ISO 3166-2:IQ


ISO 3166-2:IQ is the entry for Iraq 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 Iraq, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 18 governorates and one region.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO [3166-1 alpha-2] code of Iraq. 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.
CodeSubdivision
name
Subdivision name Subdivision
name
Subdivision name Subdivision name Subdivision categoryParent subdiv.
Al AnbārالأنبارAnbargovernorate
Al BaşrahالبصرةBasragovernorate
Al MuthannáالمثنىMuthannagovernorate
Al QādisīyahالقادسيةQadisiyagovernorate
An NajafالنجفNajafgovernorate
ArbīlأربيلHewlêrھەولێرErbilgovernorateKR
As SulaymānīyahالسليمانيةSlêmanîسلێمانیSulaymaniyagovernorateKR
بابلBabylongovernorate
BaghdādبغدادBaghdadgovernorate
DahūkدهوكDihokدھۆکDuhokgovernorateKR
Dhi [Qar Governorate|Dhī Qār]ذي قارDhi Qargovernorate
DiyāláديالىDiyalagovernorate
Iqlīm KūrdistānکوردستانHerêm-î KurdistanكوردستانKurdistanregion
Karbalā’كربلاءKarbalagovernorate
KirkūkكركوكکەرکووکKirkukgovernorate
MaysānميسانMaysangovernorate
NīnawáنينوىNinevehgovernorate
صلاح الدينSaladingovernorate
WāsiţواسطWasitgovernorate

; Notes

Changes

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
Effective date of changeShort description of change
2022-03-03Addition of category region in eng, fra, ara, kur; Addition of region IQ-KR; Assign parent subdivision to IQ-AR, IQ-DA, IQ-SU; Update List and Code Source