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 nine provinces.
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of South Africa. The second part consists of two or three letters indicating the province.
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 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages: (en): English (af): Afrikaans (nr): Ndebele (nso): Pedi (st): Sotho (ss): Swati (ts): Tsonga (tn): Tswana (ve): Venda (xh): Xhosa (zu): Zulu
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Code Subdivision name (en) Language code Subdivision name Local variant Eastern Cape (af)(nr)(nso)(st)(ss)(ts)(tn)(ve)(xh)(zu) Oos-KaapiPumalanga-KapaKapa BohlabelaKapa BotjhabelaKapa-VuxaKapa BotlhabaKapa VhubvaḓuvhaMpuma-KoloniMpumalanga-Kapa Mpumalanga-Koloni Free State (af)(nr)(nso)(st)(ss)(ts)(tn)(ve)(xh)(zu) VrystaatiFreyistataFreistataFreistataFree StateForeisetataFureisitataFreyistataFuleyisitata ForeisetataFreyisitata Gauteng (af)(nr)(nso)(st)(ss)(ts)(tn)(ve)(xh)(zu) GautengiGautengGautengKgautengGautengGautengGautengGautengRhawutiGauteng Kwazulu-Natal (af)(nr)(nso)(st)(ss)(ts)(tn)(ve)(xh)(zu) KwaZulu-NataliKwaZulu-NatalGaZulu-NatalaHazolo-NatalaKwaZulu-NataliKwazulu-NatalKwaZulu-NatalHaZulu-NatalKwaZulu-NatalaKwaZulu-Natali Limpopo (af)(nr)(nso)(st)(ss)(ts)(tn)(ve)(xh)(zu) LimpopoLimpopoLimpopoLimpopoLimpopoLimpopoLimpopoVhembeLimpopoLimpopo Mpumalanga (af)(nr)(nso)(st)(ss)(ts)(tn)(ve)(xh)(zu) MpumalangaiMpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalangaMpumalanga North-West (af)(nr)(nso)(st)(ss)(ts)(tn)(ve)(xh)(zu) NoordwesiTlhagwini-TjhingalangaLebowa BodikelaLeboya (le) BophirimaN'walungu-VupeladyambuBokone BophirimaMntla-NtshonaNyakatho-Ntshonalanga Northern Cape (af)(nr)(nso)(st)(ss)(ts)(tn)(ve)(xh)(zu) Noord-KaapiTlhagwini-KapaKapa LeboyaKapa LeboyaKapa-N'walunguKapa BokoneKapa DevhulaMntla-KoloniNyakatho-Kapa Kapa LeboaNyakatho-Koloni Western Cape (af)(nr)(nso)(st)(ss)(ts)(tn)(ve)(xh)(zu) Wes-KaapiTjhingalanga-KapaKapa BodikelaKapa BophirimelaKapa-VupeladyambuKapa BophirimaKapa VhukovhelaNtshona-KoloniNtshonalanga-Kapa Ntshonalanga-Koloni 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:
Edition/Newsletter Date issued Description of change Code/Subdivision change Change of name of Northern Province to Limpopo Subdivision: Northern Province → Limpopo Addition of administrative divisions and their codes Codes:(not marked with red colour in newsletter) Gauteng: → KwaZulu-Natal: → Second edition of ISO 3166-2(not announced in a newsletter) Codes: Gauteng: → KwaZulu-Natal: →
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 Change of subdivision code from ZA-GT to ZA-GP, ZA-NL to ZA-KZN; Update Code Source Codes: → →
See also Subdivisions of South Africa FIPS region codes of South Africa Neighbouring countries: BW, LS, MZ, NA, SZ, ZW
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: ZA Provinces of South Africa, Statoids.com