ISO 3166-2:SA is the entry for Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 13 regions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is SA, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Saudi Arabia. The second part is two digits (01–14 except 13).

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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CodeSubdivision name (ar)
(BGN/PCGN 1956)		Subdivision name (ar) [note 1]Subdivision name (en) [note 2]
SA-14'AsīrعَسِيْرAsir
SA-11Al BāḩahٱلْبَاحَةBaha
SA-08Al Ḩudūd ash Shamālīyahالحدود الشماليةNorthern Borders
SA-12Al JawfالجوفJouf
SA-03Al Madīnah al Munawwarahٱلْمَدِيْنَة ٱلْمُنَوَّرَةMedina
SA-05Al QaşīmالقصيمQassim
SA-01Ar RiyāḑالرياضRiyadh
SA-04Ash SharqīyahالشرقيةEastern
SA-06Ḩā'ilحَائِلHa’il
SA-09JāzānجازانJizan
SA-02Makkah al MukarramahمكةMecca
SA-10NajrānنجرانNajran
SA-07TabūkتَبُوْكTabuk
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, Arabic name in Arabic script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
  2. ^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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:

NewsletterDate issuedDescription of change in newsletter
Newsletter II-32011-12-13
(corrected
2011-12-15)		Alphabetical re-ordering.
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Platform (OBP)		2014-11-03Change subdivision names of SA-02, SA-03 and SA-09; update List Source
2018-11-26Change of subdivision category from province to region

See also