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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
ER
Short name
ERITREA
Short name lower case
Eritrea
Full name
the State of Eritrea
Alpha-3 code
ERI
Numeric code
232
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 Eritrea
ti tir Iertra
ar ara Irītrīyā

Subdivisions

6 region (en) / région (fr) / minţaqah (ar) / zoba (ti)

List source

Eritrean Embassy to Washington D. C., USA, 1999; Africa South of the Sahara 1999, Europa Publications Ltd.; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server (GNS) (http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea; http://cy.revues.org/document39.html

Code source

ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
region ER-MA* Al Awsaţ ar BGN/PCGN 1956
region ER-DU* Al Janūbī ar BGN/PCGN 1956
region ER-AN* Ansabā ar BGN/PCGN 1956
region ER-DU* Debub ti For Tigrinya BGN/PCGN 2007
region ER-DK* Debubawi K’eyyĭḥ Baḥri ti For Tigrinya BGN/PCGN 2007
region ER-GB* Gash-Barka ti For Tigrinya BGN/PCGN 2007
region ER-DK* Janūbī al Baḩrī al Aḩmar ar BGN/PCGN 1956
region ER-MA* Ma’ĭkel ti For Tigrinya BGN/PCGN 2007
region ER-GB* Qāsh-Barkah ar BGN/PCGN 1956
region ER-SK* Semienawi K’eyyĭḥ Baḥri ti For Tigrinya BGN/PCGN 2007
region ER-SK* Shimālī al Baḩrī al Aḩmar ar BGN/PCGN 1956
region ER-AN* ‘Anseba ti For Tigrinya BGN/PCGN 2007

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2015-11-27 Add romanization system for Arabic; change of subdivision category name in Arabic from iqlīm to minţaqah; update List Source Ajout du système de romanisation de l’arabe; changement du nom de la catégorie de subdivision en arabe, remplacer iqlīm par minţaqah; mise à jour de la Liste Source
2014-11-03 Update List Source Mise à jour de la Liste Source
2012-08-02 Change the full name Changer la forme longue du nom
2012-02-15 Correct local short name and align with ISO 3166-2 Corriger la forme courte du nom local et aligner avec l'ISO 3166-2
2011-12-13 Country name romanization adjustment, language adjustment, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update. Ajustement de la romanisation du nom du pays, ajustement linguistique, remise en ordre alphabétique et mise à jour de la liste source.