ISO 3166-2:PL

ISO 3166-2:PL is the entry for Poland 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 Poland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 16 voivodeships.

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

Current codes

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

Subdivision names are sorted in Polish alphabetical order: a, ą, b-c, ć, d-e, ę, f-l, ł, m-n, ń, o, ó, p-s, ś, t-z, ź, ż.

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Code Subdivision name (pl) Subdivision name (en)[note 1]
PL-02 Dolnośląskie Lower Silesia
PL-04 Kujawsko-Pomorskie Kuyavia-Pomerania
PL-06 Lubelskie Lublin
PL-08 Lubuskie Lubusz
PL-10 Łódzkie Łódź
PL-12 Małopolskie Lesser Poland
PL-14 Mazowieckie Mazovia
PL-16 Opolskie Upper Silesia
PL-18 Podkarpackie Subcarpathia
PL-20 Podlaskie Podlaskie
PL-22 Pomorskie Pomerania
PL-24 Śląskie Silesia
PL-26 Świętokrzyskie Holy Cross
PL-28 Warmińsko-Mazurskie Warmia-Masuria
PL-30 Wielkopolskie Greater Poland
PL-32 Zachodniopomorskie West Pomerania
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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-1 2000-06-21 Introduction of a completely new subdivision layout Subdivision layout:
49 provinces (see below)
→ 16 provinces
Newsletter II-3 2011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15) 		Alphabetical re-ordering and source list update.
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Platform (OBP) 		2018-11-26 Change of category name from province to voivodship in eng and from région to voïvodie in fra; Change of subdivision code from PL-DS to PL-02, PL-KP to PL-04, PL-LB to PL-08, PL-LD to PL-10, PL-LU to PL-06, PL-MA to PL-12, PL-MZ to PL-14, PL-OP to PL-16, PL-PD to PL-20, PL-PK to PL-18, PL-PM to PL-22, PL-SK to PL-26, PL-SL to PL-24, PL-WN to PL-28, PL-WP to PL-30 and PL-ZP to PL-32; Update List Source; Update Code Source Category change:
province → voivodship
Code changes:
DS → 02
KP → 04
LB → 08
LD → 10
LU → 06
MA → 12
MZ → 14
OP → 16
PD → 20
PK → 18
PM → 22
SK → 26
SL → 24
WN → 28
WP → 30
ZP → 32
2023-11-23 Change of spelling of PL-04, PL-28; Update Code Source and List Source Name changes:
04 Kujawsko-pomorskie → Kujawsko-Pomorskie
28 Warmińsko-mazurskie → Warmińsko-Mazurskie

Codes before Newsletter I-1

Former code Subdivision name (pl)
PL-BP Biała Podlaska
PL-BK Białystok
PL-BB Bielsko-Biała
PL-BY Bydgoszcz
PL-CH Chełm
PL-CI Ciechanów
PL-CZ Częstochowa
PL-EL Elbląg
PL-GD Gdańsk
PL-GO Gorzów
PL-JG Jelenia Góra
PL-KL Kalisz
PL-KA Katowice
PL-KI Kielce
PL-KN Konin
PL-KO Koszalin
PL-KR Kraków
PL-KS Krosno
PL-LG Legnica
PL-LE Leszno
PL-LU Lublin
PL-LO Łomża
PL-LD Łódź
PL-NS Nowy Sącz
PL-OL Olsztyn
PL-OP Opole
PL-OS Ostrołęka
PL-PI Piła
PL-PT Piotrków
PL-PL Płock
PL-PO Poznań
PL-PR Przemyśl
PL-RA Radom
PL-RZ Rzeszów
PL-SE Siedlce
PL-SI Sieradz
PL-SK Skierniewice
PL-SL Słupsk
PL-SU Suwałki
PL-SZ Szczecin
PL-TG Tarnobrzeg
PL-TA Tarnów
PL-TO Toruń
PL-WB Wałbrzych
PL-WA Warszawa
PL-WL Włocławek
PL-WR Wrocław
PL-ZA Zamość
PL-ZG Zielona Góra

Codes before 2018-11-26 update

Former code Subdivision name (pl)
PL-DS Dolnośląskie
PL-KP Kujawsko-pomorskie
PL-LU Lubelskie
PL-LB Lubuskie
PL-LD Łódzkie
PL-MA Małopolskie
PL-MZ Mazowieckie
PL-OP Opolskie
PL-PK Podkarpackie
PL-PD Podlaskie
PL-PM Pomorskie
PL-SL Śląskie
PL-SK Świętokrzyskie
PL-WN Warmińsko-mazurskie
PL-WP Wielkopolskie
PL-ZP Zachodniopomorskie

See also