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{{Short description|Entry for French Papua New Guinea in ISO 3166-2}}
'''ISO 3166-2:PG''' is the entry for [[Papua New Guinea]] 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 Papua New Guinea, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for [[provinces of Papua New Guinea|one district, 20 provinces and one autonomous region]]. The capital of the country [[Port Moresby]] forms the National Capital District and has special status equal to the provinces.

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

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

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision name ([[English language|en]])
! Subdivision name ([[Tok Pisin|tpi]]) <ref group="note">For reference only, Tok Pisin name not included in the ISO standard.</ref>
! Subdivision category
|-
| {{mono|PG-NSB}}
| {{flag|Bougainville}}
| Bogenvil
| autonomous region
|-
| {{mono|PG-CPM}}
| {{flag|Central Province, Papua New Guinea|name=Central}}
| Sentral
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-CPK}}
| {{flag|Chimbu}}
| Simbu
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-EBR}}
| {{flag|East New Britain}}
| Is Niu Briten
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-ESW}}
| {{flag|East Sepik}}
| Is Sepik
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-EHG}}
| {{flag|Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea|name=Eastern Highlands}}
| Isten Hailans
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-EPW}}
| {{flag|Enga}}
| Enga
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-GPK}}
| {{flag|Gulf}}
| Galf
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-HLA}}
| {{flag|Hela}}
| Hela
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-JWK}}
| {{flag|Jiwaka}}
| Jiwaka
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-MPM}}
| {{flag|Madang}}
| Madang
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-MRL}}
| {{flag|Manus}}
| Manus
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-MBA}}
| {{flag|Milne Bay}}
| Milen Be
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-MPL}}
| {{flag|Morobe}}
| Morobe
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-NCD}}
| {{flag|NCD|name=National Capital District}} (Port&nbsp;Moresby)
| Pot Mosbi
| district
|-
| {{mono|PG-NIK}}
| {{flag|New Ireland}}
| Niu Ailan
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-NPP}}
| {{flag|Oro|name=Northern}}
| Oro
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-SHM}}
| {{flag|Southern Highlands}}
| Sauten Hailans
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-WBK}}
| {{flag|West New Britain}}
| Wes Niu Briten
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-SAN}}
| {{flag|Sandaun|name=West Sepik}}
| Sandaun
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-WPD}}
| {{flag|Western Province, Papua New Guinea|name=Western}}
| Westen
| province
|-
| {{mono|PG-WHM}}
| {{flag|Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea|name=Western Highlands}}
| Westen Hailans
| province
|}
;Notes
<references group="note"/>

==Changes==
The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998.  ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

{| 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}})''
| Administrative readjustment, local generic administrative term addition and source list and source code update.
| style=white-space:nowrap | '''Codes:'''<br /> {{mono|PG-NSA}} North Solomons ''(province)'' → {{mono|PG-NSB}} [[Autonomous Region of Bougainville|Bougainville]] ''(autonomous region)''
|-
| rowspan="3" | [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:PG Online Browsing<br />Platform (OBP)]
| 2013-05-10
| UN notification of full name
|
|-
| 2014-03-03
| Add "the" before the English full name
|
|-
| 2014-11-03
| Add two provinces PG-HLA and PG-JWK; change subdivision name of PG-SAN; update List Source
| '''Subdivisions added:'''<br /> {{mono|PG-HLA}} Hela<br />{{mono|PG-JWK}} Jiwaka<br />'''Name changed:'''<br /> {{mono|PG-SAN}} Sandaun [West Sepik] → West Sepik
|}

==See also==
* [[Subdivisions of Papua New Guinea]]
* [[List of FIPS region codes (P-R)#PP: Papua New Guinea|FIPS region codes of Papua New Guinea]]
* Neighbouring country: [[ISO 3166-2:ID|ID]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:PG ISO Online Browsing Platform: PG]
* [http://www.statoids.com/upg.html Provinces of Papua New Guinea], Statoids.com

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