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ISO 3166-2:KG is the entry for Kyrgyzstan 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 Kyrgyzstan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 2 cities and 7 regions. The cities Bishkek and Osh have special status equal to the regions.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is KG, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Kyrgyzstan. The second part is either of the following:
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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| Code | Subdivision name (ky) (BGN/PCGN 1979) |
Subdivision name (ky) [note 1] | Subdivision name (ru) (BGN/PCGN 1947) | Subdivision name (ru) (GOST 1983 = UN V/18 1987) | Subdivision name (ru) [note 2] |
Subdivision name (en) [note 3] | Subdiv. cat. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KG-B | Batken | Баткен | Batkenskaya oblast' | Batkenskaja oblast' | Баткенская область | Batken | region |
| KG-GB | Bishkek Shaary | Бишкек шаары | Gorod Bishkek | Gorod Biškek | Город Бишкек | Bishkek | city |
| KG-C | Chüy | Чүй | Chuyskaya oblast' |
Čujskaja oblast' |
Чуйская область |
Chuy | region |
| KG-J | Jalal-Abad | Жалал-Абад | Dzhalal-Abadskaya oblast' | Džalal-Abadskaja oblast' | Джалал-Абадская область | Jalal-Abad | region |
| KG-N | Naryn | Нарын | Narynskaya oblast' |
Narynskaja oblast' | Нарынская область | Naryn | region |
| KG-O | Osh | Ош | Oshskaya oblast' |
Ošskaja oblast' |
Ошская область |
Osh | region |
| KG-GO | Osh Shaary | Ош шаары | Gorod Osh | Gorod Oš | Город Ош | Osh City | city |
| KG-T | Talas | Талас | Talasskaya oblast' |
Talasskaja oblast' | Таласская область | Talas | region |
| KG-Y | Ysyk-Köl | Ысык-Көл | Issyk-Kul'skaya oblast' | Issyk-Kul'skaja oblast' | Иссык-Кульская область | Issyk-Kul | region |
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:
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter I-4 | 2002-12-10 | Addition of one region and one city. One spelling correction | Subdivisions added: KG-GB Bishkek KG-B Batken |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2020-11-24 | Correction of subdivision category in kir replacing oblast with oblus; Correction of subdivision names KG-GB, KG-GO in kir; Update List Source |