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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
NI
Short name
NICARAGUA
Short name lower case
Nicaragua
Full name
the Republic of Nicaragua
Alpha-3 code
NIC
Numeric code
558
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
es spa Nicaragua

Subdivisions

15 department (en) / département (fr) / departamento (es)

2 autonomous region (en) / région autonome (fr) / región autónoma (es)

List source

Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (http://www.ineter.gob.ni/Caracterizaciongeografica/Capitulo6.html; 2006)

Code source

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

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
autonomous region NI-AN* Atlántico Norte es
autonomous region NI-AS* Atlántico Sur es
department NI-BO* Boaco es
department NI-CA* Carazo es
department NI-CI* Chinandega es
department NI-CO* Chontales es
department NI-ES* Estelí es
department NI-GR* Granada es
department NI-JI* Jinotega es
department NI-LE* León es
department NI-MD* Madriz es
department NI-MN* Managua es
department NI-MS* Masaya es
department NI-MT* Matagalpa es
department NI-NS* Nueva Segovia es
department NI-SJ* Río San Juan es
department NI-RI* Rivas es

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)