ISO 3166-2:BJ
Entry for Benin in ISO 3166–2
ISO 3166-2:BJ is the entry for Benin 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 Benin, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 12 departments .
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BJ , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Benin. 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 (ISO 3166/MA).
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Code | Subdivision name ( fr ) |
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BJ-AL | Alibori |
BJ-AK | Atacora |
BJ-AQ | Atlantique |
BJ-BO | Borgou |
BJ-CO | Collines |
BJ-KO | Couffo |
BJ-DO | Donga |
BJ-LI | Littoral |
BJ-MO | Mono |
BJ-OU | Ouémé |
BJ-PL | Plateau |
BJ-ZO | Zou |
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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
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Newsletter I-2 | 2002-05-21 | New subdivision layout: 12 departments. Six with previous names and six with new names |
Subdivisions added:
BJ-AL Alibori BJ-CO Collines BJ-DO Donga BJ-KO Kouffo BJ-LI Littoral BJ-PL Plateau |
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) |
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2015-11-27 | Change of spelling of BJ-AK, BJ-KO; update List Source |
See also
- Subdivisions of Benin
- FIPS region codes of Benin
- Neighbouring countries: BF , NE , NG , TG
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: BJ
- Departments of Benin , Statoids.com
ISO 3166
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ISO 3166-3
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