# ISO 3166-2:YE

ISO 3166-2:YE is the entry for Yemen 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 Yemen, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for one municipality and 21 governorates. The municipality Sana'a is the capital of the country and has special status equal to the governorates.
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is YE, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Yemen. The second part is two letters.

## 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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| Code | Subdivision name (ar) (BGN/PCGN 1956) | Subdivision name (ar) | Subdivision name (en) | Subdivision category |
| YE-AD | ‘Adan | عدن | Aden | governorate |
| YE-AM | ‘Amrān | عمران | Amran | governorate |
| YE-AB | Abyan | أَبْيَنْ | Abyan | governorate |
| YE-DA | Aḑ Ḑāli‘ | الضالع | Dhale | governorate |
| YE-BA | Al Bayḑā’ | البيضاء | Beida | governorate |
| YE-HU | Al Ḩudaydah | الْحُدَيْدَة | Western Coast | governorate |
| YE-JA | Al Jawf | الجوف | Jouf | governorate |
| YE-MR | Al Mahrah | ٱلْمَهْرَة | Mahra | governorate |
| YE-MW | Al Maḩwīt | ٱلْمَحْوِيْت | Mahwit | governorate |
| YE-SA | Amānat al ‘Āşimah [city] | صَنْعَاء | Sanaa City | municipality |
| YE-SU | Arkhabīl Suquţrá | سقطرى | Socotra | governorate |
| YE-DH | Dhamār | ذَمَار | Dhamar | governorate |
| YE-HD | Ḩaḑramawt | حضرموت | Hadhramaut | governorate |
| YE-HJ | Ḩajjah | حجة | Hajjah | governorate |
| YE-IB | Ibb | إبّ | Ibb | governorate |
| YE-LA | Laḩij | لحج | Lahij | governorate |
| YE-MA | Ma’rib | مَأْرِب | Marib | governorate |
| YE-RA | Raymah | ريمة | Raymah | governorate |
| YE-SD | Şāʻdah | صَعْدَة | Saada | governorate |
| YE-SN | Şanʻā’ | صَنْعَاء | Sanaa | governorate |
| YE-SH | Shabwah | شَبْوَة | Shabwah | governorate |
| YE-TA | Tāʻizz | تَعِزّ | Taiz | governorate |

### Notes

* ↑ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
* ↑ 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.
| Edition/Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
| Newsletter I-4 | 2002-12-10 | Addition of two governorates | Subdivisions added: YE-DA Aḑ Ḑāli' YE-AM 'Amrān |
| ISO 3166-2:2007 | 2007-12-13 | Second edition of ISO 3166-2 (this change was not announced in a newsletter) | Subdivisions added: YE-SA Şan‘ā' [city] |
| Newsletter II-2 | 2010-06-30 | Update of the administrative structure and its alphabetical order and update of the list source | Subdivisions added: YE-RA Raymah |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2014-11-17 | Change spelling for YE-SA; update List Source | Spelling change: YE-SA Şan‘ā’ [city] → Amānat al ‘Āşimah [city] |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2015-11-27 | Change of subdivision name of YE-DA, YE-AD, YE-BA, YE-AM, YE-MA; addition of governorate YE-SU; addition of romanisation system of YE-RA; update List Source | Subdivision added: YE-SU Arkhabīl Suquţrá Name changes: YE-AD YE-AM YE-BA YE-DA YE-MA |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2016-11-15 | Change of spelling of YE-AB; update list source | Spelling change: YE-AB Abyān → Abyan |