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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
IL
Short name
ISRAEL
Short name lower case
Israel
Full name
the State of Israel
Alpha-3 code
ISR
Numeric code
376
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 Isrā'īl
he heb Yisra'el

Subdivisions

6 district (en) / district (fr) / meẖoz (he)

List source

Standards Institution of Israel (SII), 1988-12-19; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server (GNS) (http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html); IGN 1992

Code source

Standards Institution of Israel (SII), 1988-12-19

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
district IL-M Al Awsaţ ar BGN/PCGN 1956
district IL-D Al Janūbī ar BGN/PCGN 1956
district IL-JM Al Quds ar BGN/PCGN 1956
district IL-Z Ash Shamālī ar BGN/PCGN 1956
district IL-D HaDarom he Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006
district IL-M HaMerkaz he Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006
district IL-Z HaTsafon he Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006
district IL-HA Ḩayfā ar BGN/PCGN 1956
district IL-HA H̱efa he Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006
district IL-TA Tall Abīb ar BGN/PCGN 1956
district IL-TA Tel Aviv he Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006
district IL-JM Yerushalayim he Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2016-11-15 Change romanization system from "BGN/PCGN (ara)" to "BGN/PCGN 1956"; change romanization system from "Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006 (he)" to " Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006"; addition of local variation of IL-JM, IL-M, IL-D, IL-Z, IL-HA, IL-TA; change of spelling of IL-M, IL-D, IL-Z, IL-HA, IL-TA in heb Modification du système de romanisation "BGN/PCGN (ara) " par "BGN/PCGN 1956 (ara)"; modification du système de romanisation "Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006 (he)" par "Israeli national romanization 1957, updated to 2006"; ajout d’une variation locale pour IL-JM, IL-M, IL-D, IL-Z, IL-HA, IL-TA; modification de l'orthographe de IL-, L-D, IL-Z, IL-HA, IL-TA en heb
2015-11-27 Update List Source Mise à jour de la Liste Source
2014-11-03 Update List Source Mise à jour de la Liste Source