ISO 3166-2: MR is an International Organization for Standardization standard that defines geocodes. It is a subset of ISO 3166-2 related to Mauritania . The standard covers 12 regions and 1 autonomous metropolitan area - Nouakchott of Mauritania. Each geocode consists of two parts: the Alpha2 code according to the ISO 3166-1 standard , for Mauritania - MR and the additional code written through a hyphen. Additional, the area code is formed by a two-character number, the city code is formed in tune with the name of the city. The geocodes of regions and cities are a subset of the codes for the top-level domain - MR , assigned to Mauritania in accordance with ISO 3166-1 .
 ISO 3166-2: MR | |
|---|---|
 Mauritania on a world map | |
| Geocodes according to ISO 3166-1 | |
| Alpha2 code | Mr |
| Alpha3 code | MRT |
| Digital code | 478 |
Mauritania
Geocodes of 12 regions and 1 city of the administrative divisions of Mauritania.
| Geocode | Administrative unit | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MR-01 | Hod Ash Sharkey | region |
| MR-08 | Dahlet Nouadhibou | region |
| MR-02 | Hod el Garby | region |
| MR-09 | Tagant | region |
| MR-03 | Assaba | region |
| MR-10 | Kudimaga | region |
| MR-04 | Gargol | region |
| MR-11 | Tiris Zemmur | region |
| MR-05 | Brakna | region |
| MR-12 | Inshiri | region |
| MR-06 | Trarza | region |
| MR-NKC | Nouakchott | city |
| MR-07 | Adrar | region |
Geocodes of Mauritania border states
- Western Sahara - ISO 3166-2: EH (in the northwest),
- Senegal - ISO 3166-2: SN (in the southwest),
- Algeria - ISO 3166-2: DZ (northeast),
- Mali - ISO 3166-2: ML (in the south, in the east).
See also
- ISO 3166-1
- ISO 3166-2
- Administrative division of Mauritania