ISO 3166 - ISO 3166 ISO 3166 is a three-part geographic coding standard for coding the names of countries and dependent areas, and the principal subdivisions thereof. Among other things, the codes are used for class="external">[1: Federal Express uses the IATA codes, which are the ISO 3166-1 codes, for package shipping in postal containers used to exchange mail internationally in machine-readable passports, which use the 3 letter codes(ISO/IEC 7501-1 to identify currencies in international transactions (ISO 4217) in the International Securities Identification Number (ISO 6166) the top level country domain codes on the internet, which use the 2 character forms the UN/LOCODEs for international trade to identify ports, customs offices and other sites of interest in trade. the WIPO uses them for intellectual property tracking The component standards are:.
ISO 3166-2 - ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. It was created for coding the names of subdivisions of countries and dependent areas. The purpose of the standard is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Number of entries 2 Format 3 Changes / Editions 4 Decoding /.
ISO 3166-2:AU - ISO 3166-2:AU ISO 3166-2 codes for Australia describe 6 States and 2 Territories. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code AU for Australia, the second part of the code is two-digit-alphabetic. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Encoding list 1.1.
ISO 3166-2:NZ - ISO 3166-2:NZ ISO 3166-2 codes for New Zealand cover 16 regions, 9 on the North Island and 7 on the South Island. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. The first part of the code is the ISO 3166-1 code NZ for New Zealand, the second part.
ISO 3166-2:DE - ISO 3166-2:DE ISO 3166-2 codes for Germany cover the 16 states (Länder). The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code DE for Germany, the second part is two-digit-alphabetic. Decoding table DE-BE Berlin (city-state) DE-BR Brandenburg DE-BW Baden-Württemberg DE-BY Bavaria (Bayern).
ISO 3166-2:CA - ISO 3166-2:CA ISO 3166-2 codes for Canada describe 10 Provinces and 3 Territories. The second part of the code is two-digit-alphabetic. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Newsletters 2 Coding list 2.1 Provinces 2.2 Territories 3 Decoding list 4 See also.
ISO 3166-2:US - ISO 3166-2:US ISO 3166-2 codes for the United States of America cover 50 states, 1 district, 6 outlying areas (including 9 minor outlying islands under separate ISO 3166-1 country code UM). The second part of the code is two-letter alphabetic, and (except for UM) is the same as the US postal abbreviation. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from.
ISO 3166-2:SE - ISO 3166-2:SE The ISO 3166-2 codes for Sweden describe the 21 Counties, or län. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code SE, the second part of the code, which is used domestically, is alphabetic 1 digit, except three cases which are 2 digit. The ordering is based on a geographical "path" starting in Stockholm and then clockwise the counties of southern Sweden and finally the northern counties. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider.
ISO 3166-2:NO - ISO 3166-2:NO The ISO 3166-2 codes for Norway describe 19 counties (fylke). The first part of the code is the ISO 3166-1 country code NO for Norway, the second part is two-digit-numeric (with trailing zeros). The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. NO-13 does not exist. Table.
ISO 3166-2:JP - ISO 3166-2:JP ISO 3166-2 codes for Japan cover 47 Prefectures. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code JP for Japan, the second part is two-digit-numeric. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. The names are spelled in accordance with ISO 3602 Romanization system, conventional spelling in.
ISO 3166-3 - ISO 3166-3 ISO 3166-3 is an international standard that defines codes for outdated ISO 3166-1 country codes and is part of ISO 3166. If after 1974 countries merged (e.g. East and West Germany) split up (e.g. Czechoslovakia) changed the main part of their name the codes were withdrawn from ISO 3166-1 and with addition of two letters put in ISO 3166-3. ISO 3166-3 is four-digit-alphabetic and starts with the code that was withdrawn from ISO 3166-1. Obsolete ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes The following is a list of obsolete ISO 3166 two-letter country codes, included here for reference. Note that many of these codes were withdrawn before the introduction of the Domain Name System, and so were never used as top-level domains. In the following list, the.
ISO 3166-2:BE - ISO 3166-2:BE ISO 3166-2 codes for Belgium cover 5 Provinces in Flanders and 5 provinces in Wallonia. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code BE for Belgium, the second part is three-digit-alphabetic, where the first letter marks the region. Brussels is a separate region, the code is not clear. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country.
ISO 3166-2:BR - ISO 3166-2:BR ISO 3166-2 codes for Brazil cover 1 Federal District and 26 states. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code BR for Brazil, the second part is two-digit-alphabetic. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Encoding list 1.1 Federal District.
ISO 3166-2:FI - ISO 3166-2:FI The ISO 3166-2 codes for Finland cover 6 provinces. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code FI for Finland, the second part is two-digit-alphabetic. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. Decoding list FI-AL Åland Islands fi:Ahvenanmaan Maakunta sv:Ålands län FI-ES Southern Finland fi:Etelä-Suomen.
ISO 3166-1 - ISO 3166-1 ISO 3166-1 as part of the ISO 3166 standard provides codes for the names of countries and dependent areas. It was first published in 1974 by the International Organization for Standardization and defines three different codes for each area: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, a two-letter system, has many applications, most notably for Internet top-level domains. Standards derived from this code are: ISO 3166-2, codes for subdivisions such as states and provinces. ISO 3166-3, codes to replace obsolete alpha-2 codes. ISO 4217, codes for monetary units. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, a three-letter system. ISO 3166-1 numeric, a three-digit numerical system, is identical to that defined by the United Nations Statistical Division. A country or territory generally gets new alpha codes if its name changes, whereas a new.
ISO 3166-2:MX - ISO 3166-2:MX ISO 3166-2 codes for Mexico cover 1 federal district and 31 states. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code MX for Mexico, the second part is three-digit-alphabetic. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Coding list 1.1 Federal District.
ISO 3166-2:EC - ISO 3166-2:EC ISO 3166-2 codes for Ecuador cover the 22 provinces. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code EC for Ecuador, the second part is one-digit-alphabetic. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Newsletters 2 Encoding list 2.1 Provinces 3 Decoding.
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 - ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 For current codes see: 3166-1 Reserved Code Elements list The following alpha-3 codes are subject to a transitional reservation: BUR - Burma, now Myanmar BYS - Byelorussian SSR, now Belarus CSK - Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic and Slovakia NTZ - Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone ZAR - Zaire The following three letter codes are subject to an indeterminate reservation, having been notified to the United Nations Secretary-General under the 1949 and/or 1968 Road Transport Conventions: ADN - Aden BDS - Barbados BRU - Brunei CDN - Canada EAK - Kenya EAT - Tanganyika EAU - Uganda EAZ - Zanzibar GBA - Alderney GBG - Guernsey GBJ - Jersey GBM - Isle of Man GBZ - Gibraltar GCA - Guatemala HKJ - Jordan.
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 - ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are the best known part of ISO 3166-1 and subsequent use as most of the country codes for Internet domain names. Uses and applications Starting in the mid-1980s, the two-letter codes have been used in domain names on the Internet, where they are used to form country code ccTLDs, with some exceptions e.g. Great Britain, where ICANN did not follow the ISO 3166-1 and used UK instead of GB. The two-letter ISO 3166-1 codes form the first two letters of the three-letter ISO 4217 standard codes for currencies. They are also used for International Bank Account Numbers, the ISO 6166 International securities identification numbering (ISIN) system, ISO 7372, ISO 9375, the ISO/IEC 7501-1 machine readable travel documents standard, UN/LOCODE.
ISO 3166-2:AR - ISO 3166-2:AR ISO 3166-2 codes for Argentina describe 1 federal district (AR-C) and 23 Provinces. The first part is the ISO 3166-1 code AR for Argentina, the second part of the code is one-digit-alphabetic. Decoding list AR-A Salta AR-B Buenos Aires Province AR-C Distrito Federal AR-D San Luis AR-E Entre Rios AR-F La Rioja AR-G Santiago del Estero AR-H Chaco AR-J San Juan AR-K Catamarca AR-L La Pampa AR-M Mendoza AR-N Misiones AR-P Formosa AR-Q Neuquen AR-R Rio Negro AR-S Santa Fe AR-T Tucuman AR-U Chubut AR-V Tierra del Fuego AR-W Corrientes AR-X Cordoba AR-Y Jujuy AR-Z Santa Cruz This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
