ISO 3166-2:NL is the entry for the Kingdom of the Netherlands 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 the kingdom, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for three countries, 12 provinces and three special municipalities.
The kingdom consists of the three countries and the country of the Netherlands which is composed of the provinces and the special municipalities.
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Netherlands. The second part either of the following: two letters: provinces or countries two letters and a digit: special municipalities
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: (nl): Dutch (fy): West Frisian
Provinces Code Subdivision Name (nl) Subdivision Name (en)For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Drenthe Flevoland (fy)Friesland Gelderland Groningen Limburg North Brabant North Holland Overijssel Utrecht Zeeland South Holland Notes
Countries and special municipalities Besides being included as subdivisions of the Netherlands in ISO 3166-2, the countries and special municipalities are also officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1.
Code Subdivision name (nl) Subdivision category ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 AlternativeISO 3166-2 country AW country CW country SX special municipality BQ BQ-BO special municipality BQ BQ-SA special municipality BQ BQ-SE
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 (corrected ) Update resulting from the addition of the administrative readjustment and source list update. Subdivisions added: 3 countries 3 special municipalities
See also
Subdivisions of the Netherlands FIPS region codes of the Netherlands NUTS codes of the Netherlands Neighbouring countries: BE, DE, FR (MF, via SX)
References
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: NL Provinces of Netherlands, Statoids.com