ISO 3166-2:KW is the entry for Kuwait 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 Kuwait, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for six governorates.
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Kuwait. The second part is two letters.
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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! Code
! Subdivision name (ar)<br />(BGN/PCGN 1956)
! Local variant
! Subdivision name (ar)
! Subdivision name (en)
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| Al Aḩmadī
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| الأحمدي
| Ahmadi
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| Al Farwānīyah
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| الفروانية
| Farwaniya
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| Al Jahrā’
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| الجهراء
| Jahra
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| Al ‘Āşimah
| Al Kuwayt
| العاصمة
| Capital
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| حولي
| Hawalli
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| Mubārak al Kabīr
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| مبارك الكبير
| Mubarak Al-Kabeer
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; Notes
| style=white-space:nowrap | Subdivisions added:<br /> Mubārak al Kabīr
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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 /> )
| Administrative name update and list source update.
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See also
- Subdivisions of Kuwait
- FIPS region codes of Kuwait
- Neighbouring countries: IQ, SA