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The following is a list of current ISO 3166-3 codes, with the following columns: Former country name – English short country name officially used by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA)
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted.
Code Country 001–019: UPC-A compatible - United States: 020–029: UPC-A compatible - Used to issue restricted circulation numbers within a geographic region [1]: 030–039: UPC-A compatible - United States drugs (see United States National Drug Code)
ISO 3166-1 (Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country code) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
A map of Europe, with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes in place of the full names of countries and other territories. 'Exceptional reservations' codes CQ, EU and UK are not shown.
The following table can be used to access the current ISO 3166-2 codes of each country, and comprises three columns: [2] Entry: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, click to view the ISO 3166-2 codes of the country
Since the Meiji Period (1868–1912), administrative documents had been preserved respectively by each government ministry. A library for the cabinet of the early Meiji government was established in 1873; and in 1885, this became the Cabinet Library (Naikaku Bunko), which evolved as the nation's leading specialized library of ancient Japanese and Chinese classical books and materials.
The system on which the Japanese era names are based originated in China in 140 BCE, and was adopted by Japan in 645 CE, during the reign of Emperor Kōtoku.. The first era name to be assigned was "Taika" (大化), celebrating the political and organizational changes which were to flow from the great Taika reform (大化の改新) of 645.