United Arab Emirates
ISO 3166-1 country codes and official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for United Arab Emirates. Use them in forms, validation, and CountriesDB integrations.
About United Arab Emirates codes
Need United Arab Emirates (AE) 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 7 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for United Arab Emirates. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.
For production, use the CountriesDB country/subdivision widget or fetch United Arab Emirates from the Data API and validate codes server-side instead of copying values from this page.
ISO codes
Official subdivisions (7)
Official ISO 3166-2 codes for United Arab Emirates. Use these values in region/state selects and server-side validation, not informal or marketing region names.
| Code | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| AE-AJ | ‘Ajmān | emirate |
| AE-AZ | Abū Z̧aby | emirate |
| AE-FU | Al Fujayrah | emirate |
| AE-SH | Ash Shāriqah | emirate |
| AE-DU | Dubayy | emirate |
| AE-RK | Ra’s al Khaymah | emirate |
| AE-UQ | Umm al Qaywayn | emirate |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the ISO 3166-1 code for United Arab Emirates?
- United Arab Emirates uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 AE, alpha-3 ARE, and numeric 784. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
- How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does United Arab Emirates have?
- CountriesDB lists 7 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for United Arab Emirates (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
- How do I use United Arab Emirates country and subdivision data in a form?
- Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for United Arab Emirates, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.
Use United Arab Emirates in your app
Add CountriesDB country and subdivision selects with the widget docs, or call the Backend Data API for United Arab Emirates (AE) and validate submissions with the Validation API. Guides stay in sync with the same dataset your project keys already use. widget docs.