ISO 3166-2:PG is the entry for Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

 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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 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

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

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.

Currently for Papua New Guinea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 district and 19 provinces

Provinces of Papua New Guinea

The provinces of Papua New Guinea are the primary administrative divisions of the country. Provincial governments are branches of the national government– Papua New Guinea is not a federation of provinces...

. The capital of the country Port Moresby

Port Moresby

Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...

 forms the National Capital District and has special status equal to the provinces.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is PG, 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 Papua New Guinea. The second part is three 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	Subdivision category
PG-NCD	National Capital District (Port Moresby)	district
PG-CPM	Central Central Province (Papua New Guinea) Central Province is a province in Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast of the country. It has a population of 183,983 people and is in size. The seat of government of Central Province, which is located within the National Capital District outside the province, is the Port Moresby suburb...	province
PG-CPK	Chimbu	province
PG-EHG	Eastern Highlands	province
PG-EBR		province
PG-ESW		province
PG-EPW	Enga Enga Province Enga refers to both an ethnic group located in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and the province in which they are the majority ethnic group.-Physical geography:...	province
PG-GPK	Gulf Gulf Province Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast. The provincial capital is Kerema. The 34,500 km² province is dominated by mountains, lowland river deltas, and grassland flood plains, the Kikori, Turama, Purari and Vailala rivers all meet the sea known as the...	province
PG-MPM	Madang Madang Province Madang is a province on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea. The province has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages...	province
PG-MRL	Manus Manus Province Manus Province is the smallest province in Papua New Guinea with a land area of 2,100 km², but with more than 220,000 km² of water. The capital of the province is Lorengau and the total population is 43,387 ....	province
PG-MBA	Milne Bay Milne Bay Province Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,000 km² of land and 252,990 km² of sea, within the province there are more than 600 islands, about 160 of which are inhabited...	province
PG-MPL	Morobe Morobe Province Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital, and largest city, is Lae. The province covers 34,500 km², including 719 km² maritime area, with a population of 539,725...	province
PG-NIK	New Ireland	province
PG-NPP	Northern	province
PG-NSA		province
PG-SAN	Sandaun [West Sepik]	province
PG-SHM	Southern Highlands	province
PG-WPD	Western Western Province (Papua New Guinea) Western Province is a coastal province in southwestern Papua New Guinea, bordering the Indonesian province of Papua. The provincial capital is Daru, on the island of Daru. The largest town in the province is Tabubil...	province
PG-WHM	Western Highlands	province
PG-WBK		province

See also

• Subdivisions of Papua New Guinea
• FIPS region codes of Papua New Guinea

External links

• Provinces of Papua New Guinea, Statoids.com