ISO 3166-2:MR is the entry for Mauritania 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 Mauritania, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 15 regions.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is MR, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Mauritania. The second part is two digits (01–15) for the regions.
Current codes
editSubdivision 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 (ar) (conventional names) |
Subdivision name (ar) (BGN/PCGN 1956) |
Subdivision name (ar) [note 1] |
Subdivision name (fr) (conventional names) |
Subdivision name (en) [note 2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MR-07 | Adrar | آدرار | Adrar | ||
| MR-03 | Assaba | لعصابة | Assaba | ||
| MR-05 | Brakna | لبراكنة | Brakna | ||
| MR-08 | Dakhlet Nouâdhibou | داخلت انواذيبو | Nouadhibou Peninsula | ||
| MR-04 | Gorgol | گورگول | Gorgol | ||
| MR-10 | Guidimaka | گيدي ماغا | Guidimaka | ||
| MR-01 | Hodh ech Chargui | الحوض الشرقي | Eastern Basin | ||
| MR-02 | Hodh el Gharbi | الحوض الغربي | Western Basin | ||
| MR-12 | Inchiri | إنشيري | Inchiri | ||
| MR-14 | Nuwākshūţ ash Shamālīyah | انواكشوط الشمالية | Nouakchott-Nord | North Nouakchott | |
| MR-13 | Nuwākshūţ al Gharbīyah | انواكشوط الغربية | Nouakchott-Ouest | West Nouakchott | |
| MR-15 | Nuwākshūţ al Janūbīyah | انواكشوط الجنوبية | Nouakchott-Sud | South Nouakchott | |
| MR-09 | Tagant | تگانت | Tagant | ||
| MR-11 | Tiris Zemmour | تيرس زمور | Tiris Zemmour | ||
| MR-06 | Trarza | اترارزة | Trarza |
- Notes
See also
edit- Subdivisions of Mauritania
- FIPS region codes of Mauritania
- Neighbouring countries: DZ, EH, ML, SN
External links
edit- ISO Online Browsing Platform: MR
- Regions of Mauritania, Statoids.com