ISO 3166-2:SD is the entry for Sudan 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 Sudan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 18 states.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Sudan. 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: (ar): Arabic (en): English
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Code Subdivision name (ar)(BGN/PCGN 1956) Subdivision name (ar)For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Subdivision name (en) Al Baḩr al Aḩmar البحر الأحمر Red Sea Al Jazīrah الجزيرة Gezira Al Kharţūm الخرطوم Khartoum Al Qaḑārif القضارف Gedaref An Nīl al Abyaḑ النيل الأبيض White Nile An Nīl al Azraq النيل الأزرق Blue Nile Ash Shamālīyah الشمالية Northern Gharb Dārfūr غرب دارفور West Darfur Gharb Kurdufān غرب كردفان West Kordofan Janūb Dārfūr جنوب دارفور South Darfur Janūb Kurdufān جنوب كردفان South Kordofan Kassalā كسلا Kassala Nahr an Nīl نهر النيل River Nile Shamāl Dārfūr شمال دارفور North Darfur Shamāl Kurdufān شمال كردفان North Kordofan Sharq Dārfūr شرق دارفور East Darfur Sinnār سنار Sennar Wasaţ Dārfūr(local variant: Zālinjay) وسط دارفور Central Darfur(local variant: Zalingei) 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:
Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change Modification of administrative structure Subdivisions deleted: Gharb Kurdufān (corrected ) Administrative adjustment and update Subdivision layout: 25 states (see below) → 17 states Subdivisions deleted: 10 states () seceded to create South Sudan (SS) Subdivisions added: Sharq Dārfūr Zalingei Online Browsing Platform (OBP) 2015-11-27 Additions of state SD-GK; change spelling of SD-NR, SD-NO, SD-DN, SD-KN, SD-DC; update List SourceSubdivision added: Gharb Kurdufān (ar), West Kordofan (en)Spelling changes: Zalingei → Wasaţ Dārfūr Zālinjay ? → Shamāl Dārfūr Shamāl Kurdufān → Shiamāl Kurdufān ? → Ash Shamālīyah An Nīl → Nahr an Nīl Correction of the romanization system label Typographical correction of subdivision name of SD-KN, SD-DC; Addition of local variation of SD-DC Spelling changes: Wasaţ Dārfūr Zālinjay → Wasaţ Dārfūr Shiamāl Kurdufān → Shamāl Kurdufān
Codes before Newsletter II-3 Former code Subdivision name Al Baḩr al Aḩmar Al Buḩayrāt Al Jazīrah Al Kharţūm Al Qaḑārif Al Waḩdah An Nīl An Nīl al Abyaḑ An Nīl al Azraq Ash Shamālīyah Baḩr al Jabal Gharb al Istiwā'īyah Gharb Baḩr al Ghazāl Gharb Dārfūr Janūb Dārfūr Janūb Kurdufān Jūnqalī Kassalā Shamāl Baḩr al Ghazāl Shamāl Dārfūr Shamāl Kurdufān Sharq al Istiwā'īyah Sinnār Wārāb
See also Subdivisions of Sudan FIPS region codes of Sudan Neighbouring countries: CF, EG, ER, ET, LY, SS, TD
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: SD States of Sudan, Statoids.com