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{{Short description|Entry for Sri Lanka in ISO 3166-2}}
'''ISO 3166-2:LK''' is the entry for [[Sri Lanka]] 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 Sri Lanka, ISO {{Not a typo|3166-2}} codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
* [[provinces of Sri Lanka|nine provinces]]
* [[districts of Sri Lanka|25 districts]]

Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is {{mono|LK}}, the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] code of the Sri Lanka. The second part is either of the following:
* one digit (1&ndash;9): provinces
* two digits: districts

For the districts, the first digit is the second part of the ISO {{Not a typo|3166-2}} code of the province where the district is in.

==Current codes==
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO {{Not a typo|3166-2}} standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

[[ISO 639-1]] codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following [[official language|administrative language]]s:
* (si): [[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]]
* (ta): [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
* (en): [[English language|English]]

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

===Provinces===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision<br>name ([[Sinhala language|si]])<br>({{nowrap|Provisional UN Draft 1972)}}
! Subdivision name ([[Sinhala language|si]])<br>{{efn|name="non-standard-si"|For reference only, Sinhalese name in Sinhalese script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.}}
! Subdivision<br>name ([[Tamil language|ta]])<br>(UN II/11 1972)
! Subdivision name ([[Tamil language|ta]])<br>{{efn|name="non-standard-ta"|For reference only, Tamil name in Tamil script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.}}
! Subdivision name ([[English language|en]])
|-
| {{mono|LK-1}}
| {{flag|Western Province, Sri Lanka|name=Basnāhira paḷāta}}
| බස්නාහිර
| Mel mākāṇam
| மேல்
| Western Province
|-
| {{mono|LK-3}}
| {{flag|Southern Province, Sri Lanka|name=Dakuṇu paḷāta}}
| දකුණු
| Tĕṉ mākāṇam
| தென்
| Southern Province
|-
| {{mono|LK-2}}
| {{flag|Central Province, Sri Lanka|name=Madhyama paḷāta}}
| මධ්‍යම
| Mattiya mākāṇam
| மத்திய
| Central Province
|-
| {{mono|LK-5}}
| {{flag|Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|name=Næ̆gĕnahira paḷāta}}
| නැගෙනහිර
| Kil̮akku mākāṇam
| கிழக்கு
| Eastern Province
|-
| {{mono|LK-9}}
| {{flag|Sabaragamuwa Province|name=Sabaragamuva paḷāta}}
| සබරගමුව
| {{nowrap|Chappirakamuva mākāṇam}}
| சப்ரகமுவ
| Sabaragamuwa Province
|-
| {{mono|LK-4}}
| {{flag|Northern Province, Sri Lanka|name=Uturu paḷāta}}
| උතුරු
| Vaṭakku mākāṇam
| வட
| Northern Province
|-
| {{mono|LK-7}}
| {{flag|North Central Province, Sri Lanka|name=Uturumæ̆da paḷāta}}
| උතුරු මැද
| Vaṭamattiya mākāṇam
| வட மத்திய
| North Central Province
|-
| {{mono|LK-8}}
| {{flag|Uva Province|name=Ūva paḷāta}}
| ඌව
| Ūvā mākāṇam
| ஊவா
| Uva Province
|-
| {{mono|LK-6}}
| {{flag|North Western Province, Sri Lanka|name=Vayamba paḷāta}}
| වයඹ
| Vaṭamel mākāṇam
| வட மேல்
| North Western Province
|}

===Districts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision name ([[Sinhala language|si]])<br>(Provisional UN Draft 1972)
! Subdivision name ([[Sinhalese language|si]])<br>{{efn|name="non-standard-si"}}
! Subdivision name ([[Tamil language|ta]])<br>(UN II/11 1972)
! Subdivision<br>name ([[Tamil language|ta]])<br>{{efn|name="non-standard-ta"}}
! Subdivision name ([[English language|en]])
! Parent subdivision
|-
| {{mono|LK-52}}
| [[Ampara District|Ampāra]]
| අම්පාර
| Ampāṟai
| அம்பாறை
| Ampara
| {{mono|LK-5}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-71}}
| [[Anuradhapura District|Anurādhapura]]
| අනුරාධපුර
| Anurātapuram
| அனுராதபுரம்
| Anuradhapura
| {{mono|LK-7}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-81}}
| [[Badulla District|Badulla]]
| බදුල්ල
| Patuḷai
| பதுளை
| Badulla
| {{mono|LK-8}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-31}}
| [[Galle District|Gālla]]
| ගාල්ල
| Kāli
| காலி
| Galle
| {{mono|LK-3}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-12}}
| [[Gampaha District|Gampaha]]
| ගම්පහ
| Kampahā
| கம்பஹா
| Gampaha
| {{mono|LK-1}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-33}}
| [[Hambantota District|Hambantŏṭa]]
| හම්බන්තොට
| Ampāntōṭṭai
| அம்பாந்தோட்டை
| Hambantota
| {{mono|LK-3}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-92}}
| [[Kegalla District|Kægalla]]
| කෑගල්ල
| Kekālai
| கேகாலை
| Kegalla
| {{mono|LK-9}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-13}}
| [[Kaḷutara District|Kalutara]]
| කළුතර
| Kaḷuttuṟai
| களுத்துறை
| Kalutara
| {{mono|LK-1}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-42}}
| [[Kilinochchi District|Kilinŏchchi]]
| කිලිනොච්චි
| Kiḷinochchi
| கிளிநொச்சி
| Kilinochchi
| {{mono|LK-4}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-11}}
| [[Colombo District|Kŏḷamba]]
| කොළඹ
| Kŏl̮umpu
| கொழும்பு
| Colombo
| {{mono|LK-1}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-61}}
| [[Kurunegala District|Kuruṇægala]]
| කුරුණෑගල
| Kurunākal
| குருநாகல்
| Kurunegala
| {{mono|LK-6}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-51}}
| [[Batticaloa District|Maḍakalapuva]]
| මඩකලපුව
| Maṭṭakkaḷappu
| மட்டக்களப்பு
| Batticaloa
| {{mono|LK-5}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-21}}
| [[Kandy District|Mahanuvara]]
| මහනුවර
| Kaṇṭi
| கண்டி
| Kandy
| {{mono|LK-2}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-43}}
| [[Mannar District|Mannārama]]
| මන්නාරම
| Maṉṉār
| மன்னார்
| Mannar
| {{mono|LK-4}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-22}}
| [[Matale District|Mātale]]
| මාතලේ
| Māttaḷai
| மாத்தளை
| Matale
| {{mono|LK-2}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-32}}
| [[Matara District|Mātara]]
| මාතර
| Māttaṛai
| மாத்தறை
| Matara
| {{mono|LK-3}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-82}}
| [[Monaragala District|Mŏṇarāgala]]
| මොණරාගල
| Mŏṉarākalai
| மொணராகலை
| Monaragala
| {{mono|LK-8}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-45}}
| [[Mullaittivu District|Mulativ]]
| මුලතිවු
| Mullaittīvu
| முல்லைத்தீவு
| Mullaittivu
| {{mono|LK-4}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-23}}
| [[Nuwara Eliya District|Nuvara Ĕliya]]
| නුවරඑළිය
| Nuvarĕliyā
| நுவரெலியா
| Nuwara Eliya
| {{mono|LK-2}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-72}}
| [[Polonnaruwa District|Pŏḷŏnnaruva]]
| පොළොන්නරුව
| Pŏlaṉṉaṛuvai
| பொலன்னறுவை
| Polonnaruwa
| {{mono|LK-7}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-62}}
| [[Puttalam District|Puttalama]]
| පුත්තලම
| Puttaḷam
| புத்தளம்
| Puttalam
| {{mono|LK-6}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-91}}
| [[Ratnapura District|Ratnapura]]
| රත්නපුර
| Irattiṉapuri
| இரத்தினபுரம்
| Ratnapura
| {{mono|LK-9}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-53}}
| [[Trincomalee District|Trikuṇāmalaya]]
| ත්‍රිකුණාමළය
| Tirukŏṇamalai
| திருக்கோணமலை
| Trincomalee
| {{mono|LK-5}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-44}}
| [[Vavuniya District|Vavuniyāva]]
| වවුනියා
| Vavuṉiyā
| வவுனியா
| Vavuniya
| {{mono|LK-4}}
|-
| {{mono|LK-41}}
| [[Jaffna District|Yāpanaya]]
| යාපනය
| Yāl̮ppāṇam
| யாழ்ப்பாணம்
| Jaffna
| {{mono|LK-4}}
|}
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==Changes==
The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO {{Not a typo|3166-2}} in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Newsletter
! Date issued
! Description of change in newsletter
|-
| id="II-1" | [https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/archive/pdf/en/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-1_corrected_2010-02-19.pdf {{nowrap|Newsletter II-1}}]
| {{nowrap|2010-02-03}}<br /> ''(corrected<br /> {{nowrap|2010-02-19}})''
| Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages
|}

The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Effective date of change
! Short description of change (en)
|-
|2019-11-22
|Correction of parent subdivision of LK-11, LK-12, LK-13, LK-21, LK-22, LK-23, LK-31, LK-32, LK-41, LK-43, LK-44, LK-45, LK-51, LK-52, LK-53, LK-61, LK-62, LK-71, LK-81, LK-82, LK-91, LK-92; Update List Source
|-
|2018-11-26
|Correction of the romanization system label
|-
|2014-12-18
|Alignment of the French short name lower case with UNTERM; update of the remarks in French
|-
|2012-08-02
|Add administrative language
|-
|2010-02-19
|Addition of the country code prefix as the first code element, addition of names in administrative languages 
|}

==See also==
* [[Subdivisions of Sri Lanka]]
* [[List of FIPS region codes (A-C)#CE: Sri Lanka|FIPS region codes of Sri Lanka]]

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

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