ISO 3166-2:EG is the entry for Egypt 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 Egypt, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 27 governorates. 6th of October Governorate and Helwan Governorate, which had their codes added in Newsletter II-2, were merged back into Giza Governorate and Cairo Governorate respectively in 2011.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Egypt. The second part is either one, two, or three letters.
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 (ar)(BGN/PCGN 1956) Local variant Subdivision name (ar)For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Subdivision name (en)For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. Ad Daqahlīyah الدقهلية Dakahlia Al Baḩr al Aḩmar Red Sea البحر الأحمر Red Sea Al Buḩayrah البحيرة Beheira Al Fayyūm الفيوم Faiyum Al Gharbīyah الغربية Gharbia Al Iskandarīyah Alexandria الإسكندرية Alexandria Al Ismā'īlīyah الإسماعيلية Ismailia Al Jīzah Giza الجيزة Giza المنُوفيّة Monufia Al Minyā المنيا Minya Cairo القاهرة Cairo Al Qalyūbīyah القليوبية Qalyubia Al Uqşur Luxor الأقصر Luxor Al Wādī al Jadīd New Valley الوادي الجديد New Valley Suez السويس Suez Ash Sharqīyah الشرقية Al Sharqia Aswān أسوان Aswan Asyūţ أسيوط Asyut Banī Suwayf بني سويف Beni Suef Būr Sa‘īd Port Said بورسعيد Port Said Dumyāţ Damietta دمياط Damietta Janūb Sīnā' South Sinai جنوب سيناء South Sinai Kafr ash Shaykh كفر الشيخ Kafr el-Sheikh Maţrūḩ مطروح Matrouh Qinā قنا Qena Shamāl Sīnā' North Sinai شمال سيناء North Sinai Sūhāj Sohag سوهاج Sohag
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:
Edition/Newsletter Date issued Description of change Code/Subdivision change Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (this change was not announced in a newsletter) Subdivision added: Al Uqşur Update of the administrative structure and of the list source Subdivisions added: As Sādis min Uktūbar Ḩulwān
See also Subdivisions of Egypt FIPS region codes of Egypt Neighbouring countries: IL, LY, PS, SD
References
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: EG Governorates of Egypt, Statoids.com