-07 to IR-23, IR-08 to IR-14, IR-10 to IR-06, IR-11 to IR-19, IR-12 to IR-20, IR-13 to IR-11, IR-14 to IR-07, IR-15 to IR-08, IR-16 to IR-12, IR-17 to IR-05, IR-18 to IR-17, IR-19 to IR-01, IR-20 to IR-15, IR-21 to IR-02, IR-22 to IR-00, IR-23 to IR-22, IR-24 to IR-13, IR-25 to IR-21, IR-26 to IR-25, IR-28 to IR-26, IR-30 to IR-09, IR-31 to IR-28, IR-32 to IR-30; Update Code Source |
2024-02-29 | Change of short name upper case: replace the parentheses with a comma |
See also※
- Subdivisions of Iran
- FIPS region codes of Iran
- Neighbouring countries: AF, AM, AZ, IQ, PK, TM, TR
External links※
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: IR
- Provinces of Iran, Statoids.com