ISO 3166-2:LS

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ISO 3166-2:LS is the entry for Lesotho 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 Lesotho, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for ten districts.

Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is LS, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Lesotho. The second part is a letter (AK except I).

Current codes

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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CodeSubdivision name (en, st)Local variant
LS-D Berea
LS-B Botha-Bothe Butha-Buthe
LS-C Leribe
LS-E Mafeteng
LS-A Maseru
LS-F Mohale's Hoek
LS-J Mokhotlong
LS-H Qacha's Nek
LS-G Quthing
LS-K Thaba-Tseka

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 newsletter
Newsletter II-3 2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15)
Addition of local generic administrative term, update of the official languages according to ISO 3166-2 and source list update.
Online Browsing Platform (OBP) 2020-11-24Change of spelling of LS-B; Addition of local variation of LS-B; Update List Source

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