ISO 3166-2:PG is the entry for Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 district, 20 provinces and 1 autonomous region. The capital of the country Port Moresby forms the National Capital District and has special status equal to the provinces.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is PG, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Papua New Guinea. The second part is three letters.

Current codes

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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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Code Subdivision name (en) Subdivision name (tpi) [note 1] Subdivision category
PG-NSB   Bougainville Bogenvil autonomous region
PG-CPM   Central Sentral province
PG-CPK   Chimbu Simbu province
PG-EBR   East New Britain Is Niu Briten province
PG-ESW   East Sepik Is Sepik province
PG-EHG   Eastern Highlands Isten Hailans province
PG-EPW   Enga Enga province
PG-GPK   Gulf Galf province
PG-HLA   Hela Hela province
PG-JWK   Jiwaka Jiwaka province
PG-MPM   Madang Madang province
PG-MRL   Manus Manus province
PG-MBA   Milne Bay Milen Be province
PG-MPL   Morobe Morobe province
PG-NCD   National Capital District (Port Moresby) Pot Mosbi district
PG-NIK   New Ireland Niu Ailan province
PG-NPP   Northern Oro province
PG-SHM   Southern Highlands Sauten Hailans province
PG-WBK   West New Britain Wes Niu Briten province
PG-SAN   West Sepik Sandaun province
PG-WPD   Western Westen province
PG-WHM   Western Highlands Westen Hailans province
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, Tok Pisin name not included in the ISO standard.

Changes

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The following changes to the entry have been announced 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 Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter II-3 2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15)
Administrative readjustment, local generic administrative term addition and source list and source code update. Codes:
PG-NSA North Solomons (province)PG-NSB Bougainville (autonomous region)
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2013-05-10 UN notification of full name
2014-03-03 Add "the" before the English full name
2014-11-03 Add two provinces PG-HLA and PG-JWK; change subdivision name of PG-SAN; update List Source Subdivisions added:
PG-HLA Hela
PG-JWK Jiwaka
Name changed:
PG-SAN Sandaun [West Sepik] → West Sepik

See also

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References

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