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New York State and New York City use QB to identify Quebec vehicle licence plates. [5] Also to distinguish PQ: Province de Québec from PQ: Parti Québécois (the political party). Saskatchewan: SK: Sask. Sask. Yukon: YT: Yuk. Yn YK is common but not official. It is used as the second-level country code domain . [6] ISO-3166-2 lists YT as ...
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
Prior to 1987, when the U.S. Secretary of Commerce approved the two-letter codes for use in government documents, [13] the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) suggested its own set of abbreviations, with some states left unabbreviated. Today, the GPO supports United States Postal Service standard. [14]
31 states (estados) 2,458 municipalities (municipios) A few municipalities are further divided into boroughs, some incompletely. 1 autonomous city, Mexico City (Ciudad de México) 16 boroughs (demarcaciones territoriales) Federated States of Micronesia: Federal 4 states: 70+ municipalities: Moldova: Regional 32 districts or raions (Romanian ...
The provinces and territories are sometimes grouped into regions, listed here from west to east by province, followed by the three territories.Seats in the Senate are equally divided among four regions: the West, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes, with special status for Newfoundland and Labrador as well as for the three territories of Northern Canada ('the North').
ISO 3166-2:CA is the entry for Canada 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.
Here’s a breakdown of what each term means, according to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center: The IA+ are more recent additions to the acronym. Here’s what they stand for.
The Act of Union 1840 merged the Canadas into a united Province of Canada and responsible government was established for all provinces of British North America east of Lake Superior by 1855. [63] The signing of the Oregon Treaty by Britain and the United States in 1846 ended the Oregon boundary dispute , extending the border westward along the ...