ISO 3166
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ISO 3166 is an international standard published by the International Organization for Standardization that defines globally recognized codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and their principal subdivisions.
Observed surface forms (13)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
country code standard
ⓘ
international standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ISO 3166 self-link ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
dependent territories
ⓘ
principal administrative subdivisions ⓘ sovereign states ⓘ |
| category |
coding system
ⓘ
geographic standard ⓘ |
| defines |
codes for country names
ⓘ
codes for dependent territories ⓘ codes for principal subdivisions of countries ⓘ |
| ensures | unambiguous identification of countries and territories ⓘ |
| governedBy | ISO technical committees ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ISO 3166-1
ⓘ
ISO 3166-1 ⓘ
surface form:
ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-3 ⓘ |
| hasUpdateMechanism |
newsletter updates
ⓘ
periodic revisions ⓘ |
| includesCodeTypes |
alpha-2 country codes
ⓘ
alpha-3 country codes ⓘ numeric country codes ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | ISO standards ⓘ |
| publisher | International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| purpose | facilitate consistent representation of country and territory names ⓘ |
| region | worldwide ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
country name abbreviations
ⓘ
geopolitical entities ⓘ |
| scope |
globally recognized country codes
ⓘ
subdivision codes ⓘ territory codes ⓘ |
| standardFamily |
ISO 3166
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ISO 3166 series
|
| standardizes |
country codes
ⓘ
subdivision codes ⓘ territory codes ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| usedBy |
businesses
ⓘ
governments ⓘ information systems ⓘ international organizations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data exchange
ⓘ
international trade ⓘ internet and IT systems ⓘ statistics ⓘ transport and logistics ⓘ |
Referenced by (164)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ISO 3166-2:IS subdivision codes