ISO 3166-2:SA is the entry for Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

 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

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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...

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Currently for Saudi Arabia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 13 provinces

Provinces of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is divided into 13 emirates . Each emirate is divided into governorates , 118 in total. This number contains the emirate capitals, which have a different status as municipalities headed by mayors...

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Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is SA, 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 Saudi Arabia. The second part is two digits (01–14 except 13).

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
SA-11	Al Bāḩah
SA-08
SA-12	Al Jawf Al Jawf Province Al-Jawf , also spelled Al-Jouf, is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the north of the country, bordering Jordan. It has an area of 100,212 km² and a population of 440,009 at the 2010 Census...
SA-03	Al Madīnah
SA-05	Al Qaşīm
SA-01	Ar Riyāḑ
SA-04	Ash Sharqīyah
SA-14
SA-06
SA-09	Jīzān
SA-02	Makkah
SA-10	Najrān
SA-07	Tabūk

See also

• Subdivisions of Saudi Arabia
• FIPS region codes of Saudi Arabia

External links

• Regions of Saudi Arabia, Statoids.com