Entry for Sri Lanka in ISO 3166-2
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
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
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
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
^ a b For reference only, Sinhalese name in Sinhalese script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
^ a b For reference only, Tamil name in Tamil script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
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. 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
See also
External links
ISO 3166 – Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
ISO 3166-1 country codes ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes
ISO 3166-3 codes for former names of countries
a Changed from TP
b Changed from YU