ISO 3166-2:SY is the entry for Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

 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

ISO 3166

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 standard

Standardization

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 published by the International Organization for Standardization

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 (ISO), which defines code

Code

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

Province

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s or states) of all countries

Country

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

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Currently for Syria, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 14 provinces

Governorates of Syria

Syria has fourteen governorates, or muhafazat . The governorates are divided into sixty districts, or manatiq , which are further divided into subdistricts, or nawahi...

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Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is SY, 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 Syria. 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
SY-HA
SY-LA	Al Lādhiqīyah
SY-QU	Al Qunayţirah
SY-RA	Ar Raqqah Ar Raqqah Governorate Ar Raqqah is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in the north of the country and covers an area of 19,616 km². The governorate has a population of 921,000...
SY-SU	As Suwaydā' As Suwayda' Governorate As-Suwayda is the southernmost of Syria's 14 governorates. It has an area of 5,550 km² and forms part of the historic Hawran region. Its capital and major city is As-Suwayda....
SY-DR	Darٰā
SY-DY	Dayr az Zawr
SY-DI	Dimashq
SY-HL
SY-HM
SY-HI
SY-ID	Idlib Idlib Governorate Idlib Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in northwestern Syria, bordering Turkey. Its area depends on sources - estimated vary from 5,933 km² to 6,097 km². The Governorate has a population of 1,464,000...
SY-RD	Rīf Dimashq
SY-TA	Ţarţūs Tartus Governorate Tartus Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Lebanon, and is one of the only governorates in Syria that has an Allawite majority.. Sources list the area as 1,890 km² or 1,892 km² . Governorate has a population of 785,000...

See also

• Subdivisions of Syria
• FIPS region codes of Syria

External links

• Provinces of Syria, Statoids.com