ISO 3166-2:RO is the entry for Romania 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 Romania, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 41 departments and one municipality. The municipality Bucharest is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the departments.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Romania. The second part is either of the following: one letter: municipality two letters: departments
The letters are currently used in vehicle registration plates.
Current codes Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
Subdivision names are sorted in Romanian alphabetical order: a, ă, â, b-i, î, j-s, ș, t, ț, u-z.
Click on the button in the header to sort each column.
Code Subdivision name (ro) Subdivision category Alba department Arad department Argeș department Bacău department Bihor department Bistrița-Năsăud department Botoșani department department department București municipality Buzău department Caraș-Severin department department Cluj department Constanța department Covasna department department Dolj department Galați department Giurgiu department Gorj department Harghita department Hunedoara department Ialomița department department Ilfov department Maramureș department Mehedinți department Mureș department Neamț department Olt department Prahova department Satu Mare department department Sibiu department Suceava department Teleorman department Timiș department Tulcea department Vaslui department department Vrancea department
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 Code/Subdivision change Correction of spelling mistake of subdivision category in header Addition of one department. Subdivision categories in header re-sorted Subdivisions added: Ilfov
See also FIPS region codes of Romania Neighbouring countries: BG, HU, MD, RS, UA NUTS codes of Romania Subdivisions of Romania
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: RO Counties of Romania, Statoids.com