ISO 3166-2:BO is the entry for thePlurinational State of Bolivia 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 Bolivia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined fornine departments.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part isBO, theISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. The second part is a letter, currently used invehicle registration plates.
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
Subdivision names are sorted in traditionalSpanish alphabetical order: a-c, ch, d-l, ll, m-n, ñ, o-z.
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| Code | Subdivision name (es) | Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|
| BO-C |  Cochabamba | department |
| BO-H |  Chuquisaca | department |
| BO-B |  El Beni | department |
| BO-L |  La Paz | department |
| BO-O |  Oruro | department |
| BO-N |  Pando | department |
| BO-P |  Potosí | department |
| BO-S |  Santa Cruz | department |
| BO-T |  Tarija | department |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter II-1 | 2010-02-03 (corrected 2010-02-19) | Change of short form country name in accordance withISO 3166-1, NL VI-6 (2009-05-08) |
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) |
|---|---|
| 2009-05-08 | Change of short and full names |
| 2010-02-19 | Change of short form country name in accordance with ISO 3166-1, NL VI-6 (2009-05-08) |
| 2014-11-03 | Update List Source |
| 2014-12-18 | Alignment of the English and French short names upper and lower case with UNTERM |