ISO 3166-2:BF

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Short description: Entry for Burkina Faso in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2:BF is the entry for Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

  • 13 regions
  • 45 provinces

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BF, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Burkina Faso. The second part is either of the following:

  • two digits (01–13): regions
  • three letters: provinces

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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Regions

Code Subdivision name (fr)
BF-01 Boucle du Mouhoun
BF-02 Cascades
BF-03 Centre
BF-04 Centre-Est
BF-05 Centre-Nord
BF-06 Centre-Ouest
BF-07 Centre-Sud
BF-08 Est
BF-09 Hauts-Bassins
BF-10 Nord
BF-11 Plateau-Central
BF-12 Sahel
BF-13 Sud-Ouest

Provinces

Code Subdivision name (fr) In region
BF-BAL Balé 01
BF-BAM Bam 05
BF-BAN Banwa 01
BF-BAZ Bazèga 07
BF-BGR Bougouriba 13
BF-BLG Boulgou 04
BF-BLK Boulkiemdé 06
BF-COM Comoé 02
BF-GAN Ganzourgou 11
BF-GNA Gnagna 08
BF-GOU Gourma 08
BF-HOU Houet 09
BF-IOB Ioba 13
BF-KAD Kadiogo 03
BF-KEN Kenédougou Kénédougou


09
BF-KMD Komondjari 08
BF-KMP Kompienga 08
BF-KOS Kossi 01
BF-KOP Koulpélogo 04
BF-KOT Kouritenga 04
BF-KOW Kourwéogo 11
BF-LER Leraba Léraba


02
BF-LOR Loroum 10
BF-MOU Mouhoun 01
BF-NAO Nahouri 07
BF-NAM Namentenga 05
BF-NAY Nayala 01
BF-NOU Noumbiel 13
BF-OUB Oubritenga 11
BF-OUD Oudalan 12
BF-PAS Passoré 10
BF-PON Poni 13
BF-SNG Sanguié 06
BF-SMT Sanmatenga 05
BF-SEN Seno Séno


12
BF-SIS Sissili 06
BF-SOM Soum 12
BF-SOR Sourou 01
BF-TAP Tapoa 08
BF-TUI Tuy 09
BF-YAG Yagha 12
BF-YAT Yatenga 10
BF-ZIR Ziro 06
BF-ZON Zondoma 10
BF-ZOU Zoundwéogo 07

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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter II-2 2010-06-30 Update of the administrative structure and of the list source Subdivisions added:
13 regions


The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Code/Subdivision change
2014-04-15 Correction of the short name lowercase in French
2016-11-15 Change of spelling of BF-TUI; update list source Spelling change:
BF-TUI Tui → Tuy

See also

  • Subdivisions of Burkina Faso
  • FIPS region codes of Burkina Faso
  • Neighbouring countries: BJ, CI, GH, ML, NE, TG

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