ISO 3166-2:BY is the entry for Belarus 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 Belarus, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 6 oblasts and 1 city. The city Minsk is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the oblasts.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BY, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Belarus. The second part is two letters.
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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| Code | Subdivision name (be) | Subdivision name (ru) | Subdivision name (be) [note 1] | Subdivision name (ru) [note 2] | Subdivision name (en) [note 3] | Subdivision category | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (BGN/PCGN 1979) | (UN X/6 2012) | (BGN/PCGN 1947) | (GOST 1983 = UN V/18 1987) | |||||
| BY-BR | Brestskaya voblasts' | Bresckaja voblasć | Brestskaya oblast' | Brestskaja oblast' | Брэсцкая | Брестская | Brest | oblast |
| BY-HO | Homyel'skaya voblasts' | Homieĺskaja voblasć | Gomel'skaya oblast' | Gomel'skaja oblast' | Гомельская | Гомельская | Gomel | oblast |
| BY-HM | Horad Minsk | Horad Minsk | Gorod Minsk | Gorod Minsk | Мінск | Минск | Minsk | city |
| BY-HR | Hrodzyenskaya voblasts' | Hrodzienskaja voblasć | Grodnenskaya oblast' | Grodnenskaja oblast' | Гродзенская | Гродненская | Grodno | oblast |
| BY-MA | Mahilyowskaya voblasts' | Mahilioŭskaja voblasć | Mogilevskaya oblast' | Mogilevskaja oblast' | Магілёўская | Могилёвская | Mogilev | oblast |
| BY-MI | Minskaya voblasts' | Minskaja voblasć | Minskaya oblast' | Minskaja oblast' | Мінская | Минская | Minsk | oblast |
| BY-VI | Vitsyebskaya voblasts' | Viciebskaja voblasć | Vitebskaya oblast' | Vitebskaja oblast' | Віцебская | Витебская | Vitebsk | oblast |
The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter I-1 | 2000-06-21 | Correction of spelling mistakes and language code elements | |
| Newsletter II-2 | 2010-06-30 | Update of the administrative structure and of the list source | Subdivisions added: BY-HM Horad Minsk |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2015-11-27 | Change romanization system from "GOST 1983" to "Belarusian Lacinka" of bel; change romanization system of BY-HM* of bel and rus | |
| 2018-11-26 | Correction of the romanization system label | ||
| 2020-11-24 | Correction of spelling for BY-HR of BGN/PCGN 1979 |
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