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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
NP
Short name
NEPAL
Short name lower case
Nepal
Full name
the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Alpha-3 code
NPL
Numeric code
524
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
Remark part 2
Remark: Conventional names.
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
ne nep Nepāl

Subdivisions

5 development region (en) / région de développement (fr) / vikas kshetra (ne)

14 zone (en) / zone (fr) / anchal (ne)

List source

IGN 1992 ; http://www.ngiip.gov.np/geographical.php

Code source

UNCTAD/FALPRO (Codes accepted by Government)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
zone NP-BA Bagmati ne NP-1
zone NP-BH Bheri ne NP-2
development region NP-1 Central en
zone NP-DH Dhawalagiri ne NP-3
development region NP-4 Eastern en
development region NP-5 Far Western en
zone NP-GA Gandaki ne NP-3
zone NP-JA Janakpur ne NP-1
zone NP-KA Karnali ne NP-2
zone NP-KO Kosi ne NP-4
zone NP-LU Lumbini ne NP-3
development region NP-1 Madhyamanchal ne
development region NP-2 Madhya Pashchimanchal ne
zone NP-MA Mahakali ne NP-5
zone NP-ME Mechi ne NP-4
development region NP-2 Mid Western en
zone NP-NA Narayani ne NP-1
development region NP-3 Pashchimanchal ne
development region NP-4 Purwanchal ne
zone NP-RA Rapti ne NP-2
zone NP-SA Sagarmatha ne NP-4
zone NP-SE Seti ne NP-5
development region NP-5 Sudur Pashchimanchal ne
development region NP-3 Western en

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2011-12-13 First level prefix addition, language adjustment, comment addition, deletion of the romanization system and source list update. Ajout du préfixe au premier niveau, ajustement linguistique, ajout de la remarque, suppression du système de romanisation et mise à jour de la liste source.
2010-02-19 Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element Ajout du préfixe au premier niveau
2008-09-09 Modification of the formal name Modification du nom officiel