ISO 3166-2:CV is the entry for Cape Verde

Cape Verde

The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

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s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

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s or states) of all countries

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

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.

Currently for Cape Verde, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

• 2 geographical regions (i.e., the Barlavento Islands and the Sotavento Islands)
• 22 municipalities

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CV, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 code of Cape Verde. The second part is either of the following:

• one letter: geographical regions
• two letters: municipalities

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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Geographical regions

Code	Subdivision name
CV-B	Ilhas de Barlavento
CV-S	Ilhas de Sotavento

Municipalities

Code	Subdivision name	In geographical region
CV-BV	Boa Vista	B
CV-BR	Brava	S
CV-MA	Maio	S
CV-MO	Mosteiros	S
CV-PA	Paul	B
CV-PN	Porto Novo	B
CV-PR	Praia	S
CV-RB	Ribeira Brava	B
CV-RG	Ribeira Grande	B
CV-RS	Ribeira Grande de Santiago Ribeira Grande de Santiago Ribeira Grande de Santiago is a municipality located in Cape Verde. The municipality was first founded in the 16th century. Later, the importance of the city declined and the municipality was transferred to Praia. The old city of Ribeira Grande de Santiago is one of the oldest cities founded by...	S
CV-SL	Sal	B
CV-CA	Santa Catarina	S
CV-CF	Santa Catarina do Fogo Santa Catarina do Fogo Santa Catarina do Fogo is a municipality on the island of Fogo. The administrative centre of the municipality is Cova Figueira.-Parishes:The municipality includes only one parish:*Santa Catarina do Fogo-History:...	S
CV-CR	Santa Cruz	S
CV-SD	São Domingos	S
CV-SF	São Filipe	S
CV-SL	São Lourenço dos Órgãos São Lourenço dos Órgãos São Lourenço dos Órgãos is a municipality on Santiago island in Cape Verde.-Parishes:The municipality includes only one parish:*São Lourenço dos Órgãos-History:...	S
CV-SM	São Miguel	S
CV-SS	São Salvador do Mundo São Salvador do Mundo São Salvador do Mundo is a municipality on the Republic of Cape Verde island of Santiago. Its seat town is Picos.-Parishes:The municipality includes only one parish:*São Salvador do Mundo-History:...	S
CV-SV	São Vicente	B
CV-TA	Tarrafal	S
CV-TS	Tarrafal de São Nicolau	B

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
		Subdivision layout partially revised: Three new municipalities. New reference for list source	Subdivisions added: CV-CS Calheta de São Miguel CV-MO Mosteiros CV-SF São Filipe
		Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, update of the administrative structure and of the list source	Subdivisions added: CV-RB Ribeira Brava CV-RS Ribeira Grande de Santiago Ribeira Grande de Santiago Ribeira Grande de Santiago is a municipality located in Cape Verde. The municipality was first founded in the 16th century. Later, the importance of the city declined and the municipality was transferred to Praia. The old city of Ribeira Grande de Santiago is one of the oldest cities founded by... CV-CF Santa Catarina do Fogo Santa Catarina do Fogo Santa Catarina do Fogo is a municipality on the island of Fogo. The administrative centre of the municipality is Cova Figueira.-Parishes:The municipality includes only one parish:*Santa Catarina do Fogo-History:... CV-SL São Lourenço dos Órgãos São Lourenço dos Órgãos São Lourenço dos Órgãos is a municipality on Santiago island in Cape Verde.-Parishes:The municipality includes only one parish:*São Lourenço dos Órgãos-History:... CV-SS São Salvador do Mundo São Salvador do Mundo São Salvador do Mundo is a municipality on the Republic of Cape Verde island of Santiago. Its seat town is Picos.-Parishes:The municipality includes only one parish:*São Salvador do Mundo-History:... CV-TS Tarrafal de São Nicolau Subdivisions deleted: CV-SN São Nicolau Codes: CV-CS Calheta de São Miguel → CV-SM São Miguel

See also

• Subdivisions of Cape Verde
  Subdivisions of Cape Verde
  Cape Verde is divided into 22 municipalities , and subdivided into 32 parishes ....
  
  
• FIPS region codes of Cape Verde

External links

• Counties of Cape Verde, Statoids.com