ISO 3166-2:ZM is the entry for Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to 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

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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

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

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 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

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Currently for Zambia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 9 provinces

Provinces of Zambia

Zambia is divided into 10 provinces.-References:...

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Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is ZM, 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 Zambia. The second part is two digits (01–09).

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
ZM-02	Central
ZM-08	Copperbelt Copperbelt Province Copperbelt Province in Zambia covers the mineral-rich Copperbelt, and farming and bush areas to the south. It was the backbone of the Northern Rhodesian economy during British colonial rule and fuelled the hopes of the immediate post-independence period, but its economic importance was severely...
ZM-03	Eastern
ZM-04	Luapula Luapula Province Luapula Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces, and is located in the north of the country. The provincial capital is Mansa. Luapula Province was named after the Luapula River....
ZM-09	Lusaka Lusaka Province Lusaka Province is one of Zambia's nine provinces. The provincial capital is Lusaka, which is also the national capital.-National Parks and wildlife areas:*Lower Zambezi National Park...
ZM-05	Northern
ZM-06
ZM-07	Southern
ZM-01	Western

See also

• Subdivisions of Zambia
  Subdivisions of Zambia
  Zambia is divided into nine provinces, each administered by an appointed deputy minister. Each province is divided into several districts with a grand total of 72 districts. The provinces are:* Central* Copperbelt* Eastern* Luapula* Lusaka* Northern...
  
  
• FIPS region codes of Zambia

External links

• Provinces of Zambia, Statoids.com