ISO 3166-2:LK
ISO 3166-2:LK is the entry for Sri Lanka in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Sri Lanka, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is LK, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Sri Lanka. The second part is either of the following:
- one digit (1–9): provinces
- two digits: districts
For the districts, the first digit is the second part of the ISO 3166-2 code of the province where the district is in.
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 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
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Provinces
| Code | Subdivision name (en) | Subdivision name (si) (Provisional UN Draft 1972) |
Subdivision name (ta) (UN II/11 1972) |
|---|---|---|---|
| LK-1 | Western Province | Basnāhira paḷāta | Mel mākāṇam |
| LK-2 | Central Province | Madhyama paḷāta | Mattiya mākāṇam |
| LK-3 | Southern Province | Dakuṇu paḷāta | Tĕṉ mākāṇam |
| LK-4 | Northern Province | Uturu paḷāta | Vaṭakku mākāṇam |
| LK-5 | Eastern Province | Næ̆gĕnahira paḷāta | Kil̮akku mākāṇam |
| LK-6 | North Western Province | Vayamba paḷāta | Vaṭamel mākāṇam |
| LK-7 | North Central Province | Uturumæ̆da paḷāta | Vaṭamattiya mākāṇam |
| LK-8 | Uva Province | Ūva paḷāta | Ūvā mākāṇam |
| LK-9 | Sabaragamuwa Province | Sabaragamuva paḷāta | Chappirakamuva mākāṇam |
Districts
| Code | Subdivision name (en) | Subdivision name (si) (Provisional UN Draft 1972) |
Subdivision name (ta) (UN II/11 1972) |
Parent subdivision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LK-11 | Colombo | Kŏḷamba | Kŏl̮umpu | LK-1 |
| LK-12 | Gampaha | Gampaha | Kampahā | LK-1 |
| LK-13 | Kalutara | Kaḷutara | Kaḷuttuṟai | LK-1 |
| LK-21 | Kandy | Mahanuvara | Kaṇṭi | LK-2 |
| LK-22 | Matale | Mātale | Māttaḷai | LK-2 |
| LK-23 | Nuwara Eliya | Nuvara Ĕliya | Nuvarĕliyā | LK-2 |
| LK-31 | Galle | Gālla | Kāli | LK-3 |
| LK-32 | Matara | Mātara | Māttaṛai | LK-3 |
| LK-33 | Hambantota | Hambantŏṭa | Ampāntōṭṭai | LK-3 |
| LK-41 | Jaffna | Yāpanaya | Yāl̮ppāṇam | LK-4 |
| LK-42 | Kilinochchi | Kilinŏchchi | Kiḷinochchi | LK-4 |
| LK-43 | Mannar | Mannārama | Maṉṉār | LK-4 |
| LK-44 | Vavuniya | Vavuniyāva | Vavuṉiyā | LK-4 |
| LK-45 | Mullaittivu | Mulativ | Mullaittīvu | LK-4 |
| LK-51 | Batticaloa | Maḍakalapuva | Maṭṭakkaḷappu | LK-5 |
| LK-52 | Ampara | Ampāra | Ampāṟai | LK-5 |
| LK-53 | Trincomalee | Trikuṇāmalaya | Tirukŏṇamalai | LK-5 |
| LK-61 | Kurunegala | Kuruṇægala | Kurunākal | LK-6 |
| LK-62 | Puttalam | Puttalama | Puttaḷam | LK-6 |
| LK-71 | Anuradhapura | Anurādhapura | Anurātapuram | LK-7 |
| LK-72 | Polonnaruwa | Pŏḷŏnnaruva | Pŏlaṉṉaṛuvai | LK-7 |
| LK-81 | Badulla | Badulla | Patuḷai | LK-8 |
| LK-82 | Monaragala | Mŏṇarāgala | Mŏṉarākalai | LK-8 |
| LK-91 | Ratnapura | Ratnapura | Irattiṉapuri | LK-9 |
| LK-92 | Kegalla | Kægalla | Kekālai | LK-9 |
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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter II-1 | 2010-02-03 (corrected 2010-02-19) |
Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages |
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
| Effective date of change | Short description of change (en) |
|---|---|
| 2019-11-22 | Correction of parent subdivision of LK-11, LK-12, LK-13, LK-21, LK-22, LK-23, LK-31, LK-32, LK-41, LK-43, LK-44, LK-45, LK-51, LK-52, LK-53, LK-61, LK-62, LK-71, LK-81, LK-82, LK-91, LK-92; Update List Source |
| 2018-11-26 | Correction of the romanization system label |
| 2014-12-18 | Alignment of the French short name lower case with UNTERM; update of the remarks in French |
| 2012-08-02 | Add administrative language |
| 2010-02-19 | Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages |
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: LK
- Provinces of Sri Lanka, Statoids.com