ISO 3166-2:LK is the entry for Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka, ISO codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions: nine provinces 25 districts
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Sri Lanka. The second part is either of the following: one digit (1–9): provinces two digits: districts
For the districts, the first digit is the second part of the ISO code of the province where the district is in.
Current codes Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages: (si): Sinhalese (ta): Tamil (en): English
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Provinces Code Subdivisionname (si)( Subdivision name (si) Subdivisionname (ta)(UN II/11 1972) Subdivision name (ta) Subdivision name (en) බස්නාහිර Mel mākāṇam மேல் Western Province දකුණු Tĕṉ mākāṇam தென் Southern Province මධ්යම Mattiya mākāṇam மத்திய Central Province නැගෙනහිර Kil̮akku mākāṇam கிழக்கு Eastern Province සබරගමුව சப்ரகமுவ Sabaragamuwa Province උතුරු Vaṭakku mākāṇam வட Northern Province උතුරු මැද Vaṭamattiya mākāṇam வட மத்திய North Central Province ඌව Ūvā mākāṇam ஊவா Uva Province වයඹ Vaṭamel mākāṇam வட மேல் North Western Province
Districts Code Subdivision name (si)(Provisional UN Draft 1972) Subdivision name (si) Subdivision name (ta)(UN II/11 1972) Subdivisionname (ta) Subdivision name (en) Parent subdivision Ampāra අම්පාර Ampāṟai அம்பாறை Ampara Anurādhapura අනුරාධපුර Anurātapuram அனுராதபுரம் Anuradhapura Badulla බදුල්ල Patuḷai பதுளை Badulla Gālla ගාල්ල Kāli காலி Galle Gampaha ගම්පහ Kampahā கம்பஹா Gampaha Hambantŏṭa හම්බන්තොට Ampāntōṭṭai அம்பாந்தோட்டை Hambantota Kægalla කෑගල්ල Kekālai கேகாலை Kegalla Kalutara කළුතර Kaḷuttuṟai களுத்துறை Kalutara Kilinŏchchi කිලිනොච්චි Kiḷinochchi கிளிநொச்சி Kilinochchi Kŏḷamba කොළඹ Kŏl̮umpu கொழும்பு Colombo Kuruṇægala කුරුණෑගල Kurunākal குருநாகல் Kurunegala Maḍakalapuva මඩකලපුව Maṭṭakkaḷappu மட்டக்களப்பு Batticaloa Mahanuvara මහනුවර Kaṇṭi கண்டி Kandy Mannārama මන්නාරම Maṉṉār மன்னார் Mannar Mātale මාතලේ Māttaḷai மாத்தளை Matale Mātara මාතර Māttaṛai மாத்தறை Matara Mŏṇarāgala මොණරාගල Mŏṉarākalai மொணராகலை Monaragala Mulativ මුලතිවු Mullaittīvu முல்லைத்தீவு Mullaittivu Nuvara Ĕliya නුවරඑළිය Nuvarĕliyā நுவரெலியா Nuwara Eliya Pŏḷŏnnaruva පොළොන්නරුව Pŏlaṉṉaṛuvai பொலன்னறுவை Polonnaruwa Puttalama පුත්තලම Puttaḷam புத்தளம் Puttalam Ratnapura රත්නපුර Irattiṉapuri இரத்தினபுரம் Ratnapura Trikuṇāmalaya ත්රිකුණාමළය Tirukŏṇamalai திருக்கோணமலை Trincomalee Vavuniyāva වවුනියා Vavuṉiyā வவுனியா Vavuniya Yāpanaya යාපනය Yāl̮ppāṇam யாழ்ப்பாணம் Jaffna Notes
Changes The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter (corrected ) Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
Effective date of change Short description of change (en)2019-11-22Correction of parent subdivision of LK-11, LK-12, LK-13, LK-21, LK-22, LK-23, LK-31, LK-32, LK-41, LK-43, LK-44, LK-45, LK-51, LK-52, LK-53, LK-61, LK-62, LK-71, LK-81, LK-82, LK-91, LK-92; Update List Source2018-11-26Correction of the romanization system label2014-12-18Alignment of the French short name lower case with UNTERM; update of the remarks in French2012-08-02Add administrative language2010-02-19Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages
See also Subdivisions of Sri Lanka FIPS region codes of Sri Lanka
External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: LK Provinces of Sri Lanka, Statoids.com