ISO 3166-2:KZ

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ISO 3166-2:KZ is the entry for Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for three cities and 17 regions. The cities Almaty and Astana are the former and current capitals of the country respectively and have special status equal to the regions.

Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is KZ, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Kazakhstan. The second part is two digits.

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 (kk)
(BGN/PCGN 1979)		Subdivision name (kk)
[note 1] 		Subdivision
name (ru)
(BGN/PCGN 1947)		Subdivision name (ru)
(GOST 1983 = UN V/18 1987)		Subdivision name (ru)
[note 2] 		Subdivision name (en)
[note 3] 		Subdivision category
KZ-10 Abay
oblysy 		Абай облысыAbayskaya oblast'Abajskaja oblast'Абайская областьAbairegion
KZ-75 Almaty АлматыAlmatyAlmatyАлматыAlmaty Citycity
KZ-19 Almaty
oblysy 		Алматы облысыAlmatinskaya oblast'Almatinskaja oblast'Алматинская областьAlmatyregion
KZ-11 Aqmola oblysy Ақмола облысыAkmolinskaya oblast'Akmolinskaja oblast'Акмолинская областьAkmolaregion
KZ-15 Aqtöbe oblysy Ақтөбе облысыAktyubinskaya oblast'Aktjubinskaja oblast'Актюбинская областьAktoberegion
KZ-71 Astana АстанаAstanaAstanaАстанаAstanacity
KZ-23 Atyraū
oblysy 		Атырау облысыAtyrauskaya oblast'Atyrauskaja oblast'Атырауская областьAtyrauregion
KZ-27 Batys Qazaqstan oblysy Батыс Қазақстан облысыZapadno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast'Zapadno-Kazahstanskaja oblast'Западно-Казахстанская областьWest Kazakhstanregion
KZ-47 Mangghystaū oblysy Маңғыстау облысыMangistauskaya oblast'Mangystauskaja oblast'Мангистауская областьMangystauregion
KZ-55 Pavlodar oblysy Павлодар облысыPavlodarskaya oblast'Pavlodarskaja oblast'Павлодарская областьPavlodarregion
KZ-35 Qaraghandy oblysy Қарағанды облысыKaragandinskaya oblast'Karagandinskaja oblast'Карагандинская областьKaragandaregion
KZ-39 Qostanay oblysy Қостанай облысыKostanayskaya oblast'Kostanajskaja oblast'Костанайская областьKostanayregion
KZ-43 Qyzylorda oblysy Қызылорда облысыKyzylordinskaya oblast'Kyzylordinskaja oblast'Кызылординская областьKyzylordaregion
KZ-63 Shyghys Qazaqstan oblysy Шығыс Қазақстан облысыVostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast'Vostočno-Kazahstanskaja oblast'Восточно-Казахстанская областьEast Kazakhstanregion
KZ-79 Shymkent ШымкентShymkentŠimkentШымкентShymkentcity
KZ-59 Soltüstik Qazaqstan oblysy Солтүстік Қазақстан облысыSevero-Kazakhstanskaya oblast'Severo-Kazahstanskaja oblast'Северо-Казахстанская областьNorth Kazakhstanregion
KZ-61 Türkistan oblysy Түркістан облысыTurkestankaya oblast'Turkestanskaja oblast'Туркестанская областьTurkistanregion
KZ-62 Ulytaū
oblysy 		Ұлытау облысыUlytauskaya oblast'Ulytauskaja oblast'Улытауская областьUlytauregion
KZ-31 Zhambyl oblysy Жамбыл облысыZhambylskaya oblast'Žambylskaja oblast'Жамбылская областьJambylregion
KZ-33 Zhetisū oblysy Жетісу облысыZhetysuskaya oblast'Žetysuskaja oblast'Жетысуская областьJetisuregion
Notes
  1. ↑ For reference only, Kazakh name in Cyrillic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ↑ For reference only, Russian name in Cyrillic 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 are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of changeShort description of changeCode/Subdivision change
2016-11-15Addition of city KZ-BAY; update List Source.Subdivisions added:
KZ-BAY
2018-11-26Correction of the romanization system label; Addition of city KZ-SHY; Change of subdivision name of KZ-YUZ; Update List SourceSubdivision added:
KZ-SHY
Name change:
KZ-YUZ Ongtüstik Qazaqstan oblysy (kk), Yuzhno-Kazakhstankaya oblast' (ru BGN/PCGN), Južno-Kazahstankaja oblast' (ru GOST) → Türkistan oblysy (kk), Turkestankaya oblast' (ru BGN/PCGN), Turkestanskaja oblast' (ru GOST)
2020-11-24Deletion of city KZ-BAY; Change of subdivision name of KZ‐AST; Correction of the Code Source; Update List SourceSubdivision deleted:
KZ-BAY Bayqongyr
Name change:
KZ-AST Astana → Nur-Sultan
2022-11-29Change of subdivision code from KZ-ALA to KZ-75, KZ-AST to KZ-71, KZ-SHY to KZ-79, KZ-ALM to KZ-19, KZ-AKM to KZ-11, KZ-AKT to KZ-15, KZ-ATY to KZ-23, KZ-VOS to KZ-63, KZ-MAN to KZ-47, KZ-SEV to KZ-59, KZ-YUZ to KZ-61, KZ-PAV to KZ-55, KZ-KAR to KZ-35, KZ-KUS to KZ-39, KZ-KZY to KZ-43, KZ-ZAP to KZ-27, KZ-ZHA to KZ-31; Addition of region KZ-10, KZ-33, KZ-62; Change of subdivision name for KZ-71 in kaz and rus; Update List Source; Update Code Source

Codes changed:
KZ-ALA → KZ-75
KZ-AST → KZ-71
KZ-SHY → KZ-79
KZ-ALM → KZ-19
KZ-AKM → KZ-11
KZ-AKT → KZ-15
KZ-ATY → KZ-23
KZ-VOS → KZ-63
KZ-MAN → KZ-47
KZ-SEV → KZ-59
KZ-YUZ → KZ-61
KZ-PAV → KZ-55
KZ-KAR → KZ-35
KZ-KUS → KZ-39
KZ-KZY → KZ-43
KZ-ZAP → KZ-27
KZ-ZHA → KZ-31
Subdivisions added:
KZ-10, KZ-33, and KZ-62
Name change:
KZ-71 Nur-Sultan → Astana

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-2 2002-05-21Addition of one city. Nine name spellings corrected. List source updatedSubdivisions added:
KZ-AST Astana
Newsletter I-3 2002-08-20Error correction: Various spelling corrections
Newsletter I-4 2002-12-10Removal of one city from the list (Bayqongyr)Subdivisions deleted:
KZ-BAY Bayqongyr

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