ISO 3166-2:CD


ISO 3166-2:CD is the entry for the Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for provinces of the [Democratic Republic of the Congo|one city and 25 provinces]. The city Kinshasa is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the provinces.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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.
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CodeSubdivision name Subdivision name
Subdivision category
Bas-UéléLower Ueleprovince
ÉquateurEquatorprovince
Haut-KatangaUpper Katangaprovince
Haut-LomamiUpper Lomamiprovince
Haut-UéléUpper Ueleprovince
IturiIturiprovince
KasaïKasaiprovince
Kasaï CentralCentral Kasaiprovince
Kasaï OrientalEastern Kasaiprovince
KinshasaKinshasacity
Kongo CentralCentral Kongoprovince
KwangoKwangoprovince
KwiluKwiluprovince
LomamiLomamiprovince
LualabaLualabaprovince
Mai-NdombeMai-Ndombeprovince
ManiemaManiemaprovince
MongalaMongalaprovince
Nord-KivuNorth Kivuprovince
Nord-UbangiNorth Ubangiprovince
SankuruSankuruprovince
Sud-KivuSouth Kivuprovince
Sud-UbangiSouth Ubangiprovince
TanganyikaTanganyikaprovince
TshopoTshopoprovince
TshuapaTshuapaprovince

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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
One subdivision name changed. Generic name of subdivisions changed. New reference in the list sourceCodes:
Haut-Congo → Orientale
2016-11-15Change of subdivision name of CD-BC, CD-KE; deletion of provinces CD-BN, CD-KA, CD-KW, CD-OR; addition of provinces CD-BU, CD-HK, CD-HL, CD-HU, CD-IT, CD-KC, CD-KG, CD-KL, CD-KS, CD-LO, CD-LU, CD-MN, CD-MO, CD-NU, CD-SA, CD-SU, CD-TA, CD-TO, CD-TU; update List SourceNames changed:
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Subdivisions deleted:
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