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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
MW
Short name
MALAWI
Short name lower case
Malawi
Full name
the Republic of Malawi
Alpha-3 code
MWI
Numeric code
454
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 Malawi
ny nya Malaŵi

Subdivisions

3 region (en) / région (fr) / mchigawo (ny)

28 district (en) / district (fr) / boma (ny)

List source

IGN 1990; update BET 2000 (Information from the French Consul to Lilongwe); http://www.exxun.com/Malawi/d_gv.html#2051; http://www.malawi.gov.mw/gov/parliament/mps.php?mode=wd

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 MW-BA* Balaka en MW-S
district MW-BA* Balaka ny MW-S
district MW-BL* Blantyre en MW-S
district MW-BL* Blantyre ny MW-S
region MW-C* Central Region en
region MW-N* Chakumpoto ny
region MW-S* Chakumwera ny
region MW-C* Chapakati ny
district MW-CK* Chikwawa en MW-S
district MW-CK* Chikwawa ny MW-S
district MW-CR* Chiradzulu en MW-S
district MW-CR* Chiradzulu ny MW-S
district MW-CT* Chitipa ny MW-N
district MW-CT* Chitipa en MW-N
district MW-DE* Dedza ny MW-C
district MW-DE* Dedza en MW-C
district MW-DO* Dowa ny MW-C
district MW-DO* Dowa en MW-C
district MW-KR* Karonga ny MW-N
district MW-KR* Karonga en MW-N
district MW-KS* Kasungu ny MW-C
district MW-KS* Kasungu en MW-C
district MW-LK* Likoma ny MW-N
district MW-LK* Likoma en MW-N
district MW-LI* Lilongwe en MW-C
district MW-LI* Lilongwe ny MW-C
district MW-MH* Machinga en MW-S
district MW-MH* Machinga ny MW-S
district MW-MG* Mangochi en MW-S
district MW-MG* Mangochi ny MW-S
district MW-MC* Mchinji ny MW-C
district MW-MC* Mchinji en MW-C
district MW-MU* Mulanje en MW-S
district MW-MU* Mulanje ny MW-S
district MW-MW* Mwanza ny MW-S
district MW-MW* Mwanza en MW-S
district MW-MZ* Mzimba ny MW-N
district MW-MZ* Mzimba en MW-N
district MW-NE* Neno ny MW-S
district MW-NE* Neno en MW-S
district MW-NB* Nkhata Bay ny MW-N
district MW-NB* Nkhata Bay en MW-N
district MW-NK* Nkhotakota ny MW-C
district MW-NK* Nkhotakota en MW-C
region MW-N* Northern Region en
district MW-NS* Nsanje en MW-S
district MW-NS* Nsanje ny MW-S
district MW-NU* Ntcheu ny MW-C
district MW-NU* Ntcheu en MW-C
district MW-NI* Ntchisi en MW-C
district MW-NI* Ntchisi ny MW-C
district MW-PH* Phalombe en MW-S
district MW-PH* Phalombe ny MW-S
district MW-RU* Rumphi ny MW-N
district MW-RU* Rumphi en MW-N
district MW-SA* Salima en MW-C
district MW-SA* Salima ny MW-C
region MW-S* Southern Region en
district MW-TH* Thyolo en MW-S
district MW-TH* Thyolo ny MW-S
district MW-ZO* Zomba en MW-S
district MW-ZO* Zomba ny MW-S

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2010-06-30 Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages, typographical error correction, update of the administrative structure and of the list source Ajout des préfixes de premier niveau, rectification d’une erreur typographique et mise à jour résultant des réalités administrative et linguistique. Mise à jour de la liste source.