ISO 3166-2:CF


ISO 3166-2:CF is the entry for the Central African Republic 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 Central African Republic, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for prefectures of the [Central African Republic|one commune, 14 prefectures and two economic prefectures]. The commune Bangui is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the prefectures and economic prefectures.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Central African Republic. The second part is either of the following:
  • two letters: prefectures and economic prefectures
  • three letters: commune

    Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
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CodeSubdivision name Subdivision name Subdivision category
Bamingui-BangoranBamïngï-Bangoranprefecture
BanguiBangîcommune
Basse-KottoDo-Kötöprefecture
GribinguiGïrïbïngïeconomic prefecture
Haut-MbomouTö-Mbömüprefecture
Haute-KottoTö-Kötöprefecture
Haute-Sangha / Mambéré-KadéïTö-Sangä / Mbaere-Kadeïprefecture
Kémo-GribinguiKemö-Gïrïbïngïprefecture
LobayeLobâyeprefecture
MbomouMbömüprefecture
Nana-MambéréNanä-Mbaereprefecture
Ombella-Mpokoprefecture
Ouakaprefecture
OuhamWâmoprefecture
Ouham-PendéWâmo-Pendëprefecture
SanghaSangäeconomic prefecture
VakagaVakagaprefecture

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:
NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletter
Consistency between ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of names in administrative languages, and update of the administrative structure and of the list source