View source for ISO 3166-2:LA

{{Short description|Entry for Laos in ISO 3166-2}}
'''ISO 3166-2:LA''' is the entry for [[Laos]] in [[ISO 3166-2]], part of the [[ISO 3166]] [[standardization|standard]] published by the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO), which defines [[code]]s for the names of the principal [[country subdivision|subdivision]]s (e.g., [[province]]s or [[state (administrative division)|state]]s) of all [[country|countries]] coded in [[ISO 3166-1]].

Currently for [[Laos]], ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for [[provinces of Laos|one prefecture and 17 provinces]].

Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is {{mono|LA}}, the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] code of Laos. The second part is two letters.

==Current codes==
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

''Click on the button in the header to sort each column.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision name ([[Lao language|lo]])<br />({{abbr|LAO CNT|Lao Commission Nationale de Toponymie}} 1965)
! Subdivision name ([[Lao language|lo]]){{efn|name="nonstandard"|For reference only, Lao name in Lao script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.}}
! Local variant
! Subdivision category
|-
| {{mono|LA-AT}}
| [[Attapu province|Attapu]]
| ອັດຕະປື
| Attapeu
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-BK}}
| [[Bokèo province|Bokèo]]
| ບໍ່ແກ້ວ
|
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-BL}}
| [[Bolikhamsai province|Bolikhamxai]]
| ບໍລິຄໍາໄຊ
| Borikhamxay
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-CH}}
| [[Champasak province|Champasak]]
| ຈຳປາສັກ
| Champasack
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-HO}}
| [[Houaphan province|Houaphan]]
| ຫົວພັນ
| Huaphanh
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-KH}}
| [[Khammouan province|Khammouan]]
| ຄໍາມ່ວນ
| Khammuane
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-LM}}
| [[Louang Namtha province|Louang Namtha]]
| ຫລວງນໍ້າທາ
| Luangnamtha
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-LP}}
| [[Louangphabang province|Louangphabang]]
| ຫລວງພະບາງ
| Luangprabang
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-OU}}
| [[Oudômxai province|Oudômxai]]
| ອຸດົມໄຊ
| Oudomxay
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-PH}}
| [[Phôngsali province|Phôngsali]]
| ຜົ້ງສາລີ
| Phongsaly
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-SL}}
| [[Salavan province|Salavan]]
| ສາລະວັນ
| Saravane
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-SV}}
| [[Savannakhét province|Savannakhét]]
| ສະຫວັນນະເຂດ
| Savannakhet
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-VI}}
| [[Vientiane province|Viangchan]]
| ວຽງຈັນ
| Vientiane
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-VT}}
| [[Vientiane Prefecture|Viangchan]]
| ວຽງຈັນ
| Vientiane
| prefecture
|-
| {{mono|LA-XA}}
| [[Xaignabouli province|Xaignabouli]]
| ໄຊຍະບູລີ
| Xayabury
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-XS}}
| [[Xaisomboun province|Xaisômboun]]
| ໄຊສົມບູນ
| Xaysomboon
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-XE}}
| {{sort|Xekong|[[Xékong province|Xékong]]}}
| ເຊກອງ
| Sekong
| province
|-
| {{mono|LA-XI}}
| [[Xiangkhoang province|Xiangkhouang]]
| ຊຽງຂວາງ
| Xiengkhuang
| province
|}
; Notes
{{notelist}}

==Changes==
The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Newsletter
! Date issued
! Description of change in newsletter
! Code/Subdivision change
|-
| id="I-2" | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102127/http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_3166-2_newsletter_i-2_en.pdf {{nowrap|Newsletter I-2}}]
| {{nowrap|2002-05-21}}
| One new province added. One new reference for the list source. One code source cancelled. Information on romanization system updated. Origin of names in brackets given
| style=white-space:nowrap | '''Subdivisions added:'''<br /> {{mono|LA-XN}} [[Special Zone of Xaisomboun|Xaisômboun]]
|-
| id="I-4" | [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218103210/http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_3166-2_newsletter_i-4_en.pdf {{nowrap|Newsletter I-4}}]
| {{nowrap|2002-12-10}}
| Error correction: Generic name of one subdivision changed to "special zone"
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Subdivisions of Laos]]
* [[List of FIPS region codes (J-L)#LA: Laos|FIPS region codes of Laos]]
* Neighbouring countries: [[ISO 3166-2:CN|CN]], [[ISO 3166-2:KH|KH]], [[ISO 3166-2:MM|MM]], [[ISO 3166-2:TH|TH]], [[ISO 3166-2:VN|VN]]

==External links==
* [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:LA ISO Online Browsing Platform: LA]
* [http://www.statoids.com/ula.html Provinces of Laos], Statoids.com

{{ISO 3166}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iso 3166-2:La}}
[[Category:ISO 3166|2:LA]]
[[Category:Provinces of Laos|*ISO 3166-2]]
[[Category:Laos geography-related lists]]