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Pbacsich: added SS for South Sudan and made some other small changes

2023-05-10T10:29:36Z

added SS for South Sudan and made some other small changes

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	# [[AL]] - [[Albania]]		# [[AL]] - [[Albania]]
	# [[AM]] - [[Armenia]]		# [[AM]] - [[Armenia]]
	# [[AN]] - [[Netherlands Antilles]]		# [[AN]] - ''[[Netherlands Antilles]]'' - country no longer exists
	# [[AO]] - [[Angola]]		# [[AO]] - [[Angola]]
	# [[AQ]] - ''[[Antarctica]]'' - unpopulated territory		# [[AQ]] - ''[[Antarctica]]'' - unpopulated territory
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	# [[AU]] - [[Australia]]		# [[AU]] - [[Australia]]
	# [[AW]] - [[Aruba]]		# [[AW]] - [[Aruba]]
	# [[AX]] - [[~~Åland~~ Islands]]		# [[AX]] - [[Aland Islands]]
	# [[AZ]] - [[Azerbaijan]]		# [[AZ]] - [[Azerbaijan]]
	# [[BA]] - [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]		# [[BA]] - [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
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	# [[BI]] - [[Burundi]]		# [[BI]] - [[Burundi]]
	# [[BJ]] - [[Benin]]		# [[BJ]] - [[Benin]]
	# [[BL]] - [[Saint ~~Barthélemy~~]]		# [[BL]] - [[Saint Barthelemy]]
	# [[BM]] - [[Bermuda]]		# [[BM]] - [[Bermuda]]
	# [[BN]] - [[Brunei]]		# [[BN]] - [[Brunei]]
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	# [[CG]] - [[Congo Republic]]		# [[CG]] - [[Congo Republic]]
	# [[CH]] - [[Switzerland]]		# [[CH]] - [[Switzerland]]
	# [[CI]] - [[~~Ivory Coast~~]] ([[~~Cote D'Ivoire~~]] ~~in French~~)		# [[CI]] - [[Cote D'Ivoire]] ([[Ivory Coast]])
	# [[CK]] - [[Cook Islands]]		# [[CK]] - [[Cook Islands]]
	# [[CL]] - [[Chile]]		# [[CL]] - [[Chile]]
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	# [[EE]] - [[Estonia]]		# [[EE]] - [[Estonia]]
	# [[EG]] - [[Egypt]]		# [[EG]] - [[Egypt]]
	# [[EH]] - [[Western Sahara]]		# [[EH]] - [[Western Sahara]] ([[Sahrawi]])
	# [[ER]] - [[Eritrea]]		# [[ER]] - [[Eritrea]]
	# [[ES]] - [[Spain]] (Spanish: [[España]])		# [[ES]] - [[Spain]] (Spanish: [[España]])
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	# [[GY]] - [[Guyana]]		# [[GY]] - [[Guyana]]
	# [[HK]] - [[Hong Kong]]		# [[HK]] - [[Hong Kong]]
	# [[HM]] - [[Heard and McDonald Islands]]		# [[HM]] - ''[[Heard and McDonald Islands]]'' - unpopulated
	# [[HN]] - [[Honduras]]		# [[HN]] - [[Honduras]]
	# [[HR]] - [[Croatia]] (its truename is [[Hrvatska]])		# [[HR]] - [[Croatia]] (its truename is [[Hrvatska]])
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	# [[IM]] - [[Isle of Man]]		# [[IM]] - [[Isle of Man]]
	# [[IN]] - [[India]]		# [[IN]] - [[India]]
	# [[IO]] - [[British Indian Ocean Territory]]		# [[IO]] - ''[[British Indian Ocean Territory]]'' - unpopulated
	# [[IQ]] - [[Iraq]]		# [[IQ]] - [[Iraq]]
	# [[IR]] - [[Iran]]		# [[IR]] - [[Iran]]
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	# [[SO]] - [[Somalia]]		# [[SO]] - [[Somalia]]
	# [[SR]] - [[Suriname]]		# [[SR]] - [[Suriname]]
			# [[SS]] - [[South Sudan]]
	# [[ST]] - [[Sao Tome and Principe]]		# [[ST]] - [[Sao Tome and Principe]]
	# '''SU''' - ''[[Soviet Union]]'' - a former country now split into many separate ones		# '''SU''' - ''[[Soviet Union]]'' - a former country now split into many separate ones

Pbacsich at 10:19, 10 May 2023

2023-05-10T10:19:54Z

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	Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below.		Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below.

			'''Please ensure that you use Capital letters like [[AU]] - 2-letter sequences of the form capital/small (like '''Au''') are reserved for other purposes (chemical symbols, in fact).

	Country codes are defined by the international standard [[ISO 3166]]. These codes are also the ones used for URLs - top-level domains in the World Wide Web.		Country codes are defined by the international standard [[ISO 3166]]. These codes are also the ones used for URLs - top-level domains in the World Wide Web.
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	# [[AC]] - ''[[Ascension Island]]'' - part of [[St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]		# [[AC]] - ''[[Ascension Island]]'' - part of [[St Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]
	# [[AD]] - [[Andorra]]		# [[AD]] - [[Andorra]]
	# [[AE]] - [[United Arab Emirates]]		# [[AE]] - [[United Arab Emirates]]
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	# [[PY]] - [[Paraguay]]		# [[PY]] - [[Paraguay]]
	# [[QA]] - [[Qatar]]		# [[QA]] - [[Qatar]]
	# [[RE]] - [[~~Réunion~~]]		# [[RE]] - [[Reunion]]
	# [[RO]] - [[Romania]]		# [[RO]] - [[Romania]]
	# [[RS]] - [[Serbia]]		# [[RS]] - [[Serbia]]

Pbacsich at 20:41, 9 February 2010

2010-02-09T20:41:35Z

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	To search for a country, find it below and double-click on the country name if it is in blue. If it is in black then the country is not in the list of [[Countries]] which we use. (If a code is in red, this signifies an error.)		To search for a country, find it below and double-click on the country name if it is in blue. If it is in black then the country is not in the list of [[Countries]] which we use. (If a code is in red, this signifies an error.)

	A country-like name in italics - like ''[[Ascension Island]]'' is not a country, being a former country, part of a country, unpopulated (no permanent resident community) or a statistical convenience.		A country-like name in italics - like ''[[Ascension Island]]'' - is not a country, being a former country, part of a country, unpopulated (no permanent resident community) or a statistical convenience.

	Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below.		Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below.

Pbacsich: /* Codeless countries */ added Northern Cyprus

2010-02-05T12:13:40Z

Codeless countries: added Northern Cyprus

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	# [[Abkhazia]]		# [[Abkhazia]]
	# [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]		# [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]
			# [[Northern Cyprus]]
	# [[Sahrawi]]		# [[Sahrawi]]
	# [[Somaliland]]		# [[Somaliland]]

Pbacsich: /* Codeless countries */ added Sahawi and Somaliland

2010-02-04T10:04:10Z

Codeless countries: added Sahawi and Somaliland

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	# [[Abkhazia]]		# [[Abkhazia]]
	# [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]		# [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]
			# [[Sahrawi]]
			# [[Somaliland]]

Pbacsich: added section on Codeless countries

2010-02-02T10:19:54Z

added section on Codeless countries

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	# '''ZR''' - ''[[Zaire]]'' - former name of a country		# '''ZR''' - ''[[Zaire]]'' - former name of a country
	# [[ZW]] - [[Zimbabwe]]		# [[ZW]] - [[Zimbabwe]]


			== Codeless countries ==

			Countries which are not widely recognised (or have not been so until recently) do not have codes. These include the following:

			# [[Kosovo]]
			# [[Transnistria]]
			# [[South Ossetia]]
			# [[Abkhazia]]
			# [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]

Pbacsich: added note re code TP

2010-01-22T18:14:23Z

added note re code TP

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	# [[SZ]] - [[Swaziland]]		# [[SZ]] - [[Swaziland]]
	# [[TC]] - [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]		# [[TC]] - [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]
	# [[TD]] - [[Chad]] (French:[[Tchad]])		# [[TD]] - [[Chad]] (French: [[Tchad]])
	# [[TF]] - ''[[French Southern Territories]]'' - unpopulated territory		# [[TF]] - ''[[French Southern Territories]]'' - unpopulated territory
	# [[TG]] - [[Togo]]		# [[TG]] - [[Togo]]
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	# [[TN]] - [[Tunisia]]		# [[TN]] - [[Tunisia]]
	# [[TO]] - [[Tonga]]		# [[TO]] - [[Tonga]]
	# [[TP]] - [[~~East~~ Timor]]		# '''TP''' - obsolete code for [[East Timor]], now called [[Timor-Leste]] with code TL
	# [[TR]] - [[Turkey]]		# [[TR]] - [[Turkey]]
	# [[TT]] - [[Trinidad and Tobago]]		# [[TT]] - [[Trinidad and Tobago]]

Pbacsich: final tidy

2010-01-22T15:13:42Z

final tidy

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	To search for a country, find it below and double-click on the country name if it is in blue. If it is in black then the country is not in the list of [[Countries]] which we use. (If a code is in red, this signifies an error.)		To search for a country, find it below and double-click on the country name if it is in blue. If it is in black then the country is not in the list of [[Countries]] which we use. (If a code is in red, this signifies an error.)

			A country-like name in italics - like ''[[Ascension Island]]'' is not a country, being a former country, part of a country, unpopulated (no permanent resident community) or a statistical convenience.

	Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below.		Alternatively, you can type the country name into the search box - or type in the ISO country code from the list below.
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	# [[AN]] - [[Netherlands Antilles]]		# [[AN]] - [[Netherlands Antilles]]
	# [[AO]] - [[Angola]]		# [[AO]] - [[Angola]]
	# [[AQ]] - [[Antarctica]]		# [[AQ]] - ''[[Antarctica]]'' - unpopulated territory
	# [[AR]] - [[Argentina]]		# [[AR]] - [[Argentina]]
	# [[AS]] - [[American Samoa]]		# [[AS]] - [[American Samoa]]
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	# [[BS]] - [[Bahamas]]		# [[BS]] - [[Bahamas]]
	# [[BT]] - [[Bhutan]]		# [[BT]] - [[Bhutan]]
	# [[BV]] - [[Bouvet Island]] - unpopulated territory		# [[BV]] - ''[[Bouvet Island]]'' - unpopulated territory
	# [[BW]] - [[Botswana]]		# [[BW]] - [[Botswana]]
	# [[BY]] - [[Belarus]]		# [[BY]] - [[Belarus]]
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	# [[CO]] - [[Colombia]]		# [[CO]] - [[Colombia]]
	# [[CR]] - [[Costa Rica]]		# [[CR]] - [[Costa Rica]]
	# '''CS''' - ''[[Czechoslovakia ]]'' (no longer a country: see [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]])		# '''CS''' - ''[[Czechoslovakia ]]'' - no longer a country: see [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]
	# [[CU]] - [[Cuba]]		# [[CU]] - [[Cuba]]
	# [[CV]] - [[Cape Verde]]		# [[CV]] - [[Cape Verde]]
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	# [[CY]] - [[Cyprus]]		# [[CY]] - [[Cyprus]]
	# [[CZ]] - [[Czech Republic]]		# [[CZ]] - [[Czech Republic]]
	# [[DE]] - [[Germany]] (German:[[Deutschland]])		# [[DE]] - [[Germany]] (German: [[Deutschland]])
	# [[DJ]] - [[Djibouti]]		# [[DJ]] - [[Djibouti]]
	# [[DK]] - [[Denmark]]		# [[DK]] - [[Denmark]]
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	# [[FO]] - [[Faroe Islands]]		# [[FO]] - [[Faroe Islands]]
	# [[FR]] - [[France]]		# [[FR]] - [[France]]
	# '''FX''' - [[France]] (Metropolitan - this code is not actually used)		# '''FX''' - [[France]] (Metropolitan) - this code is not actually used
	# [[GA]] - [[Gabon]]		# [[GA]] - [[Gabon]]
	# '''GB''' - [[United Kingdom]] ([[Great Britain]]) - not used (except on car number plates)		# '''GB''' - [[United Kingdom]] ([[Great Britain]]) - this code is not used (except on car number plates)
	# [[GD]] - [[Grenada]]		# [[GD]] - [[Grenada]]
	# [[GE]] - [[Georgia]]		# [[GE]] - [[Georgia]]
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	# [[KE]] - [[Kenya]]		# [[KE]] - [[Kenya]]
	# [[KG]] - [[Kyrgyzstan]]		# [[KG]] - [[Kyrgyzstan]]
	# [[KH]] - [[Cambodia]] (country of the [[~~Khers~~]])		# [[KH]] - [[Cambodia]] (country of the [[Khmers]])
	# [[KI]] - [[Kiribati]]		# [[KI]] - [[Kiribati]]
	# [[KM]] - [[Comoros]]		# [[KM]] - [[Comoros]]
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	# [[NP]] - [[Nepal]]		# [[NP]] - [[Nepal]]
	# [[NR]] - [[Nauru]]		# [[NR]] - [[Nauru]]
	# '''NT''' - ''[[Neutral Zone]]'' ~~(which~~ no longer exists)		# '''NT''' - ''[[Neutral Zone]]'' - this no longer exists
	# [[NU]] - [[Niue]]		# [[NU]] - [[Niue]]
	# [[NZ]] - [[New Zealand]]		# [[NZ]] - [[New Zealand]]
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	# [[SH]] - ''[[St Helena]]'' - the main part of [[St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]		# [[SH]] - ''[[St Helena]]'' - the main part of [[St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]
	# [[SI]] - [[Slovenia]]		# [[SI]] - [[Slovenia]]
	# [[SJ]] - ''[[Svalbard and Jan Mayen]]'' (a group of two territories - see in particular [[Svalbard]])		# [[SJ]] - ''[[Svalbard and Jan Mayen]]'' - a group of two territories - see in particular [[Svalbard]]
	# [[SK]] - [[Slovakia]]		# [[SK]] - [[Slovakia]]
	# [[SL]] - [[Sierra Leone]]		# [[SL]] - [[Sierra Leone]]
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	# [[SR]] - [[Suriname]]		# [[SR]] - [[Suriname]]
	# [[ST]] - [[Sao Tome and Principe]]		# [[ST]] - [[Sao Tome and Principe]]
	# '''SU''' - ''[[Soviet Union]]'' (a former country now split into many separate ones)		# '''SU''' - ''[[Soviet Union]]'' - a former country now split into many separate ones
	# [[SV]] - [[El Salvador]]		# [[SV]] - [[El Salvador]]
	# [[SY]] - [[Syria]]		# [[SY]] - [[Syria]]
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	# [[TC]] - [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]		# [[TC]] - [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]
	# [[TD]] - [[Chad]] (French:[[Tchad]])		# [[TD]] - [[Chad]] (French:[[Tchad]])
	# [[TF]] - [[French Southern Territories]] - unpopulated territory		# [[TF]] - ''[[French Southern Territories]]'' - unpopulated territory
	# [[TG]] - [[Togo]]		# [[TG]] - [[Togo]]
	# [[TH]] - [[Thailand]]		# [[TH]] - [[Thailand]]
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	# [[YE]] - [[Yemen]]		# [[YE]] - [[Yemen]]
	# [[YT]] - [[Mayotte]]		# [[YT]] - [[Mayotte]]
	# '''YU''' - ''[[Yugoslavia]]'' (former country)		# '''YU''' - ''[[Yugoslavia]]'' - former country
	# [[ZA]] - [[South Africa]]		# [[ZA]] - [[South Africa]]
	# [[ZM]] - [[Zambia]]		# [[ZM]] - [[Zambia]]
	# '''ZR''' - ''[[Zaire]]'' (former name of a country)		# '''ZR''' - ''[[Zaire]]'' - former name of a country
	# [[ZW]] - [[Zimbabwe]]		# [[ZW]] - [[Zimbabwe]]

Pbacsich: added TL - Timor-Leste

2010-01-22T15:04:23Z

added TL - Timor-Leste

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	# [[TJ]] - [[Tajikistan]]		# [[TJ]] - [[Tajikistan]]
	# [[TK]] - [[Tokelau]]		# [[TK]] - [[Tokelau]]
			# [[TL]] - [[Timor-Leste]]
	# [[TM]] - [[Turkmenistan]]		# [[TM]] - [[Turkmenistan]]
	# [[TN]] - [[Tunisia]]		# [[TN]] - [[Tunisia]]

Pbacsich: added gloss for Spain - España

2010-01-22T14:28:04Z

added gloss for Spain - España

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	# [[EH]] - [[Western Sahara]]		# [[EH]] - [[Western Sahara]]
	# [[ER]] - [[Eritrea]]		# [[ER]] - [[Eritrea]]
	# [[ES]] - [[Spain]]		# [[ES]] - [[Spain]] (Spanish: [[España]])
	# [[ET]] - [[Ethiopia]]		# [[ET]] - [[Ethiopia]]
	# [[FI]] - [[Finland]]		# [[FI]] - [[Finland]]