ISO 3166-2:OM

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ISO 3166-2:OM is the entry for Oman 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 Oman, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 11 governorates. In 2011, the following subdivision changes took place:

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

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 (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)		Local variantSubdivision name (ar) [note 1] Subdivision name (en) [note 2]
OM-DA Ad Dākhilīyah الداخليةInterior
OM-BU Al Buraymī ٱلْبُرَيْمِيBuraymi
OM-WU Al Wusţá ٱلْوُسْطَىCentral
OM-ZA Az̧ Z̧āhirah الظاهرةDhahira
OM-BJ Janūb al Bāţinah جنوب الباطنةSouth Batina
OM-SJ Janūb ash Sharqīyah جَنُوب ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةSoutheastern
OM-MA Masqaţ MuscatمسقطMuscat
OM-MU Musandam مُسَنْدَمMusandam
OM-BS Shamāl al Bāţinah شمال الباطنةNorth Batina
OM-SS Shamāl ash Sharqīyah شَمَال ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةNortheastern
OM-ZU Z̧ufār DhofarظُفَّارDhofar
Notes
  1. ↑ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ↑ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

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.

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Newsletter II-2 2010-06-30Update of the administrative structure and of the list sourceSubdivisions added:
OM-BU Al Buraymī
Codes:
OM-JA Al Janūbīyah → OM-ZU Z̧ufār
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Platform (OBP) 		2015-11-27Change of subdivision category from region to governate for OM-BA, OM-DA, OM-SH, OM-WU, OM-ZA; change of subdivision code from OM-BA to OM-BJ, from OM-SH to OM-SJ; change of spelling of OM-BJ, OM-SJ; addition of governorates OM-BS, OM-SS; addition of local variations of OM-MA, OM-ZU; update List Source(TBD)

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