ISO 3166-2:KP
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ISO 3166-2:KP is the entry for North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...

 (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) 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
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 standard
Standardization
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 published by the International Organization for Standardization
International Organization for Standardization
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 (ISO), which defines code
Code
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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
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 coded in ISO 3166-1
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.

Currently for North Korea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 capital city, 1 special city, and 9 provinces. All of them are province-level subdivisions. The three special administrative regions, i.e., the Kaesong Industrial Region
Kaesong Industrial Region
Kaesŏng Industrial Region is a special administrative industrial region of North Korea. It was formed in 2002 from part of Kaesŏng Directly Governed City.-Kaesŏng Industrial Park:...

, the Kumgangsan Tourist Region
Kumgangsan Tourist Region
The Kŭmgangsan Tourist Region is a special administrative region of North Korea. It was established in 2002 to handle South Korean tourist traffic to Kŭmgangsan ....

, and the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region
Sinuiju Special Administrative Region
Sinŭiju Special Administrative Region was a proposed special administrative region of North Korea, on the border with China. It was established in September 2002 in an area including parts of Sinŭiju and the surrounding area, in an attempt to introduce market economics, and is directly governed as...

, are not listed.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is KP, 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 of North Korea. The second part is two digits:
  • 01: capital city
  • 02–10: provinces
  • 13: special city

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
  • Subdivision name 1 — Romanization system: McCune-Reischauer
    McCune-Reischauer
    McCune–Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced McCune–Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000...

     1939
  • Subdivision name 2 — Romanization system: KPS 11080:2002


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Code Subdivision name 1 Subdivision name 2 Subdivision category
KP-01 P’yŏngyang Phyeongyang capital city
KP-13 Nasŏn
Nason
Nason could refer to:* Nason, Illinois, a city in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States* The South Korean name for Rason, a city in North Korea....

 (Najin-Sŏnbong)
Raseon special city
KP-02 P’yŏngan-namdo Phyeongannamto province
KP-03 P’yŏngan-bukto Phyeonganpukto province
KP-04 Chagang-do Jakangto province
KP-05 Hwanghae-namdo Hwanghainamto province
KP-06 Hwanghae-bukto Hwanghaipukto province
KP-07 Kangwŏn-do Kangweonto province
KP-08 Hamgyŏng-namdo Hamkyeongnamto province
KP-09 Hamgyŏng-bukto Hamkyeongpukto province
KP-10 Yanggang-do Ryangkangto province

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:
Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change
Addition of one special city. Subdivision categories in header re-sorted Subdivisions added:
KP-NAJ Najin Sonbong-si
Spelling correction in header of list source

(corrected
)
Administrative update, replacement of alphabetical characters with numeric characters in second code element Subdivisions deleted:
KP-KAE Kaesong-si
KP-NAM Nampo-si
Codes:
format changed (see below)

Codes changed in Newsletter II-1

Before After Subdivision name
KP-CHA KP-04 Chagang-do
KP-HAB KP-09 Hamgyongbuk-do
KP-HAN KP-08 Hamgyongnam-do
KP-HWB KP-06 Hwanghaebuk-do
KP-HWN KP-05 Hwanghaenam-do
KP-KAN KP-07 Kangwon-do
KP-PYB KP-03 Pyonganbuk-do
KP-PYN KP-02 Pyongannam-do
KP-YAN KP-10 Yanggang-do
KP-NAJ KP-13 Najin Sonbong-si
KP-PYO KP-01 Pyongyang-si

See also

  • Subdivisions of North Korea
  • FIPS region codes of North Korea

External links

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