ISO 3166-2:AE is the entry for theUnited Arab Emirates inISO 3166-2, part of theISO 3166standard published by theInternational Organization for Standardization (ISO), which definescodes for the names of the principalsubdivisions (e.g.,provinces orstates) of allcountries coded inISO 3166-1.
Currently for the United Arab Emirates, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined forseven emirates.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part isAE, theISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Arab Emirates. The second part is two letters.
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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| Code | Subdivision Name (ar) (BGN/PCGN 1956) | Local variant | Subdivision name (ar) [note 1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| AE-AJ |  ‘Ajmān | عجمانّ | |
| AE-AZ |  Abū Z̧aby | Abu Dhabi | أبو ظبي |
| AE-FU |  Al Fujayrah | Fujairah | الفجيرة |
| AE-SH |  Ash Shāriqah | Sharjah | الشارقةّ |
| AE-DU |  Dubayy | Dubai | دبي |
| AE-RK | Ra’s al Khaymah | Ras Al Khaimah | رأس الخيمة |
| AE-UQ |  Umm al Qaywayn | Umm Al Quwain | أمّ القيوين |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter I-2 | 2002-05-21 | Spelling correction in AE-RK |
| Newsletter I-3 | 2002-08-20 | Error correction: Spelling correction in AE-AZ |
| Online Browsing Platform (OBP) | 2015-11-27 | Change of spelling of AE-AJ, AE-RK; addition of local variation of AE-FU, AE-RK, AE-UQ; update List Source |