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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
AL
Short name
ALBANIA
Short name lower case
Albania
Full name
the Republic of Albania
Alpha-3 code
ALB
Numeric code
008
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
sq sqi Shqipëria; Shqipëri

Subdivisions

12 county (en) / comté (fr) / qark (sq)

List source

Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT) 1998; Official Gazette of Albania (Fletorja Zytare e Republikës së Shqipërisë); http://gis.ceshtjetvendore.gov.al/; http://www.instat.gov.al/en/census/census-2011/publications.aspx

Code source

Komiteti i Çmimeve dhe i Standardeve (KCSA) + ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
county AL-01 Berat sq
county AL-09 Dibër sq
county AL-02 Durrës sq
county AL-03 Elbasan sq
county AL-04 Fier sq
county AL-05 Gjirokastër sq
county AL-06 Korçë sq
county AL-07 Kukës sq
county AL-08 Lezhë sq
county AL-10 Shkodër sq
county AL-11 Tiranë sq
county AL-12 Vlorë sq

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2015-11-27 Change of subdivision category from préfecture to comté in French ; deletion of all districts ; update List Source Changement de la catégorie de subdivision remplacer préfecture par comté en français ; suppression de tous les districts; mise à jour de la Liste Source
2014-04-03 Separation of the variant local short names by semi-colon Séparation des variantes des noms locaux par un point virgule
2010-02-19 Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element Ajout du préfixe au premier niveau