ISO 3166-3
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Template:Short description 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 subdivisions – Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries.[1] It was first published in 1999.
Each former country name in ISO 3166-3 is assigned a four-letter alphabetic code. The first two letters are the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the former country, while the last two letters are allocated according to the following rules:[2]
- If the country changed its name, the new ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code is used (e.g., Burma changed its name to Myanmar, whose new alpha-2 code is <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MM), or the special code <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AA is used if its alpha-2 code was not changed (e.g., Byelorussian SSR changed its name to Belarus, which has kept the same alpha-2 code).
- If the country merged into an existing country, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of this country is used (e.g., the German Democratic Republic merged into Germany, whose alpha-2 code is <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DE).
- If the country was divided into several parts, the special code <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />HH is used to indicate that there is no single successor country (e.g., Czechoslovakia was divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia), with the exception of Serbia and Montenegro, for which <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />XX is used to avoid duplicate use of the same ISO 3166-3 code, as the alpha-2 code <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CS had twice been deleted from ISO 3166-1, the first time due to the split of Czechoslovakia and the second time due to the split of Serbia and Montenegro.
Besides the former country name and its ISO 3166-3 code, each entry in ISO 3166-3 also contains its former ISO 3166-1 codes, its period of validity, and the new country names and ISO 3166-1 codes used after its deletion from ISO 3166-1.
After a country is deleted from ISO 3166-1, its alpha-2 and alpha-3 codes will be transitionally reserved for a transitional period of at least fifty years. After the expiration of the transitional period, these codes are free to be reassigned.
If a country changes its name without any territorial change, its ISO 3166-1 numeric code remains the same. For example, when Burma was renamed Myanmar without territorial change in 1989, its alphabetic codes were changed, but its numeric code <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />104 has remained the same.
Currently, a few ccTLDs using deleted alpha-2 codes are still active or being phased out. However, alpha-2 codes which were deleted before the popularization of the Domain Name System in the late 1980s and early 1990s were never used for the Internet's country code top-level domains (ccTLDs). Likewise, ISO 3166-2, the ISO standard for country subdivision codes which was first published in 1998, postdated the deletion of many alpha-2 codes.
Current codes
The following is a list of current ISO 3166-3 codes, with the following columns:
- Former country name – English short country name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)
- Former codes – ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, alpha-3, and numeric codes
- Period of validity – Years when codes were officially assigned
- ISO 3166-3 code – Four-letter code assigned for former country name
- New country names and codes – Successor countries and their ISO 3166-1 codes
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| Former country name | Former codes | Period of validity | ISO 3166-3 code | New country names and codes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Antarctic Territory | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BQ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ATB, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" /> - | 1974–1979 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BQAQ | Merged into Antarctica (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AQ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ATA, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />010) |
| Burma | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BU, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BUR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />104 | 1974–1989 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BUMM | Name changed to Myanmar (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MMR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />104) |
| Byelorussian SSR | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BY, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BYS, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />112 | 1974–1992 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BYAA | Name changed to Belarus (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BY, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BLR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />112) |
| Canton and Enderbury Islands | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CT, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CTE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />128 | 1974–1984 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CTKI | Merged into Kiribati (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />KI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />KIR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />296) |
| Czechoslovakia | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CS, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CSK, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />200 | 1974–1993 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CSHH |
Divided into: Czechia (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CZ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CZE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />203) Slovakia (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SK, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SVK, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />703) |
| Dahomey | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DY, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DHY, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />204 | 1974–1977 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DYBJ | Name changed to Benin (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BJ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BEN, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />204) |
| Dronning Maud Land | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />NQ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ATN, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />216 | 1974–1983 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />NQAQ | Merged into Antarctica (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AQ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ATA, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />010) |
| East TimorTemplate:Refn | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TP, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TMP, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />626 | 1974–2002 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TPTL | Name changed to Timor-Leste (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TL, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TLS, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />626) |
| France, Metropolitan | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FX, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FXX, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />249 | 1993–1997 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FXFR | Merged into France (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FRA, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />250) |
| French Afars and Issas | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AFI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />262 | 1974–1977 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AIDJ | Name changed to Djibouti (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DJ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DJI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />262) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FQ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ATF, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" /> - | 1974–1979 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FQHH | Divided into: Part of Antarctica (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AQ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ATA, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />010) (i.e., Adélie Land) French Southern Territories (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TF, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ATF, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />260) |
| German Democratic Republic | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DD, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DDR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />278 | 1974–1990 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DDDE | Merged into Germany (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />DEU, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />276) |
| Gilbert IslandsTemplate:Refn | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />GE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />GEL, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" /> - | 1974–1979 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />GEHH | Name changed to Kiribati (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />KI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />KIR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />296) |
| Johnston Island | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />JT, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />JTN, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />396 | 1974–1986 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />JTUM | Merged into United States Minor Outlying Islands (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UMI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />581) |
| Midway Islands | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MID, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />488 | 1974–1986 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MIUM | Merged into United States Minor Outlying Islands (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UMI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />581) |
| Netherlands Antilles | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AN, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ANT, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />530 Template:Refn |
1974–2010Template:Refn | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ANHH | Divided into: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BQ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BES, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />535)Template:Refn Curaçao (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CW, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CUW, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />531) Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SX, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SXM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />534) |
| Neutral Zone | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />NT, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />NTZ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />536 | 1974–1993 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />NTHH | Divided into: Part of Iraq (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />IQ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />IRQ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />368) Part of Saudi Arabia (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SA, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SAU, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />682) |
| New Hebrides | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />NH, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />NHB, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" /> - | 1974–1980 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />NHVU | Name changed to Vanuatu (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />VU, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />VUT, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />548) |
| Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PC, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PCI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />582 | 1974–1986 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PCHH | Divided into: Marshall Islands (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MH, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MHL, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />584) Micronesia (Federated States of) (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FSM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />583) Northern Mariana Islands (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MP, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MNP, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />580) Palau (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PW, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PLW, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />585) |
| Panama Canal Zone | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PZ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PCZ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" /> - | 1974–1980 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PZPA | Merged into Panama (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PA, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PAN, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />591) |
| Serbia and Montenegro | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CS, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SCG, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />891 | 2003–2006 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CSXX Template:Refn |
Divided into: Montenegro (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ME, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MNE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />499) Serbia (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />RS, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SRB, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />688) |
| Sikkim | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SK, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SKM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" /> - | 1974–1975 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SKIN | Merged into India (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />IN, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />IND, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />356) |
| Southern Rhodesia | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />RH, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />RHO, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" /> - | 1974–1980 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />RHZW | Name changed to Zimbabwe (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ZW, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ZWE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />716) |
| United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PU, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PUS, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />849 | 1974–1986 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />PUUM | Merged into United States Minor Outlying Islands (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UMI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />581) |
| Upper Volta | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />HV, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />HVO, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />854 | 1974–1984 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />HVBF | Name changed to Burkina Faso (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BF, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />BFA, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />854) |
| USSR | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SU, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SUN, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />810 | 1974–1992 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SUHH | Divided into:Template:Refn Armenia (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ARM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />051) Azerbaijan (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AZ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />AZE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />031) Estonia (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />EE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />EST, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />233) Georgia (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />GE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />GEO, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />268) Kazakhstan (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />KZ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />KAZ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />398) Kyrgyzstan (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />KG, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />KGZ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />417) Latvia (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />LV, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />LVA, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />428) Lithuania (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />LT, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />LTU, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />440) Moldova, Republic of (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MD, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />MDA, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />498) Russian Federation (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />RU, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />RUS, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />643) Tajikistan (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TJ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TJK, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />762) Turkmenistan (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />TKM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />795) Uzbekistan (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UZ, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UZB, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />860) |
| Viet-Nam, Democratic Republic of | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />VD, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />VDR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" /> - | 1974–1977 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />VDVN | Merged into Viet Nam (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />VN, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />VNM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />704) |
| Wake Island | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />WK, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />WAK, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />872 | 1974–1986 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />WKUM | Merged into United States Minor Outlying Islands (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />UMI, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />581) |
| Yemen, Democratic | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />YD, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />YMD, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />720 | 1974–1990 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />YDYE | Merged into Yemen (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />YE, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />YEM, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />887) |
| Yugoslavia | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />YU, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />YUG, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />891 Template:Refn |
1974–2003 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />YUCS | Name changed to Serbia and Montenegro (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CS, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />SCG, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />891) |
| Zaire | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ZR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ZAR, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />180 | 1974–1997 | <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />ZRCD | Name changed to Congo, Democratic Republic of the (<templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CD, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />COD, <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />180) |
Notes
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Changes
The ISO 3166/MA updates ISO 3166-3 when necessary. The updating of ISO 3166-3 is totally dependent on the updating of ISO 3166-1.
ISO used to announce changes in newsletters which updated the currently valid standard, and releasing new editions which comprise a consolidation of newsletter changes. As of July 2013, changes are published in the online catalogue of ISO only and no newsletters are published anymore. Past newsletters remain available on the ISO website.
| Edition/Newsletter | Date issued | Former country name added | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 3166-3:1999 | 1999-03-11 | First edition of ISO 3166-3 | |
| Newsletter I-1 | 2002-11-15 | East Timor | In accordance with ISO 3166-1 Newsletter V-5 and Newsletter V-6 |
| Newsletter I-2 | 2002-11-22 | France, Metropolitan | Correction. Entry inadvertently omitted from ISO 3166-3 when first published in 1999 |
| Newsletter I-3 | 2003-07-23 | Yugoslavia | In accordance with ISO 3166-1 Newsletter V-8 |
| Newsletter I-4 | 2006-09-26 | Serbia and Montenegro | In accordance with ISO 3166-1 Newsletter V-12 |
| Newsletter I-5 | 2006-12-01 | None | Rectify Newsletter I-4 by assigning the code <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />CSXX to represent Serbia and Montenegro |
| Newsletter I-6 | 2011-03-14 (corrected 2013-02-06) |
Netherlands Antilles | In accordance with ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-8 |
| ISO 3166-3:2013 | 2013-11-19 | Second edition of ISO 3166-3 (this is the final print edition of ISO 3166-3; all further changes are published in the online catalogue) | |
| ISO 3166-3:2020 | 2020-08 | Third edition of ISO 3166-3 |
See also
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References
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Sources and external links
- ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids"), Statoids.com
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