ISO 3166-2:TZ

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Short description: Entry for Tanzania in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2:TZ is the entry for Tanzania 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 Tanzania, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 31 regions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is TZ, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Tanzania. The second part is two digits:

  • 01–25: regions as of early 2000s
  • 26: region created in 2002
  • 27-30: regions created in 2012
  • 31: region created in 2016

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:

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Code Subdivision name (sw) Subdivision name (en)
TZ-01 Arusha
TZ-02 Dar es Salaam
TZ-03 Dodoma
TZ-27 Geita
TZ-04 Iringa
TZ-05 Kagera
TZ-06 Kaskazini Pemba Pemba North
TZ-07 Kaskazini Unguja Zanzibar North
TZ-28 Katavi
TZ-08 Kigoma
TZ-09 Kilimanjaro
TZ-10 Kusini Pemba Pemba South
TZ-11 Kusini Unguja Zanzibar South
TZ-12 Lindi
TZ-26 Manyara
TZ-13 Mara
TZ-14 Mbeya
TZ-15 Mjini Magharibi Zanzibar West
TZ-16 Morogoro
TZ-17 Mtwara
TZ-18 Mwanza
TZ-29 Njombe
TZ-19 Pwani Coast
TZ-20 Rukwa
TZ-21 Ruvuma
TZ-22 Shinyanga
TZ-30 Simiyu
TZ-23 Singida
TZ-31 Songwe Songwe
TZ-24 Tabora
TZ-25 Tanga

Changes

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 I-5 2003-09-05 Addition of one new region. One spelling correction. List source updated. Code source updated Subdivision added:
TZ-26 Manyara (sw)
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2014-11-03 Add 4 regions TZ-27 to TZ-30; update List Source Subdivisions added:
TZ-27 Geita (sw)
TZ-28 Katavi (sw)
TZ-29 Njombe (sw)
TZ-30 Simiyu (sw)
2018-11-26 Addition of region TZ-31; Update List Source Subdivision added:
TZ-31 Songwe (sw), Songwe (en)
2019-02-14 Modification of the English and French short name lower case

See also

  • Subdivisions of Tanzania
  • FIPS region codes of Tanzania
  • Neighbouring countries: BI, CD, KE, MW, MZ, RW, UG, ZM

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