ISO 3166-2:EH is the entry for Western Sahara

Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly...

 in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166

ISO 3166

ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization . It defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions . The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation...

 standard

Standardization

Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....

 published by the International Organization for Standardization

International Organization for Standardization

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 (ISO), which defines code

Code

A code is a rule for converting a piece of information into another form or representation , not necessarily of the same type....

s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

s or states) of all countries

Country

A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...

 coded in ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names...

.

Currently no ISO 3166-2 codes are defined in the entry for Western Sahara.

Western Sahara, a disputed territory between Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a partially recognised state that claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlu, Western Sahara. The SADR government controls about...

, is officially assigned the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 code EH. Moreover, the following regions

Regions of Morocco

Regions of Morocco As part of a 1997 decentralization/regionalization law passed by the legislature 16 new regions were created. It is the current highest administrative division of Morocco. The regions are subdivided into a total of 61 second-order administrative divisions, which are prefectures...

, provinces and prefectures of Morocco located in the territory of Western Sahara are assigned ISO 3166-2 codes under the entry for Morocco

ISO 3166-2:MA

ISO 3166-2:MA is the entry for Morocco in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Morocco, ISO 3166-2 codes are...

:

• MA-14 Guelmim-Es Smara (partially in Western Sahara)
  • MA-ESM Es Smara (entirely in Western Sahara)
• MA-15 Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia el Hamra
  Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra
  Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra is one of the sixteen regions of Morocco. It is partly located in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Most of the region is administered by Morocco.The region is made up into the following provinces:...
  
   (partially in Western Sahara)
  • MA-BOD Boujdour
    Province of Boujdour
    Boujdour is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 is 46,129. Its major town is Boujdour....
    
     (entirely in Western Sahara)
  • MA-LAA Laâyoune
    Province of Laâyoune
    Laâyoune is a province in the Moroccan economic region of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Its population in 2004 is 210,023. Its main town is Laâyoune.-References:...
    
     (partially in Western Sahara)
• MA-16 Oued ed Dahab-Lagouira (entirely in Western Sahara)
  • MA-AOU Aousserd
    Province of Aousserd
    Aousserd is a prefecture in the Moroccan economic region of Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 7,689.-References:...
    
     (entirely in Western Sahara)
  • MA-OUD Oued ed Dahab (entirely in Western Sahara)

External links

• Provinces of Western Sahara, Statoids.com