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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
SY
Short name
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Short name lower case
Syrian Arab Republic
Full name
the Syrian Arab Republic
Alpha-3 code
SYR
Numeric code
760
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
Remark part 1
Often referred to as Syria.
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
ar ara Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Arabīyah as Sūrīyah

Subdivisions

14 province (en) / gouvernorat (fr) / muḩāfaz̧ah (ar)

List source

IGN 1992 update BET 1996; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server (GNS) (http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html)

Code source

ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
province SY-HA* Al Ḩasakah ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-LA* Al Lādhiqīyah ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-QU* Al Qunayţirah ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-RA* Ar Raqqah ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-SU* As Suwaydā' ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-DR* Dar'ā ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-DY* Dayr az Zawr ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-DI* Dimashq ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-HL* Ḩalab ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-HM* Ḩamāh ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-HI* Ḩimş ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-ID* Idlib ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-RD* Rīf Dimashq ar BGN/PCGN 1956
province SY-TA* Ţarţūs ar BGN/PCGN 1956

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2015-11-27 Update List Source Mise à jour de la Liste Source
2014-12-18 Alignment of the English short name lower case with UNTERM Alignement de la forme courte anglaise en minuscules avec UNTERM
2014-11-03 Update List Source Mise à jour de la Liste Source