# ISO 3166-2:LY

ISO 3166-2:LY is the entry for Libya 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 Libya, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 22 popularates.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is LY, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Libya. 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) |
| LY-BU | Al Buţnān | البطنان | Butnan |
| LY-JA | Al Jabal al Akhḑar | الجبل الأخضر | Green Mountain |
| LY-JG | Al Jabal al Gharbī | الجبل الغربي | Western Mountain |
| LY-JI | Al Jafārah | الجفارة | Jafara |
| LY-JU | Al Jufrah | الجفرة | Jufra |
| LY-KF | Al Kufrah | الكفرة | Kufra |
| LY-MJ | Al Marj | المرج | Meadows |
| LY-MB | Al Marqab | المرقب | Murqub |
| LY-WA | Al Wāḩāt | الواحات | Oases |
| LY-NQ | An Nuqāţ al Khams | النقاط الخمس | Nuqat al Khams |
| LY-ZA | Az Zāwiyah | الزاوية | Zawiya |
| LY-BA | Banghāzī | بنغازي | Benghazi |
| LY-DR | Darnah | درنة | Derna |
| LY-GT | Ghāt | غات | Ghat |
| LY-MI | Mişrātah | مصراته | Misrata |
| LY-MQ | Murzuq | مرزق | Murzuq |
| LY-NL | Nālūt | نالوت | Nalut |
| LY-SB | Sabhā | سبها | Sabha |
| LY-SR | Surt | سرت | Sirte |
| LY-TB | Ţarābulus | طرابلس | Tripoli |
| LY-WD | Wādī al Ḩayāt | وادي الحياة | Wadi al Hayaa |
| LY-WS | Wādī ash Shāţi’ | وادي الشاطئ | Wadi ash Shati |

### 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 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-5 | 2003-09-05 | Revision of subdivision layout. Revision of header information | Subdivision layout: 13 municipalities (see below) → 34 municipalities |
| Newsletter II-2 | 2010-06-30 | Update of the administrative structure and of the list source | Subdivision layout: 34 municipalities (see below) → 22 popularates |
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) |
| 2014-12-18 | Alignment of the French short name lower case with UNTERM |
| 2011-11-08 | Name change |
| 2010-06-30 | Update of the administrative structure and of the list source |

### Codes before Newsletter I-5

| Former code | Subdivision name |
| LY-BU | Al Buţnān |
| LY-JA | Al Jabal al Akhḑar |
| LY-JG | Al Jabal al Gharbī |
| LY-JU | Al Jufrah |
| LY-WA | Al Wāḩah |
| LY-WU | Al Wusţá |
| LY-ZA | Az Zāwiyah |
| LY-BA | Banghāzī |
| LY-FA | Fazzān |
| LY-MI | Mişrātah |
| LY-NA | Naggaza |
| LY-SF | Sawfajjin |
| LY-TB | Ţarābulus |

### Codes before Newsletter II-2

| Former code | Subdivision name |
| LY-AJ | Ajdābiyā |
| LY-BU | Al Buţnān |
| LY-HZ | Al Ḩizām al Akhḑar |
| LY-JA | Al Jabal al Akhḑar |
| LY-JI | Al Jifārah |
| LY-JU | Al Jufrah |
| LY-KF | Al Kufrah |
| LY-MJ | Al Marj |
| LY-MB | Al Marqab |
| LY-QT | Al Qaţrūn |
| LY-QB | Al Qubbah |
| LY-WA | Al Wāḩah |
| LY-NQ | An Nuqaţ al Khams |
| LY-SH | Ash Shāţi' |
| LY-ZA | Az Zāwiyah |
| LY-BA | Banghāzī |
| LY-BW | Banī Walīd |
| LY-DR | Darnah |
| LY-GD | Ghadāmis |
| LY-GR | Gharyān |
| LY-GT | Ghāt |
| LY-JB | Jaghbūb |
| LY-MI | Mişrātah |
| LY-MZ | Mizdah |
| LY-MQ | Murzuq |
| LY-NL | Nālūt |
| LY-SB | Sabhā |
| LY-SS | Şabrātah Şurmān |
| LY-SR | Surt |
| LY-TN | Tājūrā' wa an Nawāḩī al Arbāʻ |
| LY-TB | Ţarābulus |
| LY-TM | Tarhūnah-Masallātah |
| LY-WD | Wādī al Ḩayāt |
| LY-YJ | Yafran-Jādū |