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ISO 3166 | An international standard that defines the code designations of States and dependent territories, as well as the main administrative entities within States. It consists of the following parts:
249 countries and territories have their own codes. In accordance with the Standards AgencyISO 3166, the country or territory should be included in the UN bulletin. Country names or country and region codes for use in statistics of the UN Statistics Division. In order to be included in the ballot, a country or territory must meet any of the following conditions:
When the name changes, the country or region gets a new code, and the numeric code changes when the borders change. Some codes are reserved for various purposes, for example, obsolete codes become reserved. |