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{{Short description|Entry for the Netherlands in ISO 3166-2}}
'''ISO 3166-2:NL''' is the entry for the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] 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 the kingdom, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for [[Kingdom of the Netherlands#Countries|three countries]], [[provinces of the Netherlands|12 provinces]] and [[Caribbean Netherlands|three special municipalities]].

The kingdom consists of the three countries and the country of the [[Netherlands]] which is composed of the provinces and the special municipalities.

Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is {{mono|NL}}, the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] code of the Netherlands. The second part either of the following:<br />
* two letters: provinces or countries
* two letters and a digit: special municipalities

==Current codes==
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 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 languages]]:
* (nl): [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
* (fy): [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]]

===Provinces===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision Name ([[Dutch language|nl]])
! Subdivision Name ([[English language|en]])<ref group="note">For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.</ref>
|-
| {{mono|NL-DR}}
| {{flag|Drenthe}}
|Drenthe
|-
| {{mono|NL-FL}}
| {{flag|Flevoland}}
|Flevoland
|-
| {{mono|NL-FR}}
| {{flag|Friesland|name=Fryslân}} ([[West Frisian language|fy]])
|Friesland
|-
| {{mono|NL-GE}}
| {{flag|Gelderland}}
|Gelderland
|-
| {{mono|NL-GR}}
| {{flag|Groningen}}
|Groningen
|-
| {{mono|NL-LI}}
| {{flag|Limburg (Netherlands)|name=Limburg}}
|Limburg
|-
| {{mono|NL-NB}}
| {{flag|Noord-Brabant}}
|North Brabant
|-
| {{mono|NL-NH}}
| {{flag|Noord-Holland}}
|North Holland
|-
| {{mono|NL-OV}}
| {{flag|Overijssel}}
|Overijssel
|-
| {{mono|NL-UT}}
| {{flag|Utrecht}}
|Utrecht
|-
| {{mono|NL-ZE}}
| {{flag|Zeeland}}
|Zeeland
|-
| {{mono|NL-ZH}}
| {{flag|Zuid-Holland}}
|South Holland
|}
; Notes
<references group="note" />

===Countries and special municipalities===
Besides being included as subdivisions of the Netherlands in ISO 3166-2, the countries and special municipalities are also officially assigned their own country codes in ISO 3166-1.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision name (nl)
! Subdivision category
! ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
! Alternative<br>ISO 3166-2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:BQ|title=ISO Online Browsing Platform: BQ|publisher=International Organization for Standardization (ISO)|access-date=2024-05-03|archive-date=2016-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617031837/https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:BQ|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{mono|NL-AW}}
| {{flag|Aruba}}
| country
| [[ISO 3166-2:AW|AW]]
|
|-
| {{mono|NL-CW}}
| {{flag|Curaçao}}
| country
| [[ISO 3166-2:CW|CW]]
|
|-
| {{mono|NL-SX}}
| {{flag|Sint Maarten}}
| country
| [[ISO 3166-2:SX|SX]]
|
|-
| {{mono|NL-BQ1}}
| {{flag|Bonaire}}
| special municipality
| [[ISO 3166-2:BQ|BQ]]
| BQ-BO
|-
| {{mono|NL-BQ2}}
| {{flag|Saba}}
| special municipality
| [[ISO 3166-2:BQ|BQ]]
| BQ-SA
|-
| {{mono|NL-BQ3}}
| {{flag|Sint Eustatius}}
| special municipality
| [[ISO 3166-2:BQ|BQ]]
| BQ-SE
|}

==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="II-3" | [https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/archive/pdf/en/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-3_2011-12-13.pdf {{nowrap|Newsletter II-3}}]
| {{nowrap|2011-12-13}}<br /> ''(corrected<br /> {{nowrap|2011-12-15}})''
| Update resulting from the addition of the administrative readjustment and source list update.
| style=white-space:nowrap | '''Subdivisions added:'''<br /> 3 countries<br /> 3 special municipalities
|}

==See also==
* [[Subdivisions of the Netherlands]]
* [[List of FIPS region codes (M-O)#NL: Netherlands|FIPS region codes of the Netherlands]]
* [[NUTS of the Netherlands|NUTS codes of the Netherlands]]
* Neighbouring countries: [[ISO 3166-2:BE|BE]], [[ISO 3166-2:DE|DE]], [[ISO 3166-2:FR|FR]] ([[ISO 3166-2:MF|MF]], via SX)

==References==
{{Reflist}} 

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

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