Egypt
ISO 3166-1 country codes and official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Egypt. Use them in forms, validation, and CountriesDB integrations.
About Egypt codes
Need Egypt (EG) for a checkout form, shipping zone, or backend validation? This page summarizes the ISO 3166-1 country codes and official subdivisions developers use with CountriesDB.
This guide lists 27 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Egypt. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.
For production, use the CountriesDB country/subdivision widget or fetch Egypt from the Data API and validate codes server-side instead of copying values from this page.
ISO codes
Official subdivisions (27)
Official ISO 3166-2 codes for Egypt. Use these values in region/state selects and server-side validation, not informal or marketing region names.
| Code | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| EG-DK | Ad Daqahlīyah | governorate |
| EG-BA | Al Baḩr al Aḩmar | governorate |
| EG-BH | Al Buḩayrah | governorate |
| EG-FYM | Al Fayyūm | governorate |
| EG-GH | Al Gharbīyah | governorate |
| EG-ALX | Al Iskandarīyah | governorate |
| EG-IS | Al Ismā'īlīyah | governorate |
| EG-GZ | Al Jīzah | governorate |
| EG-MNF | Al Minūfīyah | governorate |
| EG-MN | Al Minyā | governorate |
| EG-C | Al Qāhirah | governorate |
| EG-KB | Al Qalyūbīyah | governorate |
| EG-LX | Al Uqşur | governorate |
| EG-WAD | Al Wādī al Jadīd | governorate |
| EG-SUZ | As Suways | governorate |
| EG-SHR | Ash Sharqīyah | governorate |
| EG-ASN | Aswān | governorate |
| EG-AST | Asyūţ | governorate |
| EG-BNS | Banī Suwayf | governorate |
| EG-PTS | Būr Sa‘īd | governorate |
| EG-DT | Dumyāţ | governorate |
| EG-JS | Janūb Sīnā' | governorate |
| EG-KFS | Kafr ash Shaykh | governorate |
| EG-MT | Maţrūḩ | governorate |
| EG-KN | Qinā | governorate |
| EG-SIN | Shamāl Sīnā' | governorate |
| EG-SHG | Sūhāj | governorate |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Egypt?
- Egypt uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 EG, alpha-3 EGY, and numeric 818. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
- How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Egypt have?
- CountriesDB lists 27 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Egypt (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
- How do I use Egypt country and subdivision data in a form?
- Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Egypt, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.
Use Egypt in your app
Add CountriesDB country and subdivision selects with the widget docs, or call the Backend Data API for Egypt (EG) and validate submissions with the Validation API. Guides stay in sync with the same dataset your project keys already use. widget docs.