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The 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. See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes.
The two-letter abbreviations are widely used, e.g. on car license plates and as disambiguator for localities on postal addresses if two localities in different cantons have the same name. They are also used with the prefix "CH-" as ISO 3166-2 codes of Switzerland , e.g. CH-SZ for the canton of Schwyz.
The abbreviation is derived from Latin name for Switzerland, Confoederatio Helvetica ("Helvetic Confederation"). Currently for Switzerland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 26 cantons. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CH, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Switzerland.
This is a list of heritage NATO country codes. Up to and including the seventh edition of STANAG 1059, these were two-letter codes (digrams). The eighth edition, promulgated 19 February 2004, and effective 1 April 2004, replaced all codes with new ones based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. Additional codes cover gaps in the ISO coverage, deal ...
The alphabetic country codes were first included in ISO 3166 in 1974, and the numeric country codes were first included in 1981. The country codes have been published as ISO 3166-1 since 1997, when ISO 3166 was expanded into three parts, with ISO 3166-2 defining codes for subdivisions and ISO 3166-3 defining codes for former countries. [1]
Country name: English short name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA) ... Switzerland: 1974.ch: Code taken from name in Latin: ...
The two-letter country codes were used by the US government for geographical data processing in many publications, such as the CIA World Factbook. The standard is also known as DAFIF 0413 ed 7 Amdt. No. 3 (Nov 2003) and as DIA 65-18 ( Defense Intelligence Agency , 1994, "Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features").
It was used in the official seal from 1948. The abbreviation CH was first introduced in 1909, as international vehicle registration code, [5] and in 1974, it was assigned as ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Switzerland.