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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
ZW
Short name
ZIMBABWE
Short name lower case
Zimbabwe
Full name
the Republic of Zimbabwe
Alpha-3 code
ZWE
Numeric code
716
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
Remark part 3
Name changed from Southern Rhodesia (RH, RHO, --) to Zimbabwe (ZW, ZWE, 716). See also code element RHZW.
This code is part of collection(s)
Country Codes Collection
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Additional information

Administrative language(s) alpha-2 Administrative language(s) alpha-3 Local short name
en eng Zimbabwe

Subdivisions

10 province (en) / province (fr)

List source

BET 1996; http://www.zimstat.co.zw/dmdocuments/CensusPreliminary2012.pdf

Code source

ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
province ZW-BU* Bulawayo en
province ZW-HA* Harare en
province ZW-MA* Manicaland en
province ZW-MC* Mashonaland Central en
province ZW-ME* Mashonaland East en
province ZW-MW* Mashonaland West en
province ZW-MV* Masvingo en
province ZW-MN* Matabeleland North en
province ZW-MS* Matabeleland South en
province ZW-MI* Midlands en

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