ISO 3166-2:ID is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Indonesia. Each two-part code consists of the ISO 3166-1 code for Indonesia (ID) and two characters, hyphenated together.
West Papua was created from the western portion of Papua province in February, 2003, initially under the name of Irian Jaya Barat, and was renamed Papua Barat (West Papua) on 2007-02-07. The split remains controversial. In November 2004, an Indonesian court agreed that the split violated Papua's autonomy laws. However, the court ruled that because the new province had already been created, it should remain separate from Papua. The ruling also prohibited the creation of another proposed province, Central Irian Jaya, because the split was not yet completed. As of June, 2008, an ISO 3166-2 code has not yet been published for West Papua. If one were to follow precedent, it would be ID-PB.
See also
ISO 3166-2, the reference table for all country region codes.
ISO 3166-1, the reference table for all country codes, as used for domain names on the Internet.
Aceh
Bali
Bangka-Belitung
Banten
Bengkulu
Gorontalo
Jambi
West Java
Central Java
East Java
West Kalimantan
South Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan
East Kalimantan
Riau Islands
Lampung
Maluku
North Maluku
West Nusa Tenggara
East Nusa Tenggara
Papua (cf. below)
Riau
West Sulawesi
South Sulawesi
Central Sulawesi
Southeast Sulawesi
North Sulawesi
West Sumatra
South Sumatra
North Sumatra
Jakarta
Yogyakarta
West Papua was created from the western portion of Papua province in February, 2003, initially under the name of Irian Jaya Barat, and was renamed Papua Barat (West Papua) on 2007-02-07. The split remains controversial. In November 2004, an Indonesian court agreed that the split violated Papua's autonomy laws. However, the court ruled that because the new province had already been created, it should remain separate from Papua. The ruling also prohibited the creation of another proposed province, Central Irian Jaya, because the split was not yet completed. As of June, 2008, an ISO 3166-2 code has not yet been published for West Papua. If one were to follow precedent, it would be ID-PB.
