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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
NL
Short name
NETHERLANDS
Short name lower case
Netherlands (the)
Full name
the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Alpha-3 code
NLD
Numeric code
528
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
Status remark
Includes: the islands Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
Remark part 1
Includes: the islands Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
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
nl nld Nederland

Subdivisions

12 province (en) / province (fr) / provincie (nl)

3 pais () / country (en) / land (nl)

3 municipio special () / special municipality (en) / bijzondere gemeente (nl)

List source

Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut (NNI), 1987-07-22; IGN 1986 update BET 1996 ; http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribisch_Nederland ; http://www.geonames.de/counl.html

Code source

Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut (NNI), 1987-07-22 + ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
country NL-AW* Aruba (see also separate country code entry under AW) nl
special municipality NL-BQ1* Bonaire (see also separate country code entry under BQ) nl
country NL-CW* Curaçao (see also separate country code entry under CW) nl
province NL-DR Drenthe nl
province NL-FL* Flevoland nl
province NL-FR Fryslân fy
province NL-GE Gelderland nl
province NL-GR Groningen nl
province NL-LI Limburg nl
province NL-NB Noord-Brabant nl
province NL-NH Noord-Holland nl
province NL-OV Overijssel nl
special municipality NL-BQ2* Saba (see also separate country code entry under BQ) nl
special municipality NL-BQ3* Sint Eustatius (see also separate country code entry under BQ) nl
country NL-SX* Sint Maarten (see also separate country code entry under SX) nl
province NL-UT Utrecht nl
province NL-ZE Zeeland nl
province NL-ZH Zuid-Holland nl

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2011-12-13 Update resulting from the addition of the administrative readjustment and source list update. Mise à jour résultant de l’ajout de réajustements administratifs et mise à jour de la liste source.
2011-07-14 Correct the English name to Sint Eustatius in alignment with UNTERM Corriger le nom en anglais Sint Eustatius pour l'aligner avec UNTERM
2011-06-12 Correct the English name to Sint Eustatius in alignment with UNTERM Corriger le nom en anglais Sint Eustatius pour l'aligner avec UNTERM
2010-12-15 Add Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba Islands Ajouter Iles Bonaire, Saint-Eustache et Saba