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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
KP
Short name
KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Short name lower case
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
Full name
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Alpha-3 code
PRK
Numeric code
408
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
Remark part 1
Often referred to as North Korea.
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
ko kor Chosŏn

Subdivisions

1 special city (en) / ville spéciale (fr) / si (ko)

9 province (en) / province (fr) / do (ko)

1 capital city (en) / ville capitale (fr) / chikhalsi (ko)

List source

Committee for Standardization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (CSK), 2009-08-05

Code source

Committee for Standardization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (CSK), 2009-08-05; ISO 3166/MA (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
province KP-04 Chagang-do ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
province KP-09 Hamgyǒng-bukto ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
province KP-08 Hamgyǒng-namdo ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
province KP-08 Hamkyeongnamto ko KPS 11080:2002
province KP-09 Hamkyeongpukto ko KPS 11080:2002
province KP-06 Hwanghae-bukto ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
province KP-05 Hwanghae-namdo ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
province KP-05 Hwanghainamto ko KPS 11080:2002
province KP-06 Hwanghaipukto ko KPS 11080:2002
province KP-04 Jakangto ko KPS 11080:2002
province KP-07 Kangweonto ko KPS 11080:2002
province KP-07 Kangwǒn-do ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
special city KP-13 Nasǒn ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
province KP-03 P'yǒngan-bukto ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
province KP-02 P'yǒngan-namdo ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
capital city KP-01 P'yǒngyang ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939
province KP-02 Phyeongannamto ko KPS 11080:2002
province KP-03 Phyeonganpukto ko KPS 11080:2002
capital city KP-01 Phyeongyang ko KPS 11080:2002
special city KP-13 Raseon ko KPS 11080:2002
province KP-10 Ryangkangto ko KPS 11080:2002
province KP-10 Yanggang-do ko McCune-Reischauer, 1939

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2014-12-18 Deletion of the space between "de" and the parenthesis in the short French name lower case. Suppression de l'espace entre "de" et la parenthèse dans la forme courte française en minuscules.
2010-02-19 Administrative update, replacement of alphabetical characters with numeric characters in second code element Mise à jour administrative, remplacement des codets alphabetiques par des codets numèriques