ISO 3166-2:CD is the entry for the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 city and 25 provinces. The city Kinshasa is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the provinces. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CD, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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).
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| Code | Subdivision name (fr) | Subdivision name (en) [note 1] | Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD-BU | Bas-Uélé | Lower Uele | province |
| CD-EQ | Équateur | Equator | province |
| CD-HK | Haut-Katanga | Upper Katanga | province |
| CD-HL | Haut-Lomami | Upper Lomami | province |
| CD-HU | Haut-Uélé | Upper Uele | province |
| CD-IT | Ituri | Ituri | province |
| CD-KS | Kasaï | Kasai | province |
| CD-KC | Kasaï Central | Central Kasai | province |
| CD-KE | Kasaï Oriental | Eastern Kasai | province |
| CD-KN | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | city |
| CD-BC | Kongo Central | Central Kongo | province |
| CD-KG | Kwango | Kwango | province |
| CD-KL | Kwilu | Kwilu | province |
| CD-LO | Lomami | Lomami | province |
| CD-LU | Lualaba | Lualaba | province |
| CD-MN | Mai-Ndombe | Mai-Ndombe | province |
| CD-MA | Maniema | Maniema | province |
| CD-MO | Mongala | Mongala | province |
| CD-NK | Nord-Kivu | North Kivu | province |
| CD-NU | Nord-Ubangi | North Ubangi | province |
| CD-SA | Sankuru | Sankuru | province |
| CD-SK | Sud-Kivu | South Kivu | province |
| CD-SU | Sud-Ubangi | South Ubangi | province |
| CD-TA | Tanganyika | Tanganyika | province |
| CD-TO | Tshopo | Tshopo | province |
| CD-TU | Tshuapa | Tshuapa | province |
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-2 | 2002-05-21 | One subdivision name changed. Generic name of subdivisions changed. New reference in the list source | Codes: CD-HC Haut-Congo → CD-OR Orientale |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2016-11-15 | Change of subdivision name of CD-BC, CD-KE; deletion of provinces CD-BN, CD-KA, CD-KW, CD-OR; addition of provinces CD-BU, CD-HK, CD-HL, CD-HU, CD-IT, CD-KC, CD-KG, CD-KL, CD-KS, CD-LO, CD-LU, CD-MN, CD-MO, CD-NU, CD-SA, CD-SU, CD-TA, CD-TO, CD-TU; update List Source | Names changed: CD-BC, CD-KE Subdivisions deleted: CD-BN, CD-KA, CD-KW, CD-OR Subdivisions added: CD-BU, CD-HK, CD-HL, CD-HU, CD-IT, CD-KC, CD-KG, CD-KL, CD-KS, CD-LO, CD-LU, CD-MN, CD-MO, CD-NU, CD-SA, CD-SU, CD-TA, CD-TO, CD-TU |
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