ISO 3166-2:ER is the entry for Eritrea

Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

 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

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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

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Currently for Eritrea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 6 provinces

Regions of Eritrea

||At the time of Independence in 1993 Eritrea was arranged into ten provinces. These provinces were similar to the nine provinces operating during the colonial period. In 1996, these were consolidated into six regions...

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Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is ER, 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 Eritrea. 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
ER-AN	Anseba
ER-DU	Debub
ER-DK	Debubawi Keyih Bahri [Debub-Keih-Bahri]
ER-GB	Gash-Barka
ER-MA	Maakel [Maekel]
ER-SK	Semenawi Keyih Bahri [Semien-Keih-Bahri]

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
		Introduction of a completely new subdivision layout	Subdivision layout: 10 provinces Provinces of Eritrea The Provinces of Eritrea existed between Eritrea's incorporation as a Colony of Italy until the conversion of the provinces into administrative regions....  (see below) → 6 provinces

Codes before Newsletter I-1

Code	Subdivision name
ER-AG	Akele Guzai [Akalä Guzay]
ER-AS	Asmara Asmara Asmara is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people...  [Asmära]
ER-BA	Barka Barka (Eritrea) Barka was a province of Eritrea until 1996, when it was divided between present day Gash-Barka and Anseba regions. Its capital was Agordat....
ER-DE	Denkalia Denkalia Denkalia was a province of Eritrea until 1996, when it was divided between present day Northern Red Sea and Southern Red Sea regions. Its capital was Assab....  [Dänkali]
ER-GS	Gash-Setit Gash-Setit Gash-Setit is a designated national wildlife reserve and historical area of western Eritrea. It is located in much of Omhajer District and Haykota District south west of Haykota between the market town of Tesseney in the Gash-Barka region. The name is derived from the two rivers, the Gash and the...  [Gaš enna Sätit]
ER-HA	Hamasien Hamasien Hamasien was the name of an histoical province including and surrounding Asmara, now part of modern Eritrea. The region has been divided and distributed amongst the modern Maekel, Debub, Northern Red Sea, Gash-Barka and Anseba regions....  [Hamasén]
ER-SA	Sahel Sahel (Eritrea) Sahel was a former province of Eritrea until 1996, when it was absorbed into the present day Northern Red Sea region. Its capital was Nafka....
ER-SM	Semhar Semhar Semhar is the name of an area near the Red Sea Province of Eritrea, which has now become almost incorporated into the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea and Massawa was the capital city of the province. The population is mainly Tigre and Saho. The Tigre & Arabic languages are mainly spoken...  [Sämhar]
ER-SN	Senhit Senhit Senhit was a former province of Eritrea until 1996, when it was absorbed into the present day Anseba region. Its capital was Keren....  [Sänhet]
ER-SR	Seraye [Särayé]

See also

• Subdivisions of Eritrea
  Subdivisions of Eritrea
  Eritrea is divided into six regions and subdivided into districts . The geographical extent of the regions is based on their respective hydrological properties...
  
  
• FIPS region codes of Eritrea

External links

• Regions of Eritrea, Statoids.com