ISO 3166-2:BY is the entry for Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

 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

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 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 Belarus, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 6 oblasts and 1 city. The city Minsk

Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

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

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BY, 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 Belarus. 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).

ISO 639-1

ISO 639-1

ISO 639-1:2002, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code, is the first part of the ISO 639 series of international standards for language codes. Part 1 covers the registration of two-letter codes. There are 136 two-letter codes registered...

 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative language

Official language

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s:

• (be): Byelorussian
  Belarusian language
  The Belarusian language , sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people...
  
   — Romanization system: BGN/PCGN
  BGN/PCGN romanization of Belarusian
  The BGN/PCGN romanization system for Belarusian is a method for romanization of Cyrillic Belarusian texts, that is, their transliteration into the Latin alphabet....
  
   1979, GOST
  GOST 16876-71
  GOST 16876-71 is a romanization system devised by the National Administration for Geodesy and Cartography of the Soviet Union. It is based on the scientific transliteration system used in linguistics. GOST was an international standard so it included provision for a number of the languages of...
  
   1983
• (ru): Russian
  Russian language
  Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
  
   — Romanization system: BGN/PCGN
  BGN/PCGN romanization of Russian
  BGN/PCGN romanization system for Russian is a method for romanization of Cyrillic Russian texts, that is, their transliteration into the Latin alphabet as used in the English language...
  
   1947, GOST
  GOST 16876-71
  GOST 16876-71 is a romanization system devised by the National Administration for Geodesy and Cartography of the Soviet Union. It is based on the scientific transliteration system used in linguistics. GOST was an international standard so it included provision for a number of the languages of...
  
   1983

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Code	Subdivision name (be Belarusian language The Belarusian language , sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people... ) (BGN/PCGN)	Subdivision name (be Belarusian language The Belarusian language , sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people... ) (GOST)	Subdivision name (ru Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... ) (BGN/PCGN)	Subdivision name (ru Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... ) (GOST)	Subdivision category
BY-BR	Brestskaya voblasts'	Brèsckaja voblasc'	Brestskaya oblast'	Brestskaja oblast'	oblast
BY-HO	Homyel'skaya voblasts'	Homel'skaja voblasc'	Gomel'skaya oblast'	Gomel'skaja oblast'	oblast
BY-HR	Hrodzenskaya voblasts'	Hrodzenskaja voblasc'	Grodnenskaya oblast'	Grodnenskaja oblast'	oblast
BY-MA	Mahilyowskaya voblasts'	Mahilëuskaja voblasc'	Mogilevskaya oblast'	Mogilevskaja oblast'	oblast
BY-MI	Minskaya voblasts'	Minskaja voblasc'	Minskaya oblast'	Minskaja oblast'	oblast
BY-VI	Vitsyebskaya voblasts'	Vicebskaja voblasc'	Vitebskaya oblast'	Vitebskaja oblast'	oblast
BY-HM	Horad Minsk	Horad Minsk	Gorod Minsk	Gorod Minsk	city

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
		Correction of spelling mistakes and language code elements
		Update of the administrative structure and of the list source	Subdivisions added: BY-HM Horad Minsk

See also

• Subdivisions of Belarus
• FIPS region codes of Belarus

External links

• Regions of Belarus, Statoids.com