ISO 3166-2:KZ is the entry for Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 3 cities and 17 regions. The cities Almaty and Astana are the former and current capitals of the country respectively and have special status equal to the regions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is KZ, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Kazakhstan. 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).

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

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Code Subdivision name (kk)
(BGN/PCGN 1979)		 Subdivision name (ru) Subdivision name (en)[note 1] Subdivision category
(BGN/PCGN 1947) (GOST 1983 = UN V/18 1987)
KZ-10 Abay oblysy Abayskaya oblast' Abajskaja oblast' Abai region
KZ-75 Almaty Almaty Almaty Almaty city
KZ-19 Almaty oblysy Almatinskaya oblast' Almatinskaja oblast' Almaty Region region
KZ-11 Aqmola oblysy Akmolinskaya oblast' Akmolinskaja oblast' Akmola region
KZ-15 Aqtöbe oblysy Aktyubinskaya oblast' Aktjubinskaja oblast' Aktobe region
KZ-71 Astana Astana Astana Astana city
KZ-23 Atyraū oblysy Atyrauskaya oblast' Atyrauskaja oblast' Atyrau region
KZ-27 Batys Qazaqstan oblysy Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast' Zapadno-Kazahstanskaja oblast' West Kazakhstan region
KZ-47 Mangghystaū oblysy Mangistauskaya oblast' Mangystauskaja oblast' Mangystau region
KZ-55 Pavlodar oblysy Pavlodarskaya oblast' Pavlodarskaja oblast' Pavlodar region
KZ-35 Qaraghandy oblysy Karagandinskaya oblast' Karagandinskaja oblast' Karaganda region
KZ-39 Qostanay oblysy Kostanayskaya oblast' Kostanajskaja oblast' Kostanay region
KZ-43 Qyzylorda oblysy Kyzylordinskaya oblast' Kyzylordinskaja oblast' Kyzylorda region
KZ-63 Shyghys Qazaqstan oblysy Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast' Vostočno-Kazahstanskaja oblast' East Kazakhstan region
KZ-79 Shymkent Shymkent Šimkent Shymkent city
KZ-59 Soltüstik Qazaqstan oblysy Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast' Severo-Kazahstanskaja oblast' North Kazakhstan region
KZ-61 Türkistan oblysy Turkestankaya oblast' Turkestanskaja oblast' Turkistan region
KZ-62 Ulytaū oblysy Ulytauskaya oblast' Ulytauskaja oblast' Ulytau region
KZ-31 Zhambyl oblysy Zhambylskaya oblast' Žambylskaja oblast' Jambyl region
KZ-33 Zhetisū oblysy Zhetysuskaya oblast' Žetysuskaja oblast' Jetisu region

Changes

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 Code/Subdivision change
2016-11-15 Addition of city KZ-BAY; update List Source. Subdivisions added:
KZ-BAY
2018-11-26 Correction of the romanization system label; Addition of city KZ-SHY; Change of subdivision name of KZ-YUZ; Update List Source Subdivision added:
KZ-SHY
Name change:
KZ-YUZ Ongtüstik Qazaqstan oblysy (kk), Yuzhno-Kazakhstankaya oblast' (ru BGN/PCGN), Južno-Kazahstankaja oblast' (ru GOST) → Türkistan oblysy (kk), Turkestankaya oblast' (ru BGN/PCGN), Turkestanskaja oblast' (ru GOST)
2020-11-24 Deletion of city KZ-BAY; Change of subdivision name of KZ‐AST; Correction of the Code Source; Update List Source Subdivision deleted:
KZ-BAY Bayqongyr
Name change:
KZ-AST Astana → Nur-Sultan
2022-11-29 Change of subdivision code from KZ-ALA to KZ-75, KZ-AST to KZ-71, KZ-SHY to KZ-79, KZ-ALM to KZ-19, KZ-AKM to KZ-11, KZ-AKT to KZ-15, KZ-ATY to KZ-23, KZ-VOS to KZ-63, KZ-MAN to KZ-47, KZ-SEV to KZ-59, KZ-YUZ to KZ-61, KZ-PAV to KZ-55, KZ-KAR to KZ-35, KZ-KUS to KZ-39, KZ-KZY to KZ-43, KZ-ZAP to KZ-27, KZ-ZHA to KZ-31; Addition of region KZ-10, KZ-33, KZ-62; Change of subdivision name for KZ-71 in kaz and rus; Update List Source; Update Code Source

Codes changed:
KZ-ALA → KZ-75
KZ-AST → KZ-71
KZ-SHY → KZ-79
KZ-ALM → KZ-19
KZ-AKM → KZ-11
KZ-AKT → KZ-15
KZ-ATY → KZ-23
KZ-VOS → KZ-63
KZ-MAN → KZ-47
KZ-SEV → KZ-59
KZ-YUZ → KZ-61
KZ-PAV → KZ-55
KZ-KAR → KZ-35
KZ-KUS → KZ-39
KZ-KZY → KZ-43
KZ-ZAP → KZ-27
KZ-ZHA → KZ-31
Subdivisions added:
KZ-10, KZ-33, and KZ-62
Name change:
KZ-71 Nur-Sultan → Astana

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-2 2002-05-21 Addition of one city. Nine name spellings corrected. List source updated Subdivisions added:
KZ-AST Astana
Newsletter I-3 2002-08-20 Error correction: Various spelling corrections
Newsletter I-4 2002-12-10 Removal of one city from the list (Bayqongyr) Subdivisions deleted:
KZ-BAY Bayqongyr
Notes
  1. ↑ For reference only, English names are not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

See also

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