# ISO 3166-2:LK

ISO 3166-2:LK is the entry for Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
* nine provinces
* 25 districts
Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is LK, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Sri Lanka. The second part is either of the following:
* one digit (1–9): provinces
* two digits: districts
For the districts, the first digit is the second part of the ISO 3166-2 code of the province where the district is in.

## 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:
* (si): Sinhalese
* (ta): Tamil
* (en): English
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### Provinces

| Code | Subdivision name (si) (Provisional UN Draft 1972) | Subdivision name (si) | Subdivision name (ta) (UN II/11 1972) | Subdivision name (ta) | Subdivision name (en) |
| LK-1 | Basnāhira paḷāta | බස්නාහිර | Mel mākāṇam | மேல் | Western Province |
| LK-3 | Dakuṇu paḷāta | දකුණු | Tĕṉ mākāṇam | தென் | Southern Province |
| LK-2 | Madhyama paḷāta | මධ්‍යම | Mattiya mākāṇam | மத்திய | Central Province |
| LK-5 | Næ̆gĕnahira paḷāta | නැගෙනහිර | Kil̮akku mākāṇam | கிழக்கு | Eastern Province |
| LK-9 | Sabaragamuva paḷāta | සබරගමුව | Chappirakamuva mākāṇam | சப்ரகமுவ | Sabaragamuwa Province |
| LK-4 | Uturu paḷāta | උතුරු | Vaṭakku mākāṇam | வட | Northern Province |
| LK-7 | Uturumæ̆da paḷāta | උතුරු මැද | Vaṭamattiya mākāṇam | வட மத்திய | North Central Province |
| LK-8 | Ūva paḷāta | ඌව | Ūvā mākāṇam | ஊவா | Uva Province |
| LK-6 | Vayamba paḷāta | වයඹ | Vaṭamel mākāṇam | வட மேல் | North Western Province |

### Districts

| Code | Subdivision name (si) (Provisional UN Draft 1972) | Subdivision name (si) | Subdivision name (ta) (UN II/11 1972) | Subdivision name (ta) | Subdivision name (en) | Parent subdivision |
| LK-52 | Ampāra | අම්පාර | Ampāṟai | அம்பாறை | Ampara | LK-5 |
| LK-71 | Anurādhapura | අනුරාධපුර | Anurātapuram | அனுராதபுரம் | Anuradhapura | LK-7 |
| LK-81 | Badulla | බදුල්ල | Patuḷai | பதுளை | Badulla | LK-8 |
| LK-31 | Gālla | ගාල්ල | Kāli | காலி | Galle | LK-3 |
| LK-12 | Gampaha | ගම්පහ | Kampahā | கம்பஹா | Gampaha | LK-1 |
| LK-33 | Hambantŏṭa | හම්බන්තොට | Ampāntōṭṭai | அம்பாந்தோட்டை | Hambantota | LK-3 |
| LK-92 | Kægalla | කෑගල්ල | Kekālai | கேகாலை | Kegalla | LK-9 |
| LK-13 | Kalutara | කළුතර | Kaḷuttuṟai | களுத்துறை | Kalutara | LK-1 |
| LK-42 | Kilinŏchchi | කිලිනොච්චි | Kiḷinochchi | கிளிநொச்சி | Kilinochchi | LK-4 |
| LK-11 | Kŏḷamba | කොළඹ | Kŏl̮umpu | கொழும்பு | Colombo | LK-1 |
| LK-61 | Kuruṇægala | කුරුණෑගල | Kurunākal | குருநாகல் | Kurunegala | LK-6 |
| LK-51 | Maḍakalapuva | මඩකලපුව | Maṭṭakkaḷappu | மட்டக்களப்பு | Batticaloa | LK-5 |
| LK-21 | Mahanuvara | මහනුවර | Kaṇṭi | கண்டி | Kandy | LK-2 |
| LK-43 | Mannārama | මන්නාරම | Maṉṉār | மன்னார் | Mannar | LK-4 |
| LK-22 | Mātale | මාතලේ | Māttaḷai | மாத்தளை | Matale | LK-2 |
| LK-32 | Mātara | මාතර | Māttaṛai | மாத்தறை | Matara | LK-3 |
| LK-82 | Mŏṇarāgala | මොණරාගල | Mŏṉarākalai | மொணராகலை | Monaragala | LK-8 |
| LK-45 | Mulativ | මුලතිවු | Mullaittīvu | முல்லைத்தீவு | Mullaittivu | LK-4 |
| LK-23 | Nuvara Ĕliya | නුවරඑළිය | Nuvarĕliyā | நுவரெலியா | Nuwara Eliya | LK-2 |
| LK-72 | Pŏḷŏnnaruva | පොළොන්නරුව | Pŏlaṉṉaṛuvai | பொலன்னறுவை | Polonnaruwa | LK-7 |
| LK-62 | Puttalama | පුත්තලම | Puttaḷam | புத்தளம் | Puttalam | LK-6 |
| LK-91 | Ratnapura | රත්නපුර | Irattiṉapuri | இரத்தினபுரம் | Ratnapura | LK-9 |
| LK-53 | Trikuṇāmalaya | ත්‍රිකුණාමළය | Tirukŏṇamalai | திருக்கோணமலை | Trincomalee | LK-5 |
| LK-44 | Vavuniyāva | වවුනියා | Vavuṉiyā | வவுனியா | Vavuniya | LK-4 |
| LK-41 | Yāpanaya | යාපනය | Yāl̮ppāṇam | யாழ்ப்பாணம் | Jaffna | LK-4 |

#### Notes

* 1 2 For reference only, Sinhalese name in Sinhalese script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
* 1 2 For reference only, Tamil name in Tamil script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

## 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 |
| Newsletter II-1 | 2010-02-03 (corrected 2010-02-19) | Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages |
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) |
| 2019-11-22 | Correction of parent subdivision of LK-11, LK-12, LK-13, LK-21, LK-22, LK-23, LK-31, LK-32, LK-41, LK-43, LK-44, LK-45, LK-51, LK-52, LK-53, LK-61, LK-62, LK-71, LK-81, LK-82, LK-91, LK-92; Update List Source |
| 2018-11-26 | Correction of the romanization system label |
| 2014-12-18 | Alignment of the French short name lower case with UNTERM; update of the remarks in French |
| 2012-08-02 | Add administrative language |
| 2010-02-19 | Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages |