ISO 3166-2:BD

ISO 3166-2:BD is the entry for Bangladesh in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Bangladesh, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:

• 8 divisions
• 64 districts

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is BD, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Bangladesh. The second part is either of the following:

• one letter (A–H): divisions
• two digits (01–64): districts

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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Divisions

Code	Subdivision name (bn)	Subdivision name (bn) [note 1]	Local variant
BD-A	Barishal	বরিশাল
BD-B	Chattogram	চট্টগ্রাম	Chittagong
BD-C	Dhaka	ঢাকা
BD-D	Khulna	খুলনা
BD-H	Mymensingh	ময়মনসিংহ
BD-E	Rajshahi	রাজশাহী
BD-F	Rangpur	রংপুর
BD-G	Sylhet	সিলেট

Districts

Code	Subdivision name	Local variant	In division
BD-05	Bagerhat		D
BD-01	Bandarban		B
BD-02	Barguna		A
BD-06	Barishal		A
BD-07	Bhola		A
BD-03	Bogura		E
BD-04	Brahmanbaria		B
BD-09	Chandpur		B
BD-45	Chapai Nawabganj		E
BD-10	Chattogram	Chittagong	B
BD-12	Chuadanga		D
BD-11	Cox’s Bazar		B
BD-08	Cumilla		B
BD-13	Dhaka		C
BD-14	Dinajpur		F
BD-15	Faridpur		C
BD-16	Feni		B
BD-19	Gaibandha		F
BD-18	Gazipur		C
BD-17	Gopalganj		C
BD-20	Habiganj		G
BD-21	Jamalpur		H
BD-22	Jashore		D
BD-25	Jhalakathi		A
BD-23	Jhenaidah		D
BD-24	Joypurhat		E
BD-29	Khagrachhari		B
BD-27	Khulna		D
BD-26	Kishoreganj		C
BD-28	Kurigram		F
BD-30	Kushtia		D
BD-31	Lakshmipur		B
BD-32	Lalmonirhat		F
BD-36	Madaripur		C
BD-37	Magura		D
BD-33	Manikganj		C
BD-39	Meherpur		D
BD-38	Moulvibazar		G
BD-35	Munshiganj		C
BD-34	Mymensingh		H
BD-48	Naogaon		E
BD-43	Narail		D
BD-40	Narayanganj		C
BD-42	Narsingdi		C
BD-44	Natore		E
BD-41	Netrakona		H
BD-46	Nilphamari		F
BD-47	Noakhali		B
BD-49	Pabna		E
BD-52	Panchagarh		F
BD-51	Patuakhali		A
BD-50	Pirojpur		A
BD-53	Rajbari		C
BD-54	Rajshahi		E
BD-56	Rangamati		B
BD-55	Rangpur		F
BD-58	Satkhira		D
BD-62	Shariatpur		C
BD-57	Sherpur		H
BD-59	Sirajganj		E
BD-61	Sunamganj		G
BD-60	Sylhet		G
BD-63	Tangail		C
BD-64	Thakurgaon		F

Notes

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. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.

Newsletter	Date issued	Description of change in newsletter	Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-2	2002-05-21	New list source. One division added. 31 regions cancelled. Allocation of districts to divisions instead of regions. Correction of one spelling error	Subdivisions added: BD-6 Sylhet bibhag Subdivisions deleted: 21 regions (see below)
Newsletter II-3	2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15)	Country name romanization adjustment, first level prefix addition, deletion of generic terms, addition of administrative division and source list update	Subdivisions added: BD-F Rangpur (division) Codes: Barisal (division) : BD-1 → BD-A Chittagong (division) : BD-2 → BD-B Dhaka (division) : BD-3 → BD-C Khulna (division) : BD-4 → BD-D Rajshahi (division) : BD-5 → BD-E Sylhet (division) : BD-6 → BD-G

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

Effective date of change	Short description of change (en)
2012-02-15	Correct local short name and align with ISO 3166-2
2016-11-15	Change of spelling of BD-24, BD-25, BD-29, BD-45; change of parent subdivision of BD-21, BD-34, BD-41, BD-55, BD-57; addition of parent subdivision BD-H; addition of an asterisk to divisions; update list source
2018-11-26	Correction of the romanization system label
2020-11-24	Change of spelling of BD-03, BD-06, BD-08, BD-10, BD-22, BD-A, BD-B; Addition of local variation for BD-10, BD-B; Correction of the Code Source

Codes deleted in Newsletter I

Former code	Subdivision name	In division	hideDistricts in region
BD-2A	Bandarban anchal	2	01
BD-1B	Barisal anchal	1	06, 07, 25, 50
BD-5C	Bogra anchal	5	03, 24
BD-2D	Chittagong anchal	2	10, 11
BD-2E	Chittagong Hill Tracts	2	29, 56
BD-2F	Comilla anchal	2	04, 09, 08
BD-3G	Dhaka anchal	3	13, 18, 33, 35, 40, 42
BD-5H	Dinajpur anchal	5	14, 52, 64
BD-3I	Faridpur anchal	3	15, 17, 36, 53, 62
BD-3J	Jamalpur anchal	3	21, 57
BD-4K	Jessore anchal	4	22, 23, 37, 43
BD-4L	Khulna anchal	4	05, 27, 58
BD-4M	Khustia anchal	4	12, 30, 39
BD-3N	Mymensingh anchal	3	26, 34, 41
BD-2O	Noakhali anchal	2	16, 31, 47
BD-5P	Pabna anchal	5	49, 59
BD-1Q	Patuakhali anchal	1	02, 51
BD-5R	Rajshahi anchal	5	48, 44, 45, 54
BD-5S	Rangpur anchal	5	19, 28, 32, 46, 55
BD-2T	Sylhet anchal	2	20, 38, 61, 60
BD-3U	Tangail anchal	3	63