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The abbreviation is derived from Western Samoa, the country's former name until 1997. Currently for Samoa, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 11 districts. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is WS, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Samoa. The second part is two letters.
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 – two-letter country codes which are also used to create the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes and the Internet country code top-level domains. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which may allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.
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").
BUR - IOC code for Burkina Faso [f] (since 1984) [g], and historical ISO and FIFA code for Burma [h] (until 1989) [i] In the following cases, a code for a historical country or territory matches a modern code of the country it merged into: VNM - historical IOC and ISO code for South Vietnam [j], became the ISO code for unified Vietnam [k]
.ws is the Internet country code top-level domain for Samoa.It is administered by SamoaNIC, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Samoa.. The .ws domain is an abbreviation for "Western Samoa", which was the nation's official name in the 1970s when two-letter country codes were standardized.
Country code Country number English country name (Name) Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (a-2) Three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 ... Samoa, Independent State of AS: YE ...
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard [1] ... Samoa: 1974.ws: Code taken from former name: ...
Two-letter country codes are used to represent countries and states (often both widely recognized and not) as a code of two letters. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 is the main set of two-letter country codes that is currently used. This standard set of codes is a part of ISO 3166-1, also maintains a list of three-letter codes for countries (ISO 3166-1 ...