ISO 3166-2:MD is the entry for Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

 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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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

ISO 3166-1

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Currently for Moldova, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 autonomous territorial unit, 3 cities, 32 districts, and 1 territorial unit. The three cities have special status equal to the districts.

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

Subdivision names are sorted in Moldovian alphabet

Romanian alphabet

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ical order: a, â, ă, b-i, î, j-s, ş, t, ţ, u-z.

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Code	Subdivision name	Subdivision category
MD-GA	(UTAG)	autonomous territorial unit
MD-BA		city
MD-BD	Tighina Tighina Bender or Bendery, also known as Tighina is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under de facto control of the unrecognized Transnistria Republic since 1992...	city
MD-CU	Chişinău Chisinau Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...	city
MD-AN	Anenii Noi	district
MD-BS	Basarabeasca	district
MD-BR	Briceni	district
MD-CA	Cahul	district
MD-CT	Cantemir	district
MD-CL		district
MD-CS		district
MD-CM	Cimişlia	district
MD-CR	Criuleni	district
MD-DO	Donduşeni	district
MD-DR	Drochia	district
MD-DU	Dubăsari Dubasari district Dubăsari district is a district in the east of Moldova, with the administrative center at Cocieri. As of January 1, 2011, its population was 35,200.This does not include the 715 people that live in the village of Roghi, which is controlled by the breakaway Tiraspol authorities.-History:The...	district
MD-ED	Edineţ	district
MD-FA		district
MD-FL	Floreşti	district
MD-GL	Glodeni	district
MD-HI	Hînceşti	district
MD-IA	Ialoveni	district
MD-LE	Leova	district
MD-NI	Nisporeni	district
MD-OC	Ocniţa	district
MD-OR	Orhei	district
MD-RE	Rezina	district
MD-RI	Rîşcani	district
MD-SI		district
MD-SO	Soroca	district
MD-ST	Străşeni	district
MD-SD		district
MD-SV		district
MD-TA	Taraclia	district
MD-TE	Teleneşti	district
MD-UN	Ungheni	district
MD-SN		territorial unit

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
		Completely new subdivision layout	Subdivision layout: 10 cities, 40 districts (see below) → 1 autonomous territory, 1 city, 1 territorial unit, 9 districts
		Error correction: Header information on number of districts corrected
		Addition of one district. Subdivision categories in header re-sorted	Subdivisions added: MD-TA Taraclia
		Consistency between ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of names in administrative languages, and update of the administrative structure and of the list source	Subdivision layout: 1 autonomous territory, 1 city, 10 districts, 1 territorial unit Counties of Moldova Between 1998 and February 2003, Moldova was divided into 12 territorial units, including 1 municipality, 1 autonomous territorial unit, 1 territorial unit, and 9 counties :...  (see below) → 1 autonomous territorial unit, 3 cities, 32 districts, 1 territorial unit

Codes before Newsletter I-2

Code	Subdivision name	Subdivision category
MD-BAL		city
MD-CAH	Cahul Cahul -Demographics:According to the last Moldovan census from 2004 there were 35,488 people living within the city of Cahul and 1,317 people within Cotihana....	city
MD-CHI	Chişinău Chisinau Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...	city
MD-DUB	Dubăsari Dubasari Dubăsari is a city in Transnistria, with a population of 23,650. The city is under the administration of the breakaway government of the "Transnistrian Moldovan Republic", and functions as the seat of the Dubăsari sub-district, Transnistria, Moldova.-Name:The origin of the town name is the plural...	city
MD-ORH	Orhei Orhei Orhei is a city and the administrative centre of Orhei District in Moldova with a population of 25,680. Orhei is approximately 50 kilometers north of the capital, Chişinău.-Demographics:...	city
MD-RIB	Rîbniţa Rîbnita Rîbnița, also spelled Râbnița is a city in Moldova. The city is under the administration of the breakaway government of the Transnistria. According to the 2004 Census in Transnistria, it has a population of 53,648. Rîbniţa is situated in the northern half of Transnistria, on the left bank of the...	city
MD-SOC	Soroca Soroca Soroca is a Moldovan city situated on the Nistru river about 160 km north of Chişinău. It is the administrative center of Soroca District.- History :The city has its origin in the medieval Genoese trade post of Olchionia, or Alchona...	city
MD-TIG	Tighina Tighina Bender or Bendery, also known as Tighina is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under de facto control of the unrecognized Transnistria Republic since 1992...	city
MD-TIR	Tiraspol Tiraspol Tiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River...	city
MD-UNG	Ungheni Ungheni ----Ungheni is the seventh largest city in Moldova and, since 2003, the seat of Ungheni District.There is a bridge across the Prut and a border checkpoint to Romania. There is another border town with the same name in Romania , on the other side of the Prut River.- History :The first historical...	city
MD-ANE	Anenii Noi	district
MD-BAS	Basarabeasca	district
MD-BRI	Brinceni	district
MD-CHL	Cahul	district
MD-CAM	Camenca	district
MD-CAN	Cantemir	district
MD-CAI		district
MD-CAL		district
MD-CAS		district
MD-CIA	Ciadîr-Lunga	district
MD-CIM	Cimişlia	district
MD-COM	Comrat	district
MD-CRI	Criuleni	district
MD-DON	Donduşeni	district
MD-DRO	Drochia	district
MD-DBI	Dubăsari	district
MD-EDI	Edineţ	district
MD-FAL		district
MD-FLO	Floreşti	district
MD-GLO	Glodeni	district
MD-GRI	Grigoriopol	district
MD-HIN	Hînceşti	district
MD-IAL	Ialoveni	district
MD-LEO	Leova	district
MD-NIS	Nisporeni	district
MD-OCN	Ocniţa	district
MD-OHI	Orhei	district
MD-REZ	Rezina	district
MD-RIT	Rîbniţa	district
MD-RIS	Rîşcani	district
MD-SIN		district
MD-SLO	Slobozia	district
MD-SOA	Soroca	district
MD-STR	Străşeni	district
MD-SOL		district
MD-STE		district
MD-TAR	Taraclia	district
MD-TEL	Teleneşti	district
MD-UGI	Ungheni	district
MD-VUL	Vulcăneşti	district

Codes before Newsletter II-2

Code	Subdivision name	Subdivision category
MD-GA	Găgăuzia, Unitate Teritorială Autonomă (UTAG)	autonomous territory
MD-CU	Chişinău Chisinau Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...	city
MD-BA	Bălţi Bălţi County Bălți was a county of Moldova from 1998 to 2003. Its population in 2003 was 500,900. Its capital was Bălți.-External links:* , Statoids.com...	district
MD-CA	Cahul Cahul County Cahul County was a county of Bessarabia. In the Middle Ages, its territory belonged to the Fălciu County, but after the annexation of Bessarabia by the Russian Empire in 1812 it became a county by itself.- History :...	district
MD-CH	Chişinău Chişinău County Chişinău was a county of Moldova from 1998 to 2003. Its population in 2003 was 382,400. Its capital was Chişinău.-External links:* , Statoids.com...	district
MD-ED	Edineţ Edineţ County Edineț was a county of Moldova from 1998 to 2003. Its population in 2003 was 279,100. Its capital was Edineț.-External links:* , Statoids.com...	district
MD-LA	Lăpuşna Lapusna County Lăpuşna was an administrative region of Moldova until February 2003. Major cities of the region included Troita, Batar, Cara-Biber, and Hînceşti....	district
MD-OR	Orhei Orhei County Orhei was a county of Moldova from 1998 to 2003. Its population in 2003 was 300,400. Its capital was Orhei.-External links:* , Statoids.com...	district
MD-SO	Soroca Soroca County Soroca was a county of Moldova. The seat was Soroca....	district
MD-TA	Taraclia	district
MD-TI	Tighina Tighina County Tighina County was, until February 2003, a major subdivision of Moldova with its capital at Căuşeni. It bordered Ukraine, Transnistria, Lăpuşna County and Chişinău County....  [Bender]	district
MD-UN	Ungheni Ungheni County Ungheni was a county of Moldova from 1998 to 2003. Its population in 2003 was 260,300. Its capital was Ungheni.-External links:* , Statoids.com...	district
MD-SN	Stînga Nistrului, unitatea teritorială din	territorial unit

See also

• Subdivisions of Moldova
• FIPS region codes of Moldova

External links

• Districts of Moldova, Statoids.com