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{{Short description|Entry for Venezuela in ISO 3166-2}}
'''ISO 3166-2:VE''' is the entry for [[Venezuela]] 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 Venezuela, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for [[states of Venezuela|one capital district, one federal dependency and 23 states]]. The [[Venezuelan Capital District]] contains the central part of the capital of the country [[Caracas]] and has special status equal to the states.

Each code consists of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part is {{mono|VE}}, the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] code of Venezuela. The second part is a letter:
* A: federal district
* B&ndash;V (except Q): states as of late 1980s
* W: federal dependency
* X: state created in 1998
* Y&ndash;Z: former federal territories given state status in early 1990s

==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 ([[Spanish language|es]])
! Subdivision name ([[English language|en]]) <ref group="note">For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.</ref>
! Subdivision category
|-
| {{mono|VE-Z}}
| [[File:Flag of Amazonas Indigenous State.svg|25px]] [[Amazonas (Venezuelan state)|Amazonas]]
| Amazonia
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-B}}
| {{flag|Anzoátegui}}
| Anzoategui
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-C}}
| {{flag|Apure}}
| Apure
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-D}}
| {{flag|Aragua}}
| Aragua
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-E}}
| [[File:Flag of Barinas State.svg|25px]] [[Barinas (state)|Barinas]]
| Barinas
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-F}}
| {{flag|Bolívar}}
| Bolivar
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-G}}
| {{flag|Carabobo}}
| Carabobo
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-H}}
| [[File:Flag of Cojedes State.svg|25px]] [[Cojedes (state)|Cojedes]]
| Cojedes
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-Y}}
| {{flag|Delta Amacuro}}
| Amacuro Delta
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-W}}
| {{flag|Dependencias Federales}}
| Federal Dependencies
| federal dependency 
|-
| {{mono|VE-A}}
| [[File:Flag of Caracas (2022).svg |25px]] [[Capital District (Venezuela)|Distrito Capital]]
| Caracas
| capital district
|-
| {{mono|VE-I}}
| {{flag|Falcón}}
| Falcon
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-J}}
| {{flag|Guárico}}
| Guarico
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-X}}
| [[File:Flag of La Guaira State.svg|25px]] [[Vargas (state)|La Guaira]]
| La Guaira
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-K}}
| [[File:Flag of Lara State.svg|25px]] [[Lara (state)|Lara]]
| Lara
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-L}}
| {{flag|Mérida}}
| Merida
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-M}}
| {{flag|Miranda}}
| Miranda
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-N}}
| {{flag|Monagas}}
| Monagas
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-O}}
| {{flag|Nueva Esparta}}
| New Sparta
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-P}}
| [[File:Flag of Portuguesa.svg|25px]] [[Portuguesa (state)|Portuguesa]]
| Portuguesa
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-R}}
| [[File:Flag of Sucre State.svg|25px]] [[Sucre (state)|Sucre]]
| Sucre
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-S}}
| {{flag|Táchira}}
| Tachira
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-T}}
| {{flag|Trujillo}}
| Trujillo
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-U}}
| {{flag|Yaracuy}}
| Yaracuy
| state
|-
| {{mono|VE-V}}
| {{flag|Zulia}}
| Zulia
| state
|}
; 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:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Newsletter
! Date issued
! Description of change in newsletter
! Code/Subdivision change
|-
| 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}}
| Addition of one state. Subdivision categories in header re-sorted
| style=white-space:nowrap | '''Subdivisions added:'''<br /> {{mono|VE-X}} [[Vargas (state)|Vargas]]
|-
| id="I-5" | [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218103244/http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_3166-2_newsletter_i-5_en.pdf {{nowrap|Newsletter I-5}}]
| {{nowrap|2003-09-05}}
| Change of subdivision category of two Federal territories to States. List source updated
|
|-
| id="OBP1" | [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:VE Online Browsing Platform (OBP)]
| {{nowrap|2009-03-03}}
| Change of short name
|-
| 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}})''
| Change of short form country name in accordance with [[ISO 3166-1#VI-5|ISO 3166-1 NL VI-5 (2009-03-03)]]
|
|-
| id="OBP2" rowspan="5" | [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:VE Online Browsing Platform (OBP)]
| {{nowrap|2010-02-19}}
| Change of short form country name in accordance with ISO 3166-1 NL VI-5 (2009-03-03)
|
|-
| {{nowrap|2014-12-18}}
| Alignment of the English and French short names upper and lower case with UNTERM; update of the remarks in French
|
|-
| {{nowrap|2015-11-27}}
| Change of spelling of category name in fra and spa
|
|-
| {{nowrap|2020-11-24}}
| Change of subdivision name of VE-X; Update List Source; Correction of the Code Source
| style=white-space:nowrap | '''Subdivisions renamed:'''<br /> {{mono|VE-X}} Vargas → La Guaira
|-
| {{nowrap|2024-02-29}}
| Change of short name upper case: replace the parentheses with a comma
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Subdivisions of Venezuela]]
* [[List of FIPS region codes (V-Z)#VE: Venezuela|FIPS region codes of Venezuela]]
* Neighbouring countries: [[ISO 3166-2:BR|BR]], [[ISO 3166-2:CO|CO]], [[ISO 3166-2:GY|GY]]

==External links==
* [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:VE ISO Online Browsing Platform: VE]
* [http://www.statoids.com/uve.html States of Venezuela], Statoids.com

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