ISO 3166-2:AZ facts for kids
ISO 3166-2:AZ is the entry for Azerbaijan 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 Azerbaijan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
The eleven municipalities have special status equal to the raions. Şuşa, the disputed municipality, has been removed from the list.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is AZ, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Azerbaijan. The second part is either of the following:
- two letters: autonomous republic and municipalities
- three letters: rayons
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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Autonomous republic
| Code | Subdivision name |
|---|---|
| AZ-NX | Naxçıvan |
Municipalities and rayons
| Code | Subdivision name | Subdivision category | In autonomous republic |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZ-BA | Bakı | municipality | — |
| AZ-GA | Gəncə | municipality | — |
| AZ-LA | Lənkəran | municipality | — |
| AZ-MI | Mingəçevir | municipality | — |
| AZ-NA | Naftalan | municipality | — |
| AZ-NV | Naxçıvan | municipality | NX |
| AZ-SA | Şəki | municipality | — |
| AZ-SR | Şirvan | municipality | — |
| AZ-SM | Sumqayıt | municipality | — |
| AZ-XA | Xankəndi | municipality | — |
| AZ-YE | Yevlax | municipality | — |
| AZ-ABS | Abşeron | rayon | — |
| AZ-AGC | Ağcabədi | rayon | — |
| AZ-AGM | Ağdam | rayon | — |
| AZ-AGS | Ağdaş | rayon | — |
| AZ-AGA | Ağstafa | rayon | — |
| AZ-AGU | Ağsu | rayon | — |
| AZ-AST | Astara | rayon | — |
| AZ-BAB | Babək | rayon | NX |
| AZ-BAL | Balakən | rayon | — |
| AZ-BAR | Bərdə | rayon | — |
| AZ-BEY | Beyləqan | rayon | — |
| AZ-BIL | Biləsuvar | rayon | — |
| AZ-CAB | Cəbrayıl | rayon | — |
| AZ-CAL | Cəlilabad | rayon | — |
| AZ-CUL | Culfa | rayon | NX |
| AZ-DAS | Daşkəsən | rayon | — |
| AZ-FUZ | Füzuli | rayon | — |
| AZ-GAD | Gədəbəy | rayon | — |
| AZ-GOR | Goranboy | rayon | — |
| AZ-GOY | Göyçay | rayon | — |
| AZ-GYG | Göygöl | rayon | — |
| AZ-HAC | Hacıqabul | rayon | — |
| AZ-IMI | İmişli | rayon | — |
| AZ-ISM | İsmayıllı | rayon | — |
| AZ-KAL | Kəlbəcər | rayon | — |
| AZ-KAN | Kǝngǝrli | rayon | NX |
| AZ-KUR | Kürdəmir | rayon | — |
| AZ-LAC | Laçın | rayon | — |
| AZ-LAN | Lənkəran | rayon | — |
| AZ-LER | Lerik | rayon | — |
| AZ-MAS | Masallı | rayon | — |
| AZ-NEF | Neftçala | rayon | — |
| AZ-OGU | Oğuz | rayon | — |
| AZ-ORD | Ordubad | rayon | NX |
| AZ-QAB | Qəbələ | rayon | — |
| AZ-QAX | Qax | rayon | — |
| AZ-QAZ | Qazax | rayon | — |
| AZ-QOB | Qobustan | rayon | — |
| AZ-QBA | Quba | rayon | — |
| AZ-QBI | Qubadlı | rayon | — |
| AZ-QUS | Qusar | rayon | — |
| AZ-SAT | Saatlı | rayon | — |
| AZ-SAB | Sabirabad | rayon | — |
| AZ-SBN | Şabran | rayon | — |
| AZ-SAD | Sədərək | rayon | NX |
| AZ-SAH | Şahbuz | rayon | NX |
| AZ-SAK | Şəki | rayon | — |
| AZ-SAL | Salyan | rayon | — |
| AZ-SMI | Şamaxı | rayon | — |
| AZ-SKR | Şəmkir | rayon | — |
| AZ-SMX | Samux | rayon | — |
| AZ-SAR | Şərur | rayon | NX |
| AZ-SIY | Siyəzən | rayon | — |
| AZ-SUS | Şuşa | rayon | — |
| AZ-TAR | Tərtər | rayon | — |
| AZ-TOV | Tovuz | rayon | — |
| AZ-UCA | Ucar | rayon | — |
| AZ-XAC | Xaçmaz | rayon | — |
| AZ-XIZ | Xızı | rayon | — |
| AZ-XCI | Xocalı | rayon | — |
| AZ-XVD | Xocavənd | rayon | — |
| AZ-YAR | Yardımlı | rayon | — |
| AZ-YEV | Yevlax | rayon | — |
| AZ-ZAN | Zəngilan | rayon | — |
| AZ-ZAQ | Zaqatala | rayon | — |
| AZ-ZAR | Zərdab | rayon | — |
Changes
The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter I-2 | 2002-05-21 | Correction of one code and four spelling errors. Notification of the rayons belonging to the autonomous republic | Codes: Naxçıvan: AZ-MM → AZ-NX |
| Newsletter II-3 | 2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) |
Alphabetical re-ordering, name change of administrative places, first level prefix addition and source list update | Subdivisions added: AZ-KAN Kǝngǝrli AZ-NV Naxçıvan (municipality) Subdivisions deleted: AZ-SS Şuşa Codes: AZ-AB Əli Bayramlı → AZ-SR Şirvan AZ-DAV Dəvəçi → AZ-SBN Şabran AZ-XAN Xanlar → AZ-GYG Göygöl |
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