ISO 3166-2:EG is the entry for Egypt 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 Egypt, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 27 governorates. 6th of October Governorate and Helwan Governorate, which had their codes added in Newsletter II-2, were merged back into Giza Governorate and Cairo Governorate respectively in 2011.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is EG, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Egypt. The second part is either one, two, or three 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 (ar) (BGN/PCGN 1956) | Local variant | Subdivision name (ar) [note 1] | Subdivision name (en) [note 2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG-DK | Ad Daqahlīyah | الدقهلية | Dakahlia | |
| EG-BA | Al Baḩr al Aḩmar | Red Sea | البحر الأحمر | Red Sea |
| EG-BH | Al Buḩayrah | البحيرة | Beheira | |
| EG-FYM | Al Fayyūm | الفيوم | Faiyum | |
| EG-GH | Al Gharbīyah | الغربية | Gharbia | |
| EG-ALX | Al Iskandarīyah | Alexandria | الإسكندرية | Alexandria |
| EG-IS | Al Ismā'īlīyah | الإسماعيلية | Ismailia | |
| EG-GZ | Al Jīzah | Giza | الجيزة | Giza |
| EG-MNF | Al Minūfīyah | المنُوفيّة | Monufia | |
| EG-MN | Al Minyā | المنيا | Minya | |
| EG-C | Al Qāhirah | Cairo | القاهرة | Cairo |
| EG-KB | Al Qalyūbīyah | القليوبية | Qalyubia | |
| EG-LX | Al Uqşur | Luxor | الأقصر | Luxor |
| EG-WAD | Al Wādī al Jadīd | New Valley | الوادي الجديد | New Valley |
| EG-SUZ | As Suways | Suez | السويس | Suez |
| EG-SHR | Ash Sharqīyah | الشرقية | Al Sharqia | |
| EG-ASN | Aswān | أسوان | Aswan | |
| EG-AST | Asyūţ | أسيوط | Asyut | |
| EG-BNS | Banī Suwayf | بني سويف | Beni Suef | |
| EG-PTS | Būr Sa‘īd | Port Said | بورسعيد | Port Said |
| EG-DT | Dumyāţ | Damietta | دمياط | Damietta |
| EG-JS | Janūb Sīnā' | South Sinai | جنوب سيناء | South Sinai |
| EG-KFS | Kafr ash Shaykh | كفر الشيخ | Kafr el-Sheikh | |
| EG-MT | Maţrūḩ | مطروح | Matrouh | |
| EG-KN | Qinā | قنا | Qena | |
| EG-SIN | Shamāl Sīnā' | North Sinai | شمال سيناء | North Sinai |
| EG-SHG | Sūhāj | Sohag | سوهاج | Sohag |
The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:
| Edition/Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 3166-2:2007 | 2007-12-13 | Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (this change was not announced in a newsletter) [1] | Subdivision added: EG-LX Al Uqşur |
| Newsletter II-2 | 2010-06-30 | Update of the administrative structure and of the list source | Subdivisions added: EG-SU As Sādis min Uktūbar EG-HU Ḩulwān |
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