ISO 3166-2:ER is the entry for Eritrea 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 Eritrea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 6 regions.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is ER, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Eritrea. The second part is two letters.
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 (ar) (BGN/PCGN 1956) |
Subdivision name (ar) [note 1] |
Subdivision name (ti) (BGN/PCGN 2007) |
Subdivision name (ti) [note 2] |
Subdivision name (en) [note 3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ER-MA | Al Awsaţ | الأوسط | Ma’ĭkel | ማእከል | Central |
| ER-DU | Al Janūbī | الجنوبي | Debub | ደቡብ | Southern |
| ER-AN | Ansabā | أنسابا | ‘Anseba | ዓንሰባ | Anseba |
| ER-DK | Janūbī al Baḩrī al Aḩmar | جنوبي البحري الأحمر | Debubawi K’eyyĭḥ Baḥri | ደቡባዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ | Southern Red Sea |
| ER-GB | Qāsh-Barkah | قش بركاح | Gash-Barka | ጋሽ ባርካ | Gash-Barka |
| ER-SK | Shimālī al Baḩrī al Aḩmar | الشمالي البهري آل الأحمر | Semienawi K’eyyĭḥ Baḥri | ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ | Northern Red Sea |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter I-1 | 2000-06-21 | Introduction of a completely new subdivision layout | Subdivision layout: 10 provinces (see below) → 6 provinces |
| Newsletter II-3 | 2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) |
Country name romanization adjustment, language adjustment, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update. |
| Former code | Subdivision name |
|---|---|
| ER-AG | Akele Guzai [Akalä Guzay] |
| ER-AS | Asmara [Asmära] |
| ER-BA | Barka |
| ER-DE | Denkalia [Dänkali] |
| ER-GS | Gash-Setit [Gaš enna Sätit] |
| ER-HA | Hamasien [Hamasén] |
| ER-SA | Sahel |
| ER-SM | Semhar [Sämhar] |
| ER-SN | Senhit [Sänhet] |
| ER-SR | Seraye [Särayé] |