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Standard:
ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
Committee:
ISO/TC 46
ICS:
01.140.30
Alpha-2 code
AE
Short name
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Short name lower case
United Arab Emirates (the)
Full name
the United Arab Emirates
Alpha-3 code
ARE
Numeric code
784
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
For definition of the different code types, please click here

Additional information

Administrative language(s) alpha-2 Administrative language(s) alpha-3 Local short name
ar ara Al Imārāt

Subdivisions

7 emirate (en) / émirat (fr) / imārah (ar)

List source

PCGN 1996; IGN 1986; Government Portal (http://government.ae); National Bureau of Statistics (http://www.uaestatistics.gov.ae/EnglishHome/tabid/96/Default.aspx; NGA GNS (http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html)

Code source

ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
emirate AE-AZ* Abū Z̧aby ar BGN/PCGN 1956
emirate AE-FU* Al Fujayrah ar BGN/PCGN 1956
emirate AE-SH* Ash Shāriqah ar BGN/PCGN 1956
emirate AE-DU* Dubayy ar BGN/PCGN 1956
emirate AE-RK* Ra’s al Khaymah ar BGN/PCGN 1956
emirate AE-UQ* Umm al Qaywayn ar BGN/PCGN 1956
emirate AE-AJ* ‘Ajmān ar BGN/PCGN 1956

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2015-11-27 Change of spelling of AE-AJ, AE-RK; addition of local variation of AE-FU, AE-RK, AE-UQ; update List Source Modification de l'orthographe de AE-AJ, AE-RK; ajout d’une variation locale pour AE-FU, AE-RK, AE-UQ; mise à jour de la Liste Source