Discontinued codes are identified by a hyphen preceding the first letter in the code string.
code | geographic area |
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a | Asia |
a-af | Afghanistan |
a-ai | Armenia (Republic) |
a-aj | Azerbaijan |
a-ba | Bahrain |
a-bg | Bangladesh |
a-bn | Borneo |
a-br | Burma |
a-bt | Bhutan |
a-bx | Brunei |
a-cb | Cambodia |
a-cc | China |
a-cc-an | Anhui Sheng (China) |
a-cc-ch | Zhejiang Sheng (China) |
a-cc-cq | Chongqing (China) |
a-cc-fu | Fujian Sheng (China) |
a-cc-ha | Hainan Sheng (China) |
a-cc-he | Heilongjiang Sheng (China) |
a-cc-hh | Hubei Sheng (China) |
a-cc-hk | Hong Kong (China) |
a-cc-ho | Henan Sheng (China) |
a-cc-hp | Hebei Sheng (China) |
a-cc-hu | Hunan Sheng (China) |
a-cc-im | Inner Mongolia (China) |
a-cc-ka | Gansu Sheng (China) |
a-cc-kc | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) |
a-cc-ki | Jiangxi Sheng (China) |
a-cc-kn | Guangdong Sheng (China) |
a-cc-kr | Jilin Sheng (China) |
a-cc-ku | Jiangsu Sheng (China) |
a-cc-kw | Guizhou Sheng (China) |
a-cc-lp | Liaoning Sheng (China) |
a-cc-mh | Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) |
a-cc-nn | Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu (China) |
a-cc-pe | Beijing (China) |
a-cc-sh | Shanxi Sheng (China) |
a-cc-sm | Shanghai (China) |
a-cc-sp | Shandong Sheng (China) |
a-cc-ss | Shaanxi Sheng (China) |
a-cc-su | Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) |
a-cc-sz | Sichuan Sheng (China) |
a-cc-ti | Tibet (China) |
a-cc-tn | Tianjin (China) |
a-cc-ts | Qinghai Sheng (China) |
a-cc-yu | Yunnan Sheng (China) |
a-ccg | Yangtze River (China) |
a-cck | Kunlun Mountains (China and India) |
a-ccp | Bo Hai (China) |
a-ccs | Xi River (China) |
a-ccy | Yellow River (China) |
a-ce | Sri Lanka |
a-ch | Taiwan |
a-cy | Cyprus |
a-em | Timor-Leste |
a-gs | Georgia (Republic) |
-a-hk | Hong Kong |
a-ii | India |
a-io | Indonesia |
a-iq | Iraq |
a-ir | Iran |
a-is | Israel |
a-ja | Japan |
a-jo | Jordan |
a-kg | Kyrgyzstan |
a-kn | Korea (North) |
a-ko | Korea (South) |
a-kr | Korea |
a-ku | Kuwait |
a-kz | Kazakhstan |
a-le | Lebanon |
a-ls | Laos |
-a-mh | Macao |
a-mk | Oman |
a-mp | Mongolia |
a-my | Malaysia |
a-np | Nepal |
a-nw | New Guinea |
-a-ok | Okinawa |
a-ph | Philippines |
a-pk | Pakistan |
a-pp | Papua New Guinea |
-a-pt | Portuguese Timor |
a-qa | Qatar |
a-si | Singapore |
-a-sk | Sikkim |
a-su | Saudi Arabia |
a-sy | Syria |
a-ta | Tajikistan |
a-th | Thailand |
a-tk | Turkmenistan |
a-ts | United Arab Emirates |
a-tu | Turkey |
a-uz | Uzbekistan |
-a-vn | Viet Nam, North |
-a-vs | Viet Nam, South |
a-vt | Vietnam |
a-ye | Yemen (Republic) |
-a-ys | Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) |
aa | Amur River (China and Russia) |
ab | Bengal, Bay of |
ac | Asia, Central |
ae | East Asia |
af | Thailand, Gulf of |
ag | Mekong River |
ah | Himalaya Mountains |
ai | Indochina |
ak | Caspian Sea |
am | Malaya |
an | East China Sea |
ao | South China Sea |
aopf | Paracel Islands |
aoxp | Spratly Islands |
ap | Persian Gulf |
ar | Arabian Peninsula |
as | Southeast Asia |
at | Tien Shan |
au | Arabian Sea |
aw | Middle East |
awba | West Bank |
awgz | Gaza Strip |
-awiu | Israel-Syria Demilitarized Zones |
-awiw | Israel-Jordan Demilitarized Zones |
-awiy | Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone |
ay | Yellow Sea |
az | South Asia |
b | Commonwealth countries |
c | Intercontinental areas (Western Hemisphere) |
cc | Caribbean Area; Caribbean Sea |
cl | Latin America |
-cm | Middle America |
-cr | Circumcaribbean |
d | Developing countries |
dd | Developed countries |
e | Europe |
e-aa | Albania |
e-an | Andorra |
e-au | Austria |
e-be | Belgium |
e-bn | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
e-bu | Bulgaria |
e-bw | Belarus |
e-ci | Croatia |
e-cs | Czechoslovakia |
e-dk | Denmark |
e-er | Estonia |
e-fi | Finland |
e-fr | France |
e-ge | Germany (East) |
e-gg | Guernsey |
e-gi | Gibraltar |
e-gr | Greece |
e-gw | Germany (West) |
e-gx | Germany |
e-hu | Hungary |
e-ic | Iceland |
e-ie | Ireland |
e-im | Isle of Man |
e-it | Italy |
e-je | Jersey |
e-kv | Kosovo |
e-lh | Liechtenstein |
e-li | Lithuania |
e-lu | Luxembourg |
e-lv | Latvia |
e-mc | Monaco |
e-mm | Malta |
e-mo | Montenegro |
e-mv | Moldova |
e-ne | Netherlands |
e-no | Norway |
e-pl | Poland |
e-po | Portugal |
e-rb | Serbia |
e-rm | Romania |
e-ru | Russia (Federation) |
e-sm | San Marino |
e-sp | Spain |
e-sw | Sweden |
e-sz | Switzerland |
e-uk | Great Britain |
e-uk-en | England |
e-uk-ni | Northern Ireland |
e-uk-st | Scotland |
-e-uk-ui | Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies |
e-uk-wl | Wales |
e-un | Ukraine |
e-ur | Russia. Russian Empire. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics |
-e-ur-ai | Armenia (Republic) |
-e-ur-aj | Azerbaijan |
-e-ur-bw | Belarus |
-e-ur-er | Estonia |
-e-ur-gs | Georgia (Republic) |
-e-ur-kg | Kyrgyzstan |
-e-ur-kz | Kazakhstan |
-e-ur-li | Lithuania |
-e-ur-lv | Latvia |
-e-ur-mv | Moldova |
-e-ur-ru | Russia (Federation) |
-e-ur-ta | Tajikistan |
-e-ur-tk | Turkmenistan |
-e-ur-un | Ukraine |
-e-ur-uz | Uzbekistan |
e-urc | Central Chernozem Region (Russia) |
e-ure | Siberia, Eastern (Russia) |
e-urf | Russian Far East (Russia) |
e-urk | Caucasus |
-e-url | Central Region, RSFSR |
e-urn | Soviet Union, Northwestern |
-e-uro | Soviet Central Asia |
e-urp | Volga River (Russia) |
e-urr | Caucasus, Northern (Russia) |
e-urs | Siberia (Russia) |
e-uru | Ural Mountains (Russia) |
-e-urv | Volgo-Viatskii Region, RSFSR |
e-urw | Siberia, Western (Russia) |
e-vc | Vatican City |
e-xn | North Macedonia |
e-xo | Slovakia |
e-xr | Czech Republic |
e-xv | Slovenia |
e-yu | Serbia and Montenegro; Yugoslavia |
ea | Alps |
eb | Baltic States |
ec | Europe, Central |
ed | Balkan Peninsula |
ee | Europe, Eastern |
-ei | Iberian Peninsula |
el | Benelux countries |
en | Europe, Northern |
eo | Danube River |
ep | Pyrenees |
er | Rhine River |
es | Europe, Southern |
-et | Europe, East Central |
ev | Scandinavia |
ew | Europe, Western |
f | Africa |
f-ae | Algeria |
f-ao | Angola |
f-bd | Burundi |
f-bs | Botswana |
-f-by | Biafra |
f-cd | Chad |
f-cf | Congo (Brazzaville) |
f-cg | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
f-cm | Cameroon |
f-cx | Central African Republic |
f-dm | Benin |
f-ea | Eritrea |
f-eg | Equatorial Guinea |
f-et | Ethiopia |
f-ft | Djibouti |
f-gh | Ghana |
f-gm | Gambia |
f-go | Gabon |
f-gv | Guinea |
-f-if | Ifni |
f-iv | Côte d'Ivoire |
f-ke | Kenya |
f-lb | Liberia |
f-lo | Lesotho |
f-ly | Libya |
f-mg | Madagascar |
f-ml | Mali |
f-mr | Morocco |
f-mu | Mauritania |
f-mw | Malawi |
f-mz | Mozambique |
f-ng | Niger |
f-nr | Nigeria |
f-pg | Guinea-Bissau |
f-rh | Zimbabwe |
f-rw | Rwanda |
f-sa | South Africa |
f-sd | South Sudan |
f-sf | Sao Tome and Principe |
f-sg | Senegal |
f-sh | Spanish North Africa |
f-sj | Sudan |
f-sl | Sierra Leone |
f-so | Somalia |
f-sq | Eswatini |
f-ss | Western Sahara |
f-sx | Namibia |
f-tg | Togo |
f-ti | Tunisia |
f-tz | Tanzania |
f-ua | Egypt |
f-ug | Uganda |
f-uv | Burkina Faso |
f-za | Zambia |
fa | Atlas Mountains |
fb | Africa, Sub-Saharan |
fc | Africa, Central |
fd | Sahara |
fe | Africa, Eastern |
ff | Africa, North |
fg | Congo River |
fh | Africa, Northeast |
fi | Niger River |
fl | Nile River |
fn | Sudan (Region) |
fq | Africa, French-speaking Equatorial |
fr | Great Rift Valley |
fs | Africa, Southern |
fu | Suez Canal (Egypt) |
fv | Volta River (Ghana) |
fw | Africa, West |
fz | Zambezi River |
h | French Community |
i | Indian Ocean |
i-bi | British Indian Ocean Territory |
i-cq | Comoros |
i-fs | Terres australes et antarctiques françaises |
i-hm | Heard and McDonald Islands |
i-mf | Mauritius |
i-my | Mayotte |
i-re | Réunion |
i-se | Seychelles |
i-xa | Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) |
i-xb | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
i-xc | Maldives |
-i-xo | Socotra Island |
l | Atlantic Ocean |
ln | North Atlantic Ocean |
lnaz | Azores |
lnbm | Bermuda Islands |
lnca | Canary Islands |
lncv | Cabo Verde |
lnfa | Faroe Islands |
lnjn | Jan Mayen Island |
lnma | Madeira Islands |
lnsb | Svalbard (Norway) |
ls | South Atlantic Ocean |
lsai | Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean) |
lsbv | Bouvet Island |
lsfk | Falkland Islands |
lstd | Tristan da Cunha |
lsxj | Saint Helena |
lsxs | South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands |
m | Intercontinental areas (Eastern Hemisphere) |
ma | Arab countries |
mb | Black Sea |
me | Eurasia |
mm | Mediterranean Region; Mediterranean Sea |
mr | Red Sea |
n | North America |
n-cn | Canada |
n-cn-ab | Alberta |
n-cn-bc | British Columbia |
n-cn-mb | Manitoba |
n-cn-nf | Newfoundland and Labrador |
n-cn-nk | New Brunswick |
n-cn-ns | Nova Scotia |
n-cn-nt | Northwest Territories |
n-cn-nu | Nunavut |
n-cn-on | Ontario |
n-cn-pi | Prince Edward Island |
n-cn-qu | Québec (Province) |
n-cn-sn | Saskatchewan |
n-cn-yk | Yukon Territory |
n-cnh | Hudson Bay |
n-cnm | Maritime Provinces |
n-cnp | Prairie Provinces |
n-gl | Greenland |
n-mx | Mexico |
n-us | United States |
n-us-ak | Alaska |
n-us-al | Alabama |
n-us-ar | Arkansas |
n-us-az | Arizona |
n-us-ca | California |
n-us-co | Colorado |
n-us-ct | Connecticut |
n-us-dc | Washington (D.C.) |
n-us-de | Delaware |
n-us-fl | Florida |
n-us-ga | Georgia |
n-us-hi | Hawaii |
n-us-ia | Iowa |
n-us-id | Idaho |
n-us-il | Illinois |
n-us-in | Indiana |
n-us-ks | Kansas |
n-us-ky | Kentucky |
n-us-la | Louisiana |
n-us-ma | Massachusetts |
n-us-md | Maryland |
n-us-me | Maine |
n-us-mi | Michigan |
n-us-mn | Minnesota |
n-us-mo | Missouri |
n-us-ms | Mississippi |
n-us-mt | Montana |
n-us-nb | Nebraska |
n-us-nc | North Carolina |
n-us-nd | North Dakota |
n-us-nh | New Hampshire |
n-us-nj | New Jersey |
n-us-nm | New Mexico |
n-us-nv | Nevada |
n-us-ny | New York |
n-us-oh | Ohio |
n-us-ok | Oklahoma |
n-us-or | Oregon |
n-us-pa | Pennsylvania |
n-us-ri | Rhode Island |
n-us-sc | South Carolina |
n-us-sd | South Dakota |
n-us-tn | Tennessee |
n-us-tx | Texas |
n-us-ut | Utah |
n-us-va | Virginia |
n-us-vt | Vermont |
n-us-wa | Washington (State) |
n-us-wi | Wisconsin |
n-us-wv | West Virginia |
n-us-wy | Wyoming |
n-usa | Appalachian Mountains |
n-usc | Middle West |
n-use | Northeastern States |
n-usl | Middle Atlantic States |
n-usm | Mississippi River |
n-usn | New England |
n-uso | Ohio River |
n-usp | West (U.S.) |
n-usr | East (U.S.) |
n-uss | Missouri River |
n-ust | Southwest, New |
n-usu | Southern States |
-n-usw | Northwest (U.S.) |
n-xl | Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
nc | Central America |
ncbh | Belize |
nccr | Costa Rica |
nccz | Canal Zone |
nces | El Salvador |
ncgt | Guatemala |
ncho | Honduras |
ncnq | Nicaragua |
ncpn | Panama |
nl | Great Lakes (North America); Lake States |
nm | Mexico, Gulf of |
np | Great Plains |
nr | Rocky Mountains |
nw | West Indies |
nwaq | Antigua and Barbuda |
nwaw | Aruba |
nwbb | Barbados |
-nwbc | Barbuda |
nwbf | Bahamas |
nwbn | Bonaire |
nwcj | Cayman Islands |
nwco | Curaçao |
nwcu | Cuba |
nwdq | Dominica |
nwdr | Dominican Republic |
nweu | Sint Eustatius |
-nwga | Greater Antilles |
nwgd | Grenada |
nwgp | Guadeloupe |
-nwgs | Grenadines |
nwhi | Hispaniola |
nwht | Haiti |
nwjm | Jamaica |
nwla | Antilles, Lesser |
nwli | Leeward Islands (West Indies) |
nwmj | Montserrat |
nwmq | Martinique |
-nwna | Netherlands Antilles |
nwpr | Puerto Rico |
-nwsb | Saint-Barthélemy |
nwsc | Saint-Barthélemy |
nwsd | Saba |
nwsn | Sint Maarten |
nwst | Saint-Martin |
nwsv | Swan Islands (Honduras) |
nwtc | Turks and Caicos Islands |
nwtr | Trinidad and Tobago |
nwuc | United States Miscellaneous Caribbean Islands |
nwvb | British Virgin Islands |
nwvi | Virgin Islands of the United States |
-nwvr | Virgin Islands |
nwwi | Windward Islands (West Indies) |
nwxa | Anguilla |
nwxi | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
nwxk | Saint Lucia |
nwxm | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
p | Pacific Ocean |
pn | North Pacific Ocean |
po | Oceania |
poas | American Samoa |
pobp | Solomon Islands |
poci | Caroline Islands |
-pocp | Canton and Enderbury Islands |
pocw | Cook Islands |
poea | Easter Island |
pofj | Fiji |
pofp | French Polynesia |
pogg | Galapagos Islands |
-pogn | Gilbert and Ellice Islands |
pogu | Guam |
poji | Johnston Island |
pokb | Kiribati |
poki | Kermadec Islands |
poln | Line Islands |
pome | Melanesia |
pomi | Micronesia (Federated States) |
ponl | New Caledonia |
ponn | Vanuatu |
ponu | Nauru |
popc | Pitcairn Island |
popl | Palau |
pops | Polynesia |
-pory | Ryukyu Islands, Southern |
-posc | Santa Cruz Islands |
posh | Samoan Islands |
-posn | Solomon Islands |
potl | Tokelau |
poto | Tonga |
pott | Micronesia |
potv | Tuvalu |
poup | United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands |
powf | Wallis and Futuna Islands |
powk | Wake Island |
pows | Samoa |
poxd | Mariana Islands |
poxe | Marshall Islands |
poxf | Midway Islands |
poxh | Niue |
ps | South Pacific Ocean |
q | Cold regions |
r | Arctic Ocean; Arctic regions |
s | South America |
s-ag | Argentina |
s-bl | Brazil |
s-bo | Bolivia |
s-ck | Colombia |
s-cl | Chile |
s-ec | Ecuador |
s-fg | French Guiana |
s-gy | Guyana |
s-pe | Peru |
s-py | Paraguay |
s-sr | Suriname |
s-uy | Uruguay |
s-ve | Venezuela |
sa | Amazon River |
sn | Andes |
sp | Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay) |
t | Antarctic Ocean; Antarctica |
-t-ay | Antarctica |
u | Australasia |
u-ac | Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
u-at | Australia |
u-at-ac | Australian Capital Territory |
u-atc | Central Australia |
u-ate | Eastern Australia |
u-atn | Northern Australia |
u-at-ne | New South Wales |
u-at-no | Northern Territory |
u-at-qn | Queensland |
u-at-sa | South Australia |
u-at-tm | Tasmania |
u-at-vi | Victoria |
u-at-we | Western Australia |
u-cs | Coral Sea Islands |
u-nz | New Zealand |
-v | Communist countries |
w | Tropics |
x | Earth |
xa | Eastern Hemisphere |
xb | Northern Hemisphere |
xc | Southern Hemisphere |
xd | Western Hemisphere |
zd | Deep space |
zju | Jupiter |
zma | Mars |
zme | Mercury |
zmo | Moon |
zne | Neptune |
zo | Outer space |
zpl | Pluto |
zs | Solar system |
zsa | Saturn |
zsu | Sun |
zur | Uranus |
zve | Venus |
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