ISO 3166-2:PS
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ISO 3166-2:PS is the entry for the State of Palestine 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 the State of Palestine, it claims the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, but in fact controls only about 40% of the West Bank. ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 16 governorates.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is PS, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the State of Palestine. The second part is three letters.
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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Code | Subdivision name (en) | Subdivision name (ar) | In territory |
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PS-BTH | Bethlehem | Bayt Laḩm | West Bank |
PS-DEB | Deir El Balah | Dayr al Balaḩ | Gaza Strip |
PS-GZA | Gaza | Ghazzah | Gaza Strip |
PS-HBN | Hebron | Al Khalīl | West Bank |
PS-JEN | Jenin | Janīn | West Bank |
PS-JRH | Jericho – Al Aghwar | Arīḩā wa al Aghwār | West Bank |
PS-JEM | Jerusalem | Al Quds | West Bank |
PS-KYS | Khan Yunis | Khān Yūnis | Gaza Strip |
PS-NBS | Nablus | Nāblus | West Bank |
PS-NGZ | North Gaza | Shamāl Ghazzah | Gaza Strip |
PS-QQA | Qalqilya | Qalqīlyah | West Bank |
PS-RFH | Rafah | Rafaḩ | Gaza Strip |
PS-RBH | Ramallah | Rām Allāh wa al Bīrah | West Bank |
PS-SLT | Salfit | Salfīt | West Bank |
PS-TBS | Tubas | Ţūbās | West Bank |
PS-TKM | Tulkarm | Ţūlkarm | West Bank |
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:
Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
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Newsletter I-3 | 2002-08-20 | Insertion of a new entry between PUERTO RICO and PORTUGAL; in accordance with ISO 3166-1 Newsletter V-2 | New entry (no codes) |
Newsletter II-3 | 2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) |
Administrative division taken into account. | Subdivisions added: 16 governorates |
See also
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: PS
- Districts of Palestine, Statoids.com