ISO 3166-2:KG
ISO 3166-2:KG is the entry for Kyrgyzstan 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 Kyrgyzstan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 2 cities and 7 regions. The cities Bishkek and Osh have special status equal to the regions.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is KG, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Kyrgyzstan. The second part is either of the following:
- one letter: regions
- two letters: city
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:
- (ky): Kirghiz
- (ru): Russian
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| Code | Subdivision name (ky) (BGN/PCGN 1979) |
Subdivision name (ru) (BGN/PCGN 1947) |
Subdivision name (ru) (GOST 1983 = UN V/18 1987) |
Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KG-GB | Bishkek Shaary | Gorod Bishkek | Gorod Biškek | city |
| KG-GO | Osh Shaary | Gorod Osh | Gorod Oš | city |
| KG-B | Batken | Batkenskaya oblast' | Batkenskaja oblast' | region |
| KG-C | Chüy | Chuyskaya oblast' | Čujskaja oblast' | region |
| KG-J | Jalal-Abad | Dzhalal-Abadskaya oblast' | Džalal-Abadskaja oblast' | region |
| KG-N | Naryn | Narynskaya oblast' | Narynskaja oblast' | region |
| KG-O | Osh | Oshskaya oblast' | Ošskaja oblast' | region |
| KG-T | Talas | Talasskaya oblast' | Talasskaja oblast' | region |
| KG-Y | Ysyk-Köl | Issyk-Kul'skaya oblast' | Issyk-Kul'skaja oblast' | region |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter I-4 | 2002-12-10 | Addition of one region and one city. One spelling correction | Subdivisions added: KG-GB Bishkek KG-B Batken |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2020-11-24 | Correction of subdivision category in kir replacing oblast with oblus; Correction of subdivision names KG-GB, KG-GO in kir; Update List Source |
See also[]
- Subdivisions of Kyrgyzstan
- FIPS region codes of Kyrgyzstan
External links[]
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: KG
- Regions of Kyrgyzstan, Statoids.com
- ISO 3166
- Regions of Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyzstan geography-related lists