ISO 3166-2: LK
The list of ISO-3166-2 codes for Sri Lanka contains the codes for the 9 provinces (Palata) and 25 districts (Distrikkaya) .
The codes consist of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part gives the country code according to ISO 3166-1 (for Sri Lanka LK
), the second the code for the province or the district.
The current country code was last updated in Newsletter II-1 of February 3, 2010 ( PDF ).
The current codes are available on the ISO website under #iso: code: 3166: LK .
Codes
Provinces
The province codes consist of a digit between 1 and 9.
code | Province name Sinhalese / German |
---|---|
LK-1 | Basnahira Palata (si), Western Province |
LK-3 | Dakunu Palata (si), Southern Province |
LK-2 | Madhyama Palata (si), Central Province |
LK-5 | Negenahira Palata (si), Eastern Province |
LK-9 | Sabaragamuwa Palata (si), Sabaragamuwa Province |
LK-7 | Uturumeda Palata (si), Northern Central Province |
LK-4 | Uturu Palata (si), Northern Province |
LK-8 | Uva Palata (si), Uva Province |
LK-6 | Wayamba Palata (si), Northwest Province |
Districts
The district codes are two-digit. The first digit corresponds to that of the province to which a district belongs.
District | code |
---|---|
Ampara | LK-52 |
Anuradhapura | LK-71 |
Badulla | LK-81 |
Batticaloa | LK-51 |
Colombo | LK-11 |
bile | LK-31 |
Gampaha | LK-12 |
Hambantota | LK-33 |
Jaffna | LK-41 |
Kalutara | LK-13 |
Kandy | LK-21 |
Kegalle | LK-92 |
Kilinochchi | LK-42 |
Kurunegala | LK-61 |
Mannar | LK-43 |
Matale | LK-22 |
Mathara | LK-32 |
Monaragala | LK-82 |
Mullativu | LK-45 |
Nuwara Eliya | LK-23 |
Polonnaruwa | LK-72 |
Puttalam | LK-62 |
Ratnapura | LK-91 |
Trincomalee | LK-53 |
Vavuniya | LK-44 |
See also
- ISO 3166-2 , country code reference table.
- ISO 3166-1 , reference table of country codes as used in domain names.