ISO 3166-2:IL

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ISO 3166-2:IL is the entry for Israel 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.

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Currently for Israel, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for six districts.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is IL, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Israel. The second part is one or two letters. The code for Yerushalayim (IL-JM) is assigned based on its English name, Jerusalem.

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 (he)
(National 2006 = UN IX/9 2007)
Subdivision (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)
Subdivision
name (he)
[note 1]
Subdivision
name (ar)
[note 2]
NameLocal variantNameLocal variant
IL-D HaDarom SouthernAl JanūbīEl Janūbīמחוז הדרוםلواء الجنوب
IL-M HaMerkaz CentralAl AwsaţEl Awsaṭמחוז המרכזالمنطقة الوسطى
IL-Z HaTsafon NorthernAsh ShamālīEsh Shamālīמחוז הצפוןمنطقة الشمال
IL-HA H̱efa HaifaḨayfāḤeifaמחוז חיפהمنطقة حيفا
IL-TA Tel Aviv Tall AbībTell Abībמחוז תל אביבمنطقة تل أبيب
IL-JM Yerushalayim JerusalemAl QudsEl Qudsמחוז ירושליםمنطقة القدس
Notes
  1. For reference only, Hebrew name in Hebrew script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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