ISO 3166-2:NG

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ISO 3166-2:NG is the entry for Nigeria 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.

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Currently for Nigeria, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 capital territory and 36 states. The Federal Capital Territory contains the capital of the country Abuja and has special status equal to the states.[ citation needed ]

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is NG, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Nigeria. The second part is two letters.

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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CodeSubdivision name (en)Subdivision category
NG-AB Abia state
NG-FC Abuja Federal Capital Territory capital territory
NG-AD Adamawa state
NG-AK Akwa Ibom state
NG-AN Anambra state
NG-BA Bauchi state
NG-BY Bayelsa state
NG-BE Benue state
NG-BO Borno state
NG-CR Cross River state
NG-DE Delta state
NG-EB Ebonyi state
NG-ED Edo state
NG-EK Ekiti state
NG-EN Enugu state
NG-GO Gombe state
NG-IM Imo state
NG-JI Jigawa state
NG-KD Kaduna state
NG-KN Kano state
NG-KT Katsina state
NG-KE Kebbi state
NG-KO Kogi state
NG-KW Kwara state
NG-LA Lagos state
NG-NA Nasarawa state
NG-NI Niger state
NG-OG Ogun state
NG-ON Ondo state
NG-OS Osun state
NG-OY Oyo state
NG-PL Plateau state
NG-RI Rivers state
NG-SO Sokoto state
NG-TA Taraba state
NG-YO Yobe state
NG-ZA Zamfara state

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:

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletterCode/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-1 2000-06-21Addition of 6 new statesSubdivisions added:
NG-BY Bayelsa
NG-EB Ebonyi
NG-EK Ekiti
NG-GO Gombe
NG-NA Nassarawa
NG-ZA Zamfara
Newsletter II-2 2010-06-30Consistency between ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of names in administrative languages

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