ISO 3166-2:CV is the entry for Cabo Verde 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 Cabo Verde, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
- two geographical regions (i.e., the Barlavento Islands and the Sotavento Islands)
- 22 municipalities
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Cabo Verde. The second part is either of the following:
- one letter: geographical regions
- two letters: municipalities
Current codes
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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Geographical regions
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! Code
! Subdivision name (pt)
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| Ilhas de Barlavento
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| Ilhas de Sotavento
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Municipalities
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! Code
! Subdivision name (pt)
! In geographical region
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| Boa Vista
| Ilhas de Barlavento|
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| Brava
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| Maio
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| Mosteiros
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| Paul
| Ilhas de Barlavento|
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| Porto Novo
| Ilhas de Barlavento|
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| Praia
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| Ribeira Brava
| Ilhas de Barlavento|
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| Ribeira Grande
| Ilhas de Barlavento|
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| Ribeira Grande de Santiago
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| Sal
| Ilhas de Barlavento|
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| Santa Catarina
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| Santa Catarina do Fogo
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| Santa Cruz
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| São Domingos
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| São Filipe
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| São Lourenço dos Órgãos
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| São Miguel
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| São Salvador do Mundo
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| São Vicente
| Ilhas de Barlavento|
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| Tarrafal
| Ilhas de Sotavento|
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| Tarrafal de São Nicolau
| Ilhas de Barlavento|
|}
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:
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! Newsletter
! Date issued
! Description of change in newsletter
! Code/Subdivision change
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| id="I-2" | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102127/http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_3166-2_newsletter_i-2_en.pdf ]
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| Subdivision layout partially revised: Three new municipalities. New reference for list source
| style=white-space:nowrap | Subdivisions added:<br /> Calheta de São Miguel<br /> Mosteiros<br /> São Filipe
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| id="II-2" | [https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/archive/pdf/en/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-2_2010-06-30.pdf ]
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| Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, update of the administrative structure and of the list source
| style=white-space:nowrap | Subdivisions added:<br /> Ribeira Brava<br /> Ribeira Grande de Santiago<br /> Santa Catarina do Fogo<br /> São Lourenço dos Órgãos<br /> São Salvador do Mundo<br /> Tarrafal de São Nicolau<br /> Subdivisions deleted:<br /> São Nicolau<br /> Codes:<br /> Calheta de São Miguel → São Miguel
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| id="II-3" | [https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/archive/pdf/en/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-3_2011-12-13.pdf ]
| <br /> (corrected<br /> )
| Correction of NL II-2 for toponyms and typographical errors and source list update.
| style=white-space:nowrap | Codes:<br /> São Lourenço dos Órgãos →
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See also
- Subdivisions of Cape Verde
- :pt:Código Geográfico Nacional de Cabo Verde
- FIPS region codes of Cape Verde (formerly used by the U.S. Government; deprecated in 2002)
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: CV
- Counties of Cape Verde, Statoids.com