ISO 3166-2:ER

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ISO 3166-2:ER is the entry for Eritrea 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.

Contents

Currently for Eritrea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for six regions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is ER, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Eritrea. 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:

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CodeSubdivision name
(ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)		Subdivision name (ar)
[note 1] 		Subdivision name
(ti)
(BGN/PCGN 2007)		Subdivision name (ti)
[note 2] 		Subdivision name (en)
[note 3]
ER-MA Al Awsaţ الأوسطMa’ĭkelማእከልCentral
ER-DU Al Janūbī الجنوبيDebubደቡብSouthern
ER-AN Ansabā أنسابا‘AnsebaዓንሰባAnseba
ER-DK Janūbī al Baḩrī al Aḩmar جنوبي البحري الأحمرDebubawi K’eyyĭḥ Baḥriደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪSouthern Red Sea
ER-GB Qāsh-Barkah قش بركاحGash-Barkaጋሽ ባርካGash-Barka
ER-SK Shimālī al Baḩrī al Aḩmar الشمالي البهري آل الأحمرSemienawi K’eyyĭḥ Baḥriሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪNorthern Red Sea
Notes
  1. ↑ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ↑ For reference only, Tigrinya name in Tigrinya script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  3. ↑ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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:

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-1 2000-06-21Introduction of a completely new subdivision layoutSubdivision layout:
10 provinces (see below)
→ 6 provinces
Newsletter II-3 2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15)		Country name romanization adjustment, language adjustment, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update.

Codes before Newsletter I-1

Former codeSubdivision name
ER-AG Akele Guzai [Akalä Guzay]
ER-AS Asmara [Asmära]
ER-BA Barka
ER-DE Denkalia [Dänkali]
ER-GS Gash-Setit [Gaš enna Sätit]
ER-HA Hamasien [Hamasén]
ER-SA Sahel
ER-SM Semhar [Sämhar]
ER-SN Senhit [Sänhet]
ER-SR Seraye [Särayé]

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