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BS ISO 3166-2:2013

Superseded
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Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Country subdivision code
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

27-08-2020

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-11-2013

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principles for inclusion in the list of country
  subdivision names
5 Principles for allocation of (country subdivision)
  code elements
6 Maintenance
7 Guidelines for users
8 List of country subdivision names and their
  code elements
Annex A (informative) - Reference sources for
        country subdivision names and code elements
Annex B (informative) - Character inventory:
        Guidance for users in cases of difficulties
        with representing diacritics, etc
Annex C (informative) - Index of ISO 639-1
        names of alpha-2 languages code
        elements used
Bibliography

Describes a universally applicable code for the representation of the names of principal administrative divisions of countries and territories included in ISO 3166-1.

Committee
IDT/2
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 96/622354 DC. (07/2005) Supersedes BS 6879(1999) and Supersedes 05/30105457 DC. (02/2008)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
208
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 3166-2:2013 Identical

BS 6879:1999 Code for the representation of names of counties and similar areas

ISO 639-1:2002 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code
ISO/IEC 10646:2014 Information technology Universal Coded Character Set (UCS)
ISO 5127:2017 Information and documentation Foundation and vocabulary
NFZ 44 002 : 97 XP CODE FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF NAMES OF HISTORICAL COUNTRIES
ISO/IEC 2382-4:1999 Information technology Vocabulary Part 4: Organization of data
ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code
ISO 9985:1996 Information and documentation — Transliteration of Armenian characters into Latin characters
ISO 7372:2005 Trade data interchange — Trade data elements directory
ISO 3166-1:2013 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions Part 1: Country codes
ISO 3602:1989 Documentation — Romanization of Japanese (kana script)
ISO/TR 11941:1996 Information and documentation Transliteration of Korean script into Latin characters
XP Z44 020 : 2006 XP CODE FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF NAMES OF OCEANS AND SEAS

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