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.Click on the button in the header to sort each column.
| Code | Subdivision name | Subdivision name | Subdivision category |
| Boaco | Boaco | department | |
| Carazo | Carazo | department | |
| Chinandega | Chinandega | department | |
| Chontales | Chontales | department | |
| North [Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region|Costa Caribe Norte] | North Caribbean Coast | autonomous region | |
| Costa Caribe Sur | South Caribbean Coast | autonomous region | |
| Estelí | Estelí | department | |
| Granada | Granada | department | |
| Jinotega | Jinotega | department | |
| León | León | department | |
| Madriz | Madriz | department | |
| Managua | Managua | department | |
| Masaya | Masaya | department | |
| Matagalpa | Matagalpa | department | |
| Nueva [Segovia Department|Nueva Segovia] | New Segovia | department | |
| Río [San Juan Department|Río San Juan] | Saint John River | department | |
| Rivas | Rivas | department |
; 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.| Source | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
| Deletion of one department. Addition of two autonomous regions. New list source | Subdivisions added: Atlántico Norte Atlántico Sur Subdivisions deleted: Zelaya | ||
| Change of subdivision name of NI-AN, NI-AS; update List Source | Name change: Atlántico Norte → Costa Caribe Norte Atlántico Sur → Costa Caribe Sur |