ISO 3166-2:MV

Short description: Entry for Maldives in ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2:MV is the entry for Maldives 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 Maldives, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two cities and 19 administrative atolls.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is MV, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Maldives. The second part is one of the following:

• three letters: Malé
• two digits: Addu City and administrative atolls

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:

• (en): English
• (dv): Dhivehi

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Code	Subdivision name (en)	Subdivision name (dv)	Local variant	Subdivision category	Formerly in province
MV-01	Addu City	Addu	Seenu	City	--
MV-02	North Ari Atoll	Ariatholhu Uthuruburi	Alifu Alifu	Administrative atoll	NC
MV-00	South Ari Atoll	Ariatholhu Dhekunuburi	Alifu Dhaalu	Administrative atoll	NC
MV-20	South Maalhosmadulu	Maalhosmadulu Dhekunuburi	Baa	Administrative atoll	NO
MV-17	South Nilandhe Atoll	Nilandheatholhu Dhekunuburi	Dhaalu	Administrative atoll	CE
MV-14	North Nilandhe Atoll	Nilandheatholhu Uthuruburi	Faafu	Administrative atoll	CE
MV-27	North Huvadhu Atoll	Huvadhuatholhu Uthuruburi	Gaafu Alifu	Administrative atoll	US
MV-28	South Huvadhu Atoll	Huvadhuatholhu Dhekunuburi	Gaafu Dhaalu	Administrative atoll	US
MV-29	Fuvammulah	Fuvammulah	Gnaviyani	Administrative atoll	SU
MV-07	North Thiladhunmathi	Thiladhunmathee Uthuruburi	Haa Alifu	Administrative atoll	UN
MV-23	South Thiladhunmathi	Thiladhunmathee Dhekunuburi	Haa Dhaalu	Administrative atoll	UN
MV-26	Male Atoll	Maaleatholhu	Kaafu	Administrative atoll	NC
MV-05	Hahdhunmathi	Hahdhunmathi	Laamu	Administrative atoll	SC
MV-03	Faadhippolhu	Faadhippolhu	Lhaviyani	Administrative atoll	NO
MV-MLE	Male	Maale		City	--
MV-12	Mulaku Atoll	Mulakatholhu	Meemu	Administrative atoll	CE
MV-25	South Miladhunmadulu	Miladhunmadulu Dhekunuburi	Noonu	Administrative atoll	NO
MV-13	North Maalhosmadulu	Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi	Raa	Administrative atoll	NO
MV-24	North Miladhunmadulu	Miladhunmadulu Uthuruburi	Shaviyani	Administrative atoll	UN
MV-08	Kolhumadulu	Kolhumadulu	Thaa	Administrative atoll	SC
MV-04	Felidhu Atoll	Felidheatholhu	Vaavu	Administrative atoll	NC

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 II-3	2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15)	Administrative re-organization, addition of local generic administrative terms, language adjustment and source list update.	Subdivisions added: 7 provinces MV-00 Alifu Dhaalu
Online Browsing Platform (OBP)	2016-11-15	Change of spelling of MV-05	Spelling change: MV-05
	2018-11-26	Change of spelling in div of MV-00, MV-02, MV-04, MV-14, MV-17, MV-26, MV-27, MV-28; Change of spelling in eng of MV-00, MV-01, MV-02, MV-03, MV-04, MV-05, MV-07, MV-08, MV-12, MV-13, MV-14, MV-17, MV-20, MV-23, MV-24, MV-25, MV-26, MV-27, MV-28, MV-29; Addition of local variation of MV-00, MV-01, MV-02, MV-03, MV-04, MV-05, MV-07, MV-08, MV-12, MV-13, MV-14, MV-17, MV-20, MV-23, MV-24, MV-25, MV-26, MV-27, MV-28, MV-29; Change of category name from capital to city for MV-MLE; Change of category name from administrative atoll to city for MV-01; Removal of parent subdivision of MV-MLE, MV-00, MV-01, MV-02, MV-03, MV-04, MV-05, MV-07, MV-08, MV-12, MV-13, MV-14, MV-17, MV-20, MV-23, MV-24, MV-25, MV-26, MV-27, MV-28, MV-29; Deletion of provinces MV-CE, MV-NC, MV-NO, MV-SC, MV-SU, MV-UN and MV-US; Update List Source	Subdivisions deleted: MV-CE Central MV-NC North Central MV-NO North MV-SC South Central MV-SU South MV-UN Upper North MV-US Upper South Category changes: MV-MLE capital → city MV-01 administrative atoll → city Spelling changes (dv): MV-00 Ari Atholhu Dhekunuburi → Ariatholhu Dhekunuburi MV-02 Ari Atholhu Uthuruburi → Ariatholhu Uthuruburi MV-04 Ari Atholhu Uthuruburi → Felidheatholhu MV-14 Ari Atholhu Uthuruburi → Nilandheatholhu Uthuruburi MV-17 Nilandhe Atholhu Dhekunuburi → Nilandheatholhu Dhekunuburi MV-26 Maale Atholhu → MV-27 → Maaleatholhu MV-28 Huvadhu Atholhu Dhekunuburi → Huvadhuatholhu Dhekunuburi Spelling changes (en): MV-00 Alifu Dhaalu → South Ari Atoll MV-01 Seenu → Addu City MV-02 Alifu Alifu → North Ari Atoll MV-03 Lhaviyani → Faadhippolhu MV-04 Vaavu → Felidhu Atoll MV-05 Laamu → Felidhu Atoll MV-07 Haa Alifu → North Thiladhunmathi MV-08 Thaa → Kolhumadulu MV-12 Meemu → Mulaku Atoll MV-13 Raa → Mulaku Atoll MV-14 Faafu → North Nilandhe Atoll MV-17 Dhaalu → South Nilandhe Atoll MV-20 Baa → South Nilandhe Atoll MV-23 Haa Dhaalu → South Thiladhunmathi MV-24 Shaviyani → North Miladhunmadulu MV-25 Noonu → South Miladhunmadulu MV-26 Kaafu → South Miladhunmadulu MV-27 Gaafu Alifu → North Huvadhu Atoll MV-28 Gaafu Dhaalu → North Huvadhu Atoll MV-29 Gnaviyani → Fuvammulah Local variants added: all subdivisions

Former provinces

Provinces were abolished in 2010 and their codes removed in 2018:

Former code	Subdivision name (en)	Subdivision name (dv)
MV-CE	Central	Medhu
MV-NO	North	Uthuru
MV-NC	North Central	Medhu-Uthuru
MV-SU	South	Dhekunu
MV-SC	South Central	Medhu-Dhekunu
MV-UN	Upper North	Mathi-Uthuru
MV-US	Upper South	Mathi-Dhekunu

See also

• Subdivisions of the Maldives
• FIPS region codes of Maldives

External links

• ISO Online Browsing Platform: MV
• Provinces of Maldives, Statoids.com