ISO 3166-2:BW
ISO 3166-2:BW is the entry for Botswana in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International [Organization for Standardization], which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Botswana, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for ten districts, four towns and two cities.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Botswana. 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.Click on the button in the header to sort each column.
| Code | Subdivision name | Subdivision category |
| Central | district | |
| Chobe | district | |
| Francistown | city | |
| Gaborone | city | |
| Ghanzi | district | |
| Jwaneng | town | |
| Kgalagadi | district | |
| Kgatleng | district | |
| Kweneng | district | |
| Lobatse | town | |
| North East | district | |
| North West | district | |
| Selibe Phikwe | town | |
| South East | district | |
| Southern | district | |
| Sowa Town | town |
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 |
| Deletion of Chobe district which is incorporated into BW-NW. Change of code element of North-West District to BW-NW. Deletion of alternative names. Update of list source | Subdivisions deleted: Chobe Codes: Ngamiland → North-West | ||
| 2014-10-29 | Add 1 district BW-CH, 2 cities BW-FR and BW-GA, 4 towns BW-JW, BW-LO, BW-SP, BW-ST; remove hyphens from BW-NE, BW-NW, and BW-SE; update List Source | Subdivisions added: Chobe Francistown Gaborone Jwaneng Lobatse Selibe Phikwe Sowa Town Spelling changes: North-East → North East North-West → North West South-East → South East |