ISO 3166-2:NI


ISO 3166-2:NI is the entry for Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 15 departments and two autonomous regions.
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Nicaragua. 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 Subdivision category
BoacoBoacodepartment
CarazoCarazodepartment
ChinandegaChinandegadepartment
ChontalesChontalesdepartment
North [Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region|Costa Caribe Norte]North Caribbean Coastautonomous region
Costa Caribe SurSouth Caribbean Coastautonomous region
EstelíEstelídepartment
GranadaGranadadepartment
JinotegaJinotegadepartment
LeónLeóndepartment
MadrizMadrizdepartment
ManaguaManaguadepartment
MasayaMasayadepartment
MatagalpaMatagalpadepartment
Nueva [Segovia Department|Nueva Segovia]New Segoviadepartment
Río [San Juan Department|Río San Juan]Saint John Riverdepartment
RivasRivasdepartment

; Notes

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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
SourceDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Deletion of one department. Addition of two autonomous regions. New list sourceSubdivisions added:
Atlántico Norte
Atlántico Sur
Subdivisions deleted:
Zelaya
Change of subdivision name of NI-AN, NI-AS; update List SourceName change:
Atlántico NorteCosta Caribe Norte
Atlántico SurCosta Caribe Sur