# ISO 3166-2:MD

ISO 3166-2:MD is the entry for Moldova 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 Moldova, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for one autonomous territorial unit, three cities, 32 districts and one territorial unit. The three cities have special status equal to the districts.
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is MD, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Moldova. The second part is two letters.
Due to limited international recognition, Transnistria is considered part of Moldova and does not have its own ISO 3166-1 code.

## 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 Romanian alphabetical order: a, ă, â, b-i, î, j-s, ș, t, ț, u-z.
Click on the button in the header to sort each column.
| Code | Subdivision name (ro) | Subdivision category |
| MD-AN | Anenii Noi | district |
| MD-BS | Basarabeasca | district |
| MD-BA | Bălți | city |
| MD-BD | Bender [Tighina] | city |
| MD-BR | Briceni | district |
| MD-CA | Cahul | district |
| MD-CT | Cantemir | district |
| MD-CL | Călărași | district |
| MD-CS | Căușeni | district |
| MD-CU | Chișinău | city |
| MD-CM | Cimișlia | district |
| MD-CR | Criuleni | district |
| MD-DO | Dondușeni | district |
| MD-DR | Drochia | district |
| MD-DU | Dubăsari | district |
| MD-ED | Edineț | district |
| MD-FA | Fălești | district |
| MD-FL | Florești | district |
| MD-GA | Găgăuzia, Unitatea teritorială autonomă (UTAG) | autonomous territorial unit |
| MD-GL | Glodeni | district |
| MD-HI | Hîncești | district |
| MD-IA | Ialoveni | district |
| MD-LE | Leova | district |
| MD-NI | Nisporeni | district |
| MD-OC | Ocnița | district |
| MD-OR | Orhei | district |
| MD-RE | Rezina | district |
| MD-RI | Rîșcani | district |
| MD-SI | Sîngerei | district |
| MD-SO | Soroca | district |
| MD-SN | Stînga Nistrului, unitatea teritorială din | territorial unit |
| MD-ST | Strășeni | district |
| MD-SD | Șoldănești | district |
| MD-SV | Ștefan Vodă | district |
| MD-TA | Taraclia | district |
| MD-TE | Telenești | district |
| MD-UN | Ungheni | district |

## 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 I-2 | 2002-05-21 | Completely new subdivision layout | Subdivision layout: 10 cities, 40 districts (see below) → 1 autonomous territory, 1 city, 1 territorial unit, 9 districts |
| Newsletter I-3 | 2002-08-20 | Error correction: Header information on number of districts corrected | |
| Newsletter I-4 | 2002-12-10 | Addition of one district. Subdivision categories in header re-sorted | Subdivisions added: MD-TA Taraclia |
| Newsletter II-2 | 2010-06-30 | Consistency between ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of names in administrative languages, and update of the administrative structure and of the list source | Subdivision layout: 1 autonomous territory, 1 city, 10 districts, 1 territorial unit (see below) → 1 autonomous territorial unit, 3 cities, 32 districts, 1 territorial unit |
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) |
| 2015-08-04 | Correction of the administrative language codes from mo, mol to ro, ron |
| 2014-11-03 | Change subdivision name of MD-BD |
| 2010-06-30 | Consistency between ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of names in administrative languages, and update of the administrative structure and of the list source |
| 2009-01-07 | Change of short name |
| 2008-09-09 | Correction of administrative language from Romanian (ro, ron) to Moldavian (mo, mol) |
| 2008-04-08 | Change of short name |

### Codes before Newsletter I-2

| Former code | Subdivision name | Subdivision category |
| MD-BAL | Bălţi | city |
| MD-CAH | Cahul | city |
| MD-CHI | Chişinău | city |
| MD-DUB | Dubăsari | city |
| MD-ORH | Orhei | city |
| MD-RIB | Rîbnița | city |
| MD-SOC | Soroca | city |
| MD-TIG | Tighina | city |
| MD-TIR | Tiraspol | city |
| MD-UNG | Ungheni | city |
| MD-ANE | Anenii Noi | district |
| MD-BAS | Basarabeasca | district |
| MD-BRI | Brinceni | district |
| MD-CHL | Cahul | district |
| MD-CAM | Camenca | district |
| MD-CAN | Cantemir | district |
| MD-CAI | Căinari | district |
| MD-CAL | Călăraşi | district |
| MD-CAS | Căuşeni | district |
| MD-CIA | Ciadîr-Lunga | district |
| MD-CIM | Cimișlia | district |
| MD-COM | Comrat | district |
| MD-CRI | Criuleni | district |
| MD-DON | Dondușeni | district |
| MD-DRO | Drochia | district |
| MD-DBI | Dubăsari | district |
| MD-EDI | Edineț | district |
| MD-FAL | Făleşti | district |
| MD-FLO | Florești | district |
| MD-GLO | Glodeni | district |
| MD-GRI | Grigoriopol | district |
| MD-HIN | Hîncești | district |
| MD-IAL | Ialoveni | district |
| MD-LEO | Leova | district |
| MD-NIS | Nisporeni | district |
| MD-OCN | Ocnița | district |
| MD-OHI | Orhei | district |
| MD-REZ | Rezina | district |
| MD-RIT | Rîbnița | district |
| MD-RIS | Rîșcani | district |
| MD-SIN | Sîngerei | district |
| MD-SLO | Slobozia | district |
| MD-SOA | Soroca | district |
| MD-STR | Strășeni | district |
| MD-SOL | Şoldăneşti | district |
| MD-STE | Ştefan Vodă | district |
| MD-TAR | Taraclia | district |
| MD-TEL | Telenești | district |
| MD-UGI | Ungheni | district |
| MD-VUL | Vulcănești | district |

### Codes before Newsletter II-2

| Former code | Subdivision name | Subdivision category |
| MD-GA | Găgăuzia, Unitate Teritorială Autonomă (UTAG) | autonomous territory |
| MD-CU | Chişinău | city |
| MD-BA | Bălţi | district |
| MD-CA | Cahul | district |
| MD-CH | Chişinău | district |
| MD-ED | Edineţ | district |
| MD-LA | Lăpuşna | district |
| MD-OR | Orhei | district |
| MD-SO | Soroca | district |
| MD-TA | Taraclia | district |
| MD-TI | Tighina [Bender] | district |
| MD-UN | Ungheni | district |
| MD-SN | Stînga Nistrului, unitatea teritorială din | territorial unit |