ISO 3166-2:TD is the entry for Chad 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 Chad, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 23 provinces (mintaqah[1]).

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is TD, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Chad. The second part is two letters.

Current codes edit

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 administrative languages:

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Code Subdivision name (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)
Subdivision name (fr) Subdivision name (en)
[note 1]
TD-BG Baḩr al Ghazāl Bahr el Ghazal (local variant: Barh-el-Ghazal) Bahr El Gazal
TD-BA Al Baţḩā’ Batha Batha
TD-BO Būrkū Borkou Borkou
TD-CB Shārī Bāqirmī Chari-Baguirmi Chari-Baguirmi
TD-EE Inīdī ash Sharqī Ennedi-Est East Ennedi
TD-EO Inīdī al Gharbī Ennedi-Ouest West Ennedi
TD-GR Qīrā Guéra Guera
TD-HL Ḩajjar Lamīs Hadjer Lamis Hadjer Lamis
TD-KA Kānim Kanem Kanem
TD-LC Al Buḩayrah Lac Lake
TD-LO Lūghūn al Gharbī Logone-Occidental Western Logone
TD-LR Lūghūn ash Sharqī Logone-Oriental Eastern Logone
TD-MA Māndūl Mandoul Mandoul
TD-ME Māyū Kībbī ash Sharqī Mayo-Kebbi-Est East Mayo-Kebbi
TD-MO Māyū Kībbī al Gharbī Mayo-Kebbi-Ouest West Mayo-Kebbi
TD-MC Shārī al Awsaţ Moyen-Chari Middle Chari
TD-OD Waddāy Ouaddaï Wadai
TD-SA Salāmāt Salamat Salamat
TD-SI Sīlā Sila Sila
TD-TA Tānjīlī Tandjilé Tandjile
TD-TI Tibastī Tibesti Tibesti
TD-ND Madīnat Injamīnā Ville de Ndjamena N'Djamena City
TD-WF Wādī Fīrā’ Wadi Fira Wadi Fira

Notes edit

  1. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes edit

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.

Newsletter Date issued Description of change in newsletter Code/Subdivision change
Newsletter I-8 2007-04-17 Modification of the administrative structure Subdivision layout:
14 prefectures (see below)
→ 18 regions
Newsletter II-2 2010-06-30 Update of the administrative structure and languages and update of the list source Subdivisions added:
TD-BG Bahr el Gazel
TD-BO Borkou
TD-EN Ennedi
TD-SI Sila
TD-TI Tibesti
Subdivisions deleted:
TD-BET Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti
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2014-11-03 Add two regions TD-EE and TD-EO; correct spelling of TD-BA; delete TD-EN; update List Source Subdivisions added:
TD-EE Ennedi-Est (fr)
TD-EO Ennedi-Ouest (fr)
Subdivision deleted:
TD-EN Innīdī (ar), Ennedi (fr)
Spelling change:
TD-BA Al Baṭḩah (ar) → Al Baţḩah
2020-11-24 Change of subdivision category region to province; Modification of spelling for TD-BA, TD-LO, TD-LR, TD-TA, TD-WF in ara; Addition of local variation for TD-BG in fra; Addition of subdivision name of TD-EE, TD-OE in ara; Update List Source Spelling changes:
TD-BA Al Baţḩah (ar) → Al Baţḩā’
TD-LO Lūqūn al Gharbī (ar) → Lūghūn al Gharbī
TD-LR Lūqūn ash Sharqī (ar) → Lūghūn ash Sharqī
TD-TA Tānjilī (ar) → Tānjīlī
TD-WF Wādī Fīrā (ar) → Wādī Fīrā’

Codes before Newsletter I-8 edit

Note: Many of the former prefectures share the same code and name with the current regions.

Former code Subdivision name
TD-BA Batha
TD-BI Biltine
TD-BET Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti
TD-CB Chari-Baguirmi
TD-GR Guéra
TD-KA Kanem
TD-LC Lac
TD-LO Logone-Occidental
TD-LR Logone-Oriental
TD-MK Mayo-Kébbi
TD-MC Moyen-Chari
TD-OD Ouaddaï
TD-SA Salamat
TD-TA Tandjilé

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