ISO 3166-2:ER


ISO 3166-2:ER is the entry for Eritrea 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 Eritrea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for six regions.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Eritrea. 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.
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
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CodeSubdivision name

Subdivision name


Al AwsaţالأوسطMa’ĭkelማእከልCentral
Al JanūbīالجنوبيDebubደቡብSouthern
AnsabāأنساباዓንሰባAnseba
Janūbī al Baḩrī al Aḩmarجنوبي البحري الأحمرDebubawi K’eyyĭḥ Baḥriደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪSouthern Red Sea
Qāsh-Barkahقش بركاحGash-Barkaጋሽ ባርካGash-Barka
الشمالي البهري آل الأحمرሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪNorthern Red Sea

; Notes

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 newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Introduction of a completely new subdivision layoutSubdivision layout:
10 provinces '
→ 6 provinces

'
Country name romanization adjustment, language adjustment, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update.