ISO 3166-2:NG
ISO 3166-2:NG is the entry for Nigeria 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 Nigeria, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 capital territory and 36 states. The Federal Capital Territory contains the capital of the country Abuja and has special status equal to the states.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is NG, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Nigeria. 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).
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Code | Subdivision name (en) | Subdivision category |
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NG-FC | Abuja Federal Capital Territory | capital territory |
NG-AB | Abia | state |
NG-AD | Adamawa | state |
NG-AK | Akwa Ibom | state |
NG-AN | Anambra | state |
NG-BA | Bauchi | state |
NG-BY | Bayelsa | state |
NG-BE | Benue | state |
NG-BO | Borno | state |
NG-CR | Cross River | state |
NG-DE | Delta | state |
NG-EB | Ebonyi | state |
NG-ED | Edo | state |
NG-EK | Ekiti | state |
NG-EN | Enugu | state |
NG-GO | Gombe | state |
NG-IM | Imo | state |
NG-JI | Jigawa | state |
NG-KD | Kaduna | state |
NG-KN | Kano | state |
NG-KT | Katsina | state |
NG-KE | Kebbi | state |
NG-KO | Kogi | state |
NG-KW | Kwara | state |
NG-LA | Lagos | state |
NG-NA | Nasarawa | state |
NG-NI | Niger | state |
NG-OG | Ogun | state |
NG-ON | Ondo | state |
NG-OS | Osun | state |
NG-OY | Oyo | state |
NG-PL | Plateau | state |
NG-RI | Rivers | state |
NG-SO | Sokoto | state |
NG-TA | Taraba | state |
NG-YO | Yobe | state |
NG-ZA | Zamfara | state |
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 |
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Newsletter I-1 | 2000-06-21 | Addition of 6 new states | Subdivisions added: NG-BY Bayelsa NG-EB Ebonyi NG-EK Ekiti NG-GO Gombe NG-NA Nassarawa NG-ZA Zamfara |
Newsletter II-2 | 2010-06-30 | Consistency between ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of names in administrative languages |
See also[]
- Subdivisions of Nigeria
- FIPS region codes of Nigeria
External links[]
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: NG
- States of Nigeria, Statoids.com
- ISO 3166
- States of Nigeria
- Nigeria geography-related lists