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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
BW
Short name
BOTSWANA
Short name lower case
Botswana
Full name
the Republic of Botswana
Alpha-3 code
BWA
Numeric code
072
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
This code is part of collection(s)
Country Codes Collection
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
en eng Botswana

Subdivisions

10 district (en) / district (fr)

4 town (en) / chef-lieu (fr)

2 city (en) / ville (fr)

List source

IGN 1990 update BET 2002; http://www.gov.bw/Global/MLG/Newsletter.pdf; www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/

Code source

ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat; ISO 3166/MA (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
district BW-CE* Central en
district BW-CH* Chobe en
city BW-FR* Francistown en
city BW-GA* Gaborone en
district BW-GH* Ghanzi en
town BW-JW* Jwaneng en
district BW-KG* Kgalagadi en
district BW-KL* Kgatleng en
district BW-KW* Kweneng en
town BW-LO* Lobatse en
district BW-NE* North East en
district BW-NW* North West en
town BW-SP* Selibe Phikwe en
district BW-SE* South East en
district BW-SO* Southern en
town BW-ST* Sowa Town en

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2014-10-29 Add 1 district BW-CH, 2 cities BW-FR and BW-GA, 4 towns BW-JW, BW-LO, BW-SP, BW-ST; remove hyphens from BW-NE, BW-NW, and BW-SE; update List Source Ajout d'un district BW-CH, 2 villes BW-FR and BW-GA, 4 chefs-lieux BW-JW, BW-LO, BW-SP, BW-ST; supprimé le tiret BW-NE, BW-NW, and BW-SE; mise à jour de la Liste Source