ISO 3166-2:MV is the entry for the Maldives 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 the Maldives, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
- 1 capital and 7 provinces
- 20 administrative atolls
The capital of the country Malé has special status equal to the provinces.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is MV, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Maldives. The second part is one of the following:
- three letters: capital
- two letters: provinces
- two digits: administrative atolls
Read more about ISO 3166-2:MV: Current Codes