ISO 3166-2:EG
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, which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions 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, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Egypt. The second part is either one, two, or three 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 | Local variant | Subdivision name | Subdivision name |
| Ad Daqahlīyah | الدقهلية | Dakahlia | ||
| Al Baḩr al Aḩmar | Red Sea | البحر الأحمر | Red Sea | |
| Al Buḩayrah | البحيرة | Beheira | ||
| Al Fayyūm | الفيوم | Faiyum | ||
| Al Gharbīyah | الغربية | Gharbia | ||
| Al Iskandarīyah | Alexandria | الإسكندرية | Alexandria | |
| Al Ismā'īlīyah | الإسماعيلية | Ismailia | ||
| Al Jīzah | Giza | الجيزة | Giza | |
| المنُوفيّة | Monufia | |||
| Al Minyā | المنيا | Minya | ||
| Cairo | القاهرة | Cairo | ||
| Al Qalyūbīyah | القليوبية | Qalyubia | ||
| Al Uqşur | Luxor | الأقصر | Luxor | |
| Al Wādī al Jadīd | New Valley | الوادي الجديد | New Valley | |
| Suez | السويس | Suez | ||
| Ash Sharqīyah | الشرقية | Al Sharqia | ||
| Aswān | أسوان | Aswan | ||
| Asyūţ | أسيوط | Asyut | ||
| Banī Suwayf | بني سويف | Beni Suef | ||
| Būr Sa‘īd | Port Said | بورسعيد | Port Said | |
| Dumyāţ | Damietta | دمياط | Damietta | |
| Janūb Sīnā' | South Sinai | جنوب سيناء | South Sinai | |
| Kafr ash Shaykh | كفر الشيخ | Kafr el-Sheikh | ||
| Maţrūḩ | مطروح | Matrouh | ||
| Qinā | قنا | Qena | ||
| Shamāl Sīnā' | North Sinai | شمال سيناء | North Sinai | |
| Sūhāj | Sohag | سوهاج | Sohag |
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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:| Edition/Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change | Code/Subdivision change |
| Second edition of ISO 3166-2 | Subdivision added: Al Uqşur | ||
| Update of the administrative structure and of the list source | Subdivisions added: As Sādis min Uktūbar Ḩulwān |