ISO 3166-2:BG is the entry for Bulgaria in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Bulgaria, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 28 districts.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Bulgaria. The second part is two digits (01–28). The codes are assigned in Bulgarian alphabetical order.
Current codes Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
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Code Subdivision name (bg)(National 1999 = UN X/7 2012) Subdivision name (bg)For reference only, Bulgarian name in Cyrillic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Blagoevgrad Благоевград Burgas Бургас Dobrich Добрич Gabrovo Габрово Haskovo Хасково Kardzhali Кърджали Kyustendil Кюстендил Lovech Ловеч Montana Монтана Pazardzhik Пазарджик Pernik Перник Pleven Плевен Plovdiv Пловдив Razgrad Разград Ruse Русе Shumen Шумен Silistra Силистра Sliven Сливен Smolyan Смолян Sofia Софийска област Sofia (stolitsa) София Stara Zagora Стара Загора Targovishte Търговище Varna Варна Veliko Tarnovo Велико Търново Vidin Видин Vratsa Враца Yambol Ямбол
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.
Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change New subdivision layout: Nine regions with former names (two remaining with former code). Ten regions with new names. New references for list source, code source and romanization system Subdivision layout: 9 regions (see below) → 28 regions Application of the romanization system 26 October 2006 (corrected ) Local country name romanization system adjustment and source list update. Online BrowsingPlatform (OBP) 2013-02-06 Alignment with ISO 3166-2 of the local short name Alignment with ISO 3166-2 of the local short name 2015-11-27 Addition of romanization system 2018-04-20 Change of subdivision category from region to district in eng and fra; update List Source 2018-11-26 Correction of the romanization system label
Codes before Newsletter I-2 Former code Subdivision name Burgas Haskovo Loveč Montana Plovdiv Ruse Sofija Sofija-Grad Varna
See also Subdivisions of Bulgaria FIPS region codes of Bulgaria NUTS codes of Bulgaria Neighbouring countries: GR, MK, RO, RS, TR
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: BG Regions of Bulgaria, Statoids.com