ISO 3166-2:2020
(Main)Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 2: Country subdivision code
Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 2: Country subdivision code
This document specifies basic guidelines for the implementation and maintenance of country subdivision codes. This code is intended for use in any application requiring the expression of current country subdivision names in coded form.
Codes pour la représentation des noms de pays et de leurs subdivisions — Partie 2: Code pour les subdivisions de pays
Le présent document spécifie les principes directeurs pour la mise en application et la mise à jour des codes pour les subdivisions de pays. Ces codes sont destinés à toute application nécessitant l'expression des noms de subdivisions de pays sous une forme codée.
Kode za predstavljanje imen držav in njihovih podrejenih enot - 2. del: Kode podrejenih enot države
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST ISO 3166-2:2016
Kode za predstavljanje imen držav in njihovih podrejenih enot - 2. del: Kode
podrejenih enot države
Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions -- Part 2:
Country subdivision code
Codes pour la représentation des noms de pays et de leurs subdivisions -- Partie 2:
Code pour les subdivisions de pays
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ISO 3166-2:2020
ICS:
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 3166-2
Fourth edition
2020-08
Codes for the representation of names
of countries and their subdivisions —
Part 2:
Country subdivision code
Codes pour la représentation des noms de pays et de leurs
subdivisions —
Partie 2: Code pour les subdivisions de pays
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principles for inclusion in the list of country subdivision names . 4
4.1 List purpose . 4
4.2 Sources . 4
4.3 One-to-one correspondence . 4
4.4 Categories of subdivisions . 4
4.5 Relationship between categories of subdivisions . 4
4.6 Choice of language, romanization, character set . 4
4.7 Special provisions: alternative names . 5
5 Principles for assigning (country subdivision) code elements. 5
5.1 Code element formation . 5
5.2 Relationship to national or international code systems . 5
5.3 Structure of country subdivision code elements . 5
6 List of country subdivision names and their code elements . 6
6.1 Specification for use . 6
6.2 Content of the list . 6
7 Maintenance . 7
7.1 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA) . 7
7.2 Standard as a database — Change of paradigm . 7
7.3 Change of country subdivision names . 8
7.4 Alteration to country subdivision code elements . 8
7.5 Reservation of code elements for country subdivision names . 8
7.6 Advice regarding use of country subdivision codes . 8
Annex A (informative) Reference sources for country subdivision names and code elements .9
Annex B (informative) List of ISO 639 language codes elements, alpha-2 and alpha-3, used
in the ISO 3166 series of standards of country codes .10
Bibliography .14
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 46, Information and documentation.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition (ISO 3166-2:2013), which has been technically
revised.
The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows.
— The codes have been moved to the database format.
— The components of the codes have been defined by descriptors, not by column or line numbers.
— The status of each alpha-2 country code element has been made explicit, as it is the main resource
managed by ISO 3166/MA, necessary for traceability over time.
— All characters in the database, specifically those with diacritical marks, have been checked with the
Universal Coded Character Set, ISO/IEC 10646, and are used consistently.
— The database encoding is UTF-8 (Universal Character Set Transformation Format - 8 bits) from
ISO/IEC 10646, and the same has been used in many applications.
— The three parts — three codes — belong to the same database, updates are done only once for
all parts.
A list of all parts in the ISO 3166 series can be found on the ISO website.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user's national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www .iso .org/ members .html.
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Introduction
The initial edition of the International Standard ISO 3166 was prepared by Technical Committee
ISO/TC 46, in collaboration with the following International Organizations: Customs Cooperation
Council (CCC), [since 1995: World Customs Organization (WCO)], United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe (ECE), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Chamber
of Commerce (ICC), International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), International Federation of Library
Associations (IFLA), International Labour Office (ILO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
International Union of Railways (UIC), United Nations Organization (UN), United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Universal Postal Union (UPU), World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), and World Health Organization (WHO).
ISO 3166 was first published in 1974, subsequent editions in 1981, 1988 and 1993. In 1997, it was
divided into three parts.
— Editions of ISO 3166-1: ISO 3166-1:1997, ISO 3166-1:2006, ISO 3166-1:2013.
— Editions of ISO 3166-2: ISO 3166-2:1998, ISO 3166-2:2007, ISO 3166-2:2013.
— Editions of ISO 3166-3: ISO 3166-3:1999, ISO 3166-3:2013.
ISO 3166 provides universally applicable coded representations of names of countries (current and
non-current), dependencies, and other areas of particular geopolitical interest and their subdivisions.
ISO 3166-1 establishes codes that represent the current names of countries, dependencies, and other
areas of particular geopolitical interest, on the basis of country names obtained from the United
Nations.
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.
The ISO 3166 series do not express any opinion whatsoever concerning the legal status of any country,
dependency, or other area named herein, or concerning its frontiers or boundaries.
The 2013 edition of the ISO 3166 series has been the last one published as paper standard, with the
descriptive text, and the codes together.
At the end of 2013, the split had happened: ISO 3166 codes have been moved to the database format
(de facto merging three contents together), with access from ISO Online Browsing Platform, while the
descriptive text have been awaiting updates.
This 2020 edition of the ISO 3166 series includes an update of the descriptive text (description of the
codes) from 2013, for each of three parts. It takes into account the stricter database rules imposed on
the code itself, as opposed to paper documents.
The International Standard ISO 3166 has been the very first ISO achievement of the concept of
"standard as a database", implemented in the end of 2013. The ISO Online Browsing Platform (ISO OBP)
is an application to visualise ISO3166 codes on the web interface, the data being stored in the unseen
database.
The International Standard ISO 3166, for each of its three parts - three codes - is formed of two
components: documented description of its content, and its related content inside a database.
Both terms "this document" and "the code corresponding to this document" are used throughout this
2020 edition of the ISO 3166 series.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 3166-2:2020(E)
Codes for the representation of names of countries and
their subdivisions —
Part 2:
Country subdivision code
1 Scope
This document specifies basi
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