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The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.
Notes ^ Formerly the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1986) Palestine (state disputed) In cases with two codes listed, the first one applies to the Gaza Strip, the second code to the West Bank. ISO 3166-1 numeric 275 ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 PSE ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 PS ICAO airport code prefix LV, OJ E.164 code 970 IOC country code PLE Country code top-level domain.ps ICAO aircraft regis ...
The purpose of ISO 3166-2 is to establish an international standard of short and unique alphanumeric codes to represent the relevant administrative divisions and dependent territories of all countries in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than their full names.
ISO 3166-2:PW is the entry for Palau 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. Currently for Palau, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 16 states.
Single code (AAAA NAA). UK territory, but not UK postcode Faroe Islands: FO: CC-NNN 3-digit postal code preceded by FO. Self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, but does not use Danish postal codes, and is addressed internationally as Faroe Islands, not Denmark. [6] Fiji: FJ: no codes Finland: 31 December 1971 FI: NNNNN
K – Is used as an abbreviation for 1,000. For example, $225K would be understood to mean $225,000, and $3.6K would be understood to mean $3,600. Multiple K's are not commonly used to represent larger numbers. In other words, it would look odd to use $1.2KK to represent $1,200,000. Ke – Is used as an
The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia are identical to the postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the alpha code for each of the outlying areas, with the exception of U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (UM) as the USPS routes mail for these islands ...
ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.