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

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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

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Code Subdivision
name (si)
(Provisional UN Draft 1972)
Subdivision name (si)
[a]
Subdivision
name (ta)
(UN II/11 1972)
Subdivision name (ta)
[b]
Subdivision name (en)
LK-1   Basnāhira paḷāta බස්නාහිර Mel mākāṇam மேல் Western Province
LK-3   Dakuṇu paḷāta දකුණු Tĕṉ mākāṇam தென் Southern Province
LK-2   Madhyama paḷāta මධ්‍යම Mattiya mākāṇam மத்திய Central Province
LK-5   Næ̆gĕnahira paḷāta නැගෙනහිර Kil̮akku mākāṇam கிழக்கு Eastern Province
LK-9   Sabaragamuva paḷāta සබරගමුව Chappirakamuva mākāṇam சப்ரகமுவ Sabaragamuwa Province
LK-4   Uturu paḷāta උතුරු Vaṭakku mākāṇam வட Northern Province
LK-7   Uturumæ̆da paḷāta උතුරු මැද Vaṭamattiya mākāṇam வட மத்திய North Central Province
LK-8   Ūva paḷāta ඌව Ūvā mākāṇam ஊவா Uva Province
LK-6   Vayamba paḷāta වයඹ Vaṭamel mākāṇam வட மேல் North Western Province

Districts

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Code Subdivision name (si)
(Provisional UN Draft 1972)
Subdivision name (si)
[a]
Subdivision name (ta)
(UN II/11 1972)
Subdivision
name (ta)
[b]
Subdivision name (en) Parent subdivision
LK-52 Ampāra අම්පාර Ampāṟai அம்பாறை Ampara LK-5
LK-71 Anurādhapura අනුරාධපුර Anurātapuram அனுராதபுரம் Anuradhapura LK-7
LK-81 Badulla බදුල්ල Patuḷai பதுளை Badulla LK-8
LK-31 Gālla ගාල්ල Kāli காலி Galle LK-3
LK-12 Gampaha ගම්පහ Kampahā கம்பஹா Gampaha LK-1
LK-33 Hambantŏṭa හම්බන්තොට Ampāntōṭṭai அம்பாந்தோட்டை Hambantota LK-3
LK-92 Kægalla කෑගල්ල Kekālai கேகாலை Kegalla LK-9
LK-13 Kalutara කළුතර Kaḷuttuṟai களுத்துறை Kalutara LK-1
LK-42 Kilinŏchchi කිලිනොච්චි Kiḷinochchi கிளிநொச்சி Kilinochchi LK-4
LK-11 Kŏḷamba කොළඹ Kŏl̮umpu கொழும்பு Colombo LK-1
LK-61 Kuruṇægala කුරුණෑගල Kurunākal குருநாகல் Kurunegala LK-6
LK-51 Maḍakalapuva මඩකලපුව Maṭṭakkaḷappu மட்டக்களப்பு Batticaloa LK-5
LK-21 Mahanuvara මහනුවර Kaṇṭi கண்டி Kandy LK-2
LK-43 Mannārama මන්නාරම Maṉṉār மன்னார் Mannar LK-4
LK-22 Mātale මාතලේ Māttaḷai மாத்தளை Matale LK-2
LK-32 Mātara මාතර Māttaṛai மாத்தறை Matara LK-3
LK-82 Mŏṇarāgala මොණරාගල Mŏṉarākalai மொணராகலை Monaragala LK-8
LK-45 Mulativ මුලතිවු Mullaittīvu முல்லைத்தீவு Mullaittivu LK-4
LK-23 Nuvara Ĕliya නුවරඑළිය Nuvarĕliyā நுவரெலியா Nuwara Eliya LK-2
LK-72 Pŏḷŏnnaruva පොළොන්නරුව Pŏlaṉṉaṛuvai பொலன்னறுவை Polonnaruwa LK-7
LK-62 Puttalama පුත්තලම Puttaḷam புத்தளம் Puttalam LK-6
LK-91 Ratnapura රත්නපුර Irattiṉapuri இரத்தினபுரம் Ratnapura LK-9
LK-53 Trikuṇāmalaya ත්‍රිකුණාමළය Tirukŏṇamalai திருக்கோணமலை Trincomalee LK-5
LK-44 Vavuniyāva වවුනියා Vavuṉiyā வவுனியா Vavuniya LK-4
LK-41 Yāpanaya යාපනය Yāl̮ppāṇam யாழ்ப்பாணம் Jaffna LK-4
Notes
  1. ^ a b For reference only, Sinhalese name in Sinhalese script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ^ a b For reference only, Tamil name in Tamil script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes

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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

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