ISO 3166-2:SA
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ISO 3166-2:SA is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the regions and provinces of Saudi Arabia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISO 3166-2:SA canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9235171 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISO 3166-2:SA Context triple: [SA-08, ISO3166-2Standard, ISO 3166-2:SA]
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A.
ISO 3166-2:ZA
ISO 3166-2:ZA is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines subdivision codes for the provinces of South Africa.
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B.
ISO 3166-2:SM
ISO 3166-2:SM is the subdivision code set within the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines codes for the principal subdivisions of San Marino.
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C.
South Africa
South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
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D.
Ciskei
Ciskei was a nominally independent Bantustan in southeastern South Africa established under apartheid as a homeland for Xhosa-speaking people.
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E.
ISO 3166-2:ST
ISO 3166-2:ST is the ISO 3166-2 entry that defines the principal subdivision codes for São Tomé and Príncipe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISO 3166-2:SA Target entity description: ISO 3166-2:SA is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the regions and provinces of Saudi Arabia.
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A.
ISO 3166-2:ZA
ISO 3166-2:ZA is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines subdivision codes for the provinces of South Africa.
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B.
ISO 3166-2:SM
ISO 3166-2:SM is the subdivision code set within the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines codes for the principal subdivisions of San Marino.
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C.
South Africa
South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.
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D.
Ciskei
Ciskei was a nominally independent Bantustan in southeastern South Africa established under apartheid as a homeland for Xhosa-speaking people.
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E.
ISO 3166-2:ST
ISO 3166-2:ST is the ISO 3166-2 entry that defines the principal subdivision codes for São Tomé and Príncipe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ISO 3166-2 entry
ⓘ
geographic code standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo | first-level administrative subdivisions of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| codeExample |
SA-01
ⓘ
SA-02 ⓘ SA-03 ⓘ |
| codeStructure | SA-XX ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| defines |
codes for provinces of Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
codes for regions of Saudi Arabia ⓘ subdivision codes of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| firstPartMeaning | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| firstPartValue | SA ⓘ |
| hasNotationSystem | alphanumeric ⓘ |
| includesSubdivision |
Al Bahah Region
ⓘ
Al Jawf Region ⓘ Asir Region ⓘ
linked to:
Asir region
Eastern Province ⓘ Hail Region ⓘ Jizan Region ⓘ
linked to:
Jazan Region
Madinah Region ⓘ
linked to:
Al Madinah Province
Makkah Region ⓘ
linked to:
Makkah Province
Najran Region ⓘ Northern Borders Region ⓘ Qassim Region ⓘ Riyadh Region ⓘ
linked to:
Riyadh Province
Tabuk Region ⓘ |
| languageOfSubdivisionNames |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| partOf |
ISO 3166
ⓘ
ISO 3166-2 ⓘ
linked to:
ISO 3166
|
| regionCovered | Middle East ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
ISO 3166-1
ⓘ
ISO 3166-1:SA ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| secondPartMeaning | two-letter subdivision code ⓘ |
| standardCategory | geographic subdivision code ⓘ |
| standardizes | short codes for Saudi Arabian subdivisions ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | region ⓘ |
| usedBy |
governments
ⓘ
international organizations ⓘ mapping services ⓘ statistical agencies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative referencing
ⓘ
data exchange ⓘ geocoding ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ISO 3166-2:SA Description of subject: ISO 3166-2:SA is the section of the ISO 3166-2 standard that defines the official subdivision codes for the regions and provinces of Saudi Arabia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.