This is a list of
FIPS 10-4
country codes
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ' ...
for ''Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions''.
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 World Factbook'', also known as the ''CIA World Factbook'', is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official print version is available ...
. The standard is also known as
DAFIF 0413 ed 7 Amdt. No. 3 (Nov 2003) and as DIA 65-18 (
Defense Intelligence Agency
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense and military intelligence.
A component of the Department of Defense (DoD) and the ...
, 1994, "Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features").
The FIPS standard includes both the codes for independent countries (similar but sometimes incompatible with the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard) and the codes for top-level subdivision of the countries (similar to but usually incompatible with the
ISO 3166-2 standard). The ISO 3166 codes are used by the United Nations and for Internet top-level country code domains.
Non-sovereign entities are in italics.
On September 2, 2008, FIPS 10-4 was one of ten standards withdrawn by
NIST
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as a
Federal Information Processing Standard
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer systems of non-military, American ...
.
It was replaced in the U.S. Government by the Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC), which is based on
ISO 3166
ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions (e.g., ...
.
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
Resources
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The complete standard can be found at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090201000438/http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip10-4.htm
Updates to previous version of the standard (before FIPS-10 was withdrawn in September 2008) are at:
Updates to the standard since September 2008 are at:
* FIPS PUB 10-4: Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4:
Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions', April 1995
* DAFIF 0413, Edition 7, Amendment No. 3, November 2003
* DIA 65-18: Defense Intelligence Agency, ''Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features'', 1994
See also
*
List of FIPS region codes
References
External links
UK MOD Ontology Demonstrator– integrates NATO STANAG 1059 codes with ISO3166 and FIPS10-4 codes
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Lists of country codes
Country codes
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ' ...
Location codes