ISO 3166-2:LA


ISO 3166-2:LA is the entry for Laos 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 Laos, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for one prefecture and 17 provinces.
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO [3166-1 alpha-2] code of Laos. 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 Local variantSubdivision category
AttapuອັດຕະປືAttapeuprovince
Bokèoບໍ່ແກ້ວprovince
BolikhamxaiບໍລິຄໍາໄຊBorikhamxayprovince
ChampasakຈຳປາສັກChampasackprovince
HouaphanຫົວພັນHuaphanhprovince
Khammouanຄໍາມ່ວນKhammuaneprovince
Louang Namthaຫລວງນໍ້າທາLuangnamthaprovince
LouangphabangຫລວງພະບາງLuangprabangprovince
OudômxaiອຸດົມໄຊOudomxayprovince
Phôngsaliຜົ້ງສາລີPhongsalyprovince
SalavanສາລະວັນSaravaneprovince
SavannakhétສະຫວັນນະເຂດSavannakhetprovince
ViangchanວຽງຈັນVientianeprovince
ViangchanວຽງຈັນVientianeprefecture
XaignabouliໄຊຍະບູລີXayaburyprovince
XaisômbounໄຊສົມບູນXaysomboonprovince
ເຊກອງSekongprovince
XiangkhouangຊຽງຂວາງXiengkhuangprovince

; 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
One new province added. One new reference for the list source. One code source cancelled. Information on romanization system updated. Origin of names in brackets givenSubdivisions added:
Special [Zone of Xaisomboun|Xaisômboun]
Error correction: Generic name of one subdivision changed to "special zone"