ISO 3166-2:BY is the entry 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 of Belarus (whose ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code is BY).
Currently 6 oblasts are assigned codes.[note 1] Each code starts with BY-, followed by two letters.
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Current codes
Codes and subdivision names are listed as in the official standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA). Click on the button in the header to sort each column.
| Code | Subdivision name in Belarusian (be) (Romanization system: BGN/PCGN) |
Subdivision name in Belarusian (be) (Romanization system: GOST) |
Subdivision name in Russian (ru) (Romanization system: BGN/PCGN) |
Subdivision name in Russian (ru) (Romanization system: GOST) |
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| BY-BR | Brestskaya voblasts' | Brèsckaja voblasc' | Brestskaya oblast' | Brestskaja oblast' |
| BY-HO | Homyel'skaya voblasts' | Homel'skaja voblasc' | Gomel'skaya oblast' | Gomel'skaja oblast' |
| BY-HR | Hrodzenskaya voblasts' | Hrodzenskaja voblasc' | Grodnenskaya oblast' | Grodnenskaja oblast' |
| BY-MA | Mahilyowskaya voblasts' | Mahilëuskaja voblasc' | Mogilevskaya oblast' | Mogilevskaja oblast' |
| BY-MI | Minskaya voblasts' | Minskaja voblasc' | Minskaya oblast' | Minskaja oblast' |
| BY-VI | Vitsyebskaya voblasts' | Vicebskaja voblasc' | Vitebskaya oblast' | Vitebskaja oblast' |
- Notes
- ^ Minsk, the capital of the country and of Minskaya voblasts' which has special status, is not assigned a code.
Changes
The following changes to the entry have been made and announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:
| Newsletter | Publication date | Description of change in newsletter | Changes |
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| I-1 | 2000-06-21 | Correction of spelling mistakes and language code elements | Subdivision name (be BGN/PCGN): Hrodnenskaya voblasts' → Hrodzenskaya voblasts' Subdivision names (be GOST): → Brèsckaja voblasc' → Hrodzenskaja voblasc' |
See also
- Subdivisions of Belarus
- FIPS region codes of Belarus (standard withdrawn in 2008)
External links
- Regions of Belarus, Statoids.com
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