ISO 3166-2:GM is the entry for the Gambia

The Gambia

The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....

 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

ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization . It defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions . The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation...

 standard

Standardization

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 published by the International Organization for Standardization

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

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

s or states) of all countries

Country

A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...

 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names...

.

Currently for the Gambia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 city and 5 divisions

Divisions of The Gambia

||The Gambia is divided into five divisions and one city:#Lower River #Central River #North Bank #Upper River #Western...

. The city Banjul

Banjul

-Transport:Ferries sail from Banjul to Barra. The city is served by the Banjul International Airport. Banjul is on the Trans–West African Coastal Highway connecting it to Dakar and Bissau, and will eventually provide a paved highway link to 11 other nations of ECOWAS.Banjul International Airport...

 is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the divisions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is GM, 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 the Gambia. The second part is a letter.

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	Subdivision category
GM-B	Banjul Banjul -Transport:Ferries sail from Banjul to Barra. The city is served by the Banjul International Airport. Banjul is on the Trans–West African Coastal Highway connecting it to Dakar and Bissau, and will eventually provide a paved highway link to 11 other nations of ECOWAS.Banjul International Airport...	city
GM-L	Lower River Lower River Division Lower River is one of the five administrative divisions of The Gambia. Its capital is Mansa Konko.-Districts:Lower River is divided into 6 districts:*Jarra Central*Jarra East*Jarra West*Kiang Central*Kiang East*Kiang West-See also:...	division
GM-M	MacCarthy Island The name of MacCarthy Island has been changed to Central River.	division
GM-N	North Bank North Bank Division North Bank is one of the five administrative divisions of The Gambia. Its capital is Kerewan.-Districts:North Bank is divided into 6 districts:*Central Baddibu*Jokadu*Lower Baddibu*Lower Niumi*Upper Baddibu*Upper Niumi-See also:...	division
GM-U	Upper River Upper River Division Upper River is one of the five administrative divisions of The Gambia. Its capital is Basse Santa Su.-Districts:Upper River is divided into 4 districts:*Fulladu East*Kantora*Sandu*Wuli-See also:*Districts of The Gambia...	division
GM-W	Western	division

Notes

See also

• Subdivisions of the Gambia
  Subdivisions of The Gambia
  The Gambia is divided into five divisions and one city. The divisions of the Gambia are created by the Independent Electoral Commission in accordance to Article 192 of the National Constitution.#Lower River #Central River...
  
  
• FIPS region codes of the Gambia

External links

• Divisions of Gambia, Statoids.com

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