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ISO 3166-3. ISO 3166-3 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for country names which have been deleted from ISO 3166-1 since its first publication in 1974. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names of countries and their ...
ISO 3166 has three parts: codes for countries, codes for subdivisions and formerly used codes (codes that were once used to describe countries but are no longer in use). The country codes can be represented either as a two-letter code (alpha-2) which is recommended as the general-purpose code, a three-letter code (alpha-3) which is more closely ...
See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes. British Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands (British) . Burma – See Myanmar . Cape Verde – See Cabo Verde . Caribbean Netherlands – See Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba . China, The Republic of – See Taiwan (Province of China) . Democratic People's Republic of Korea – See Korea ...
The present,second edition of Part 3, ISO 3166-3:2013, cancels and replaces ISO 3166-3:1999 of which it is a minor revision. It comprises a consolidation of all changes to the lists of ISO 3166-3:1999 agreed by the ISO 3166/MA1), 1) published in the ISO 3166-3 Newsletters I-1 to I-6. This minor revision incorporates the following changes:
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ISO 3166-2 establishes a code that represents the names of the principal administrative divisions, or similar areas, of the countries and entities included in ISO 3166-1. ISO 3166-3 establishes a code that represents non-current country names, i.e. the country names deleted from ISO 3166 since its first publication in 1974.
ISO 3166 consists of the following parts, under the general title Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions: Part 1: Country codes. 3166-3:2013. Part 2: Country subdivision code. Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries. ISO 3166 was first published in 1974.
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.
