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ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states ). The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names of ...
Oct 14, 2020 · ISO 3166-1:2020, as the first part of this series of standards, sets specifications for the country codes themselves. Specifically, it establishes for each country an alphabetic 2-character (alpha-2) code, an alphabetic 3-character (alpha-3) code, and a three-digit numeric (numeric-3) code. For example, the United States is abbreviated as US ...
The country codes from all three parts of ISO 3166 are available in .xml, .csv and .xls formats here: Country Codes Collection Abstract ISO 3166-2:2013 establishes a universally applicable code for the representation of the names of principal administrative divisions of countries and territories included in ISO 3166-1.
The International Standard ISO 3166, for each of its three parts - three codes - is formed of two components: documented description of its content, and its related content inside a database. Both terms "this document" and "the code corresponding to this document" are used throughout this 2020 edition of the ISO 3166 series.
The country codes from all three parts of ISO 3166 are available in .xml, .csv and .xls formats here: Country Codes Collection Abstract ISO 3166-2:2013 establishes a universally applicable code for the representation of the names of principal administrative divisions of countries and territories included in ISO 3166-1.
The three parts of ISO 3166 do not express any opinion whatsoever concerning the legal status of any country, dependency, or other area named herein, or concerning its frontiers or boundaries. NOTE 1 ISO 3166-1 was first published in 1997 and ISO 3166-2 was first published in 1998.
This document specifies basic guidelines for the implementation and maintenance of codes for formerly used names of countries. This code is intended to represent non-current country names, i.e. the country names deleted from ISO 3166 since its first publication in 1974.
