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ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. [1]
The purpose of ISO 3166-2 is to establish an international standard of short and unique alphanumeric codes to represent the relevant administrative divisions and dependent territories of all countries in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than their full names.
Entry (click To View Codes)Country Name (using Title Case)Subdivisions Assigned Codes [1]- Summary of The Standard’s Use For Government
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This standard enables anyone creating or searching government datasets to use a list of accurate and consistent country codes. You should use 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. For the UK, use the following extended codes: 1. GB-ENG for England 2. GB-NIR for Northern Ireland 3. GB-SCT for Scotland 4. GB-WLS or GB-CYM for Wales The government choose...
The users are government workers who need to record, search, reuse or exchange data which has worldwide geographical information. The systems that hold this data need to use accurate country information to provide consistent data between systems. Users of this standard include: 1. publishers of government data 2. data scientists 3. data analysts 4....
The list of countries published in ISO 3166 currently contains 249 countries. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) Geographical names index, is a subset of ISO 3166 and currently lists 195 countries that are officially recognised by the UK. In addition to the country code for each country, the ISO 3166 standard also has: 1. the English name ...
ISO 3166-2:GB is an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) coding system that gives geocodes to administrative divisions of the United Kingdom: England. 34 counties with county councils (all shire counties except Berkshire) 32 London boroughs. 36 City Sections.
LocationCodeCountryGB-ABDScotlandGB-ABEScotlandGB-AGBScotlandGB-AGYWalesThe sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted.
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 3166-2:GB is the entry for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
