ISO 3166

ISO 3166 is a standardised format of codes which define the names of countries, dependent territories, and other areas of special political interest along with their principle subdivisions such as states or provinces. The long, official name for the ISO 3166 code is named the Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions. The ISO 3166 code system has 3 primary portions of the code which are separated.
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