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Zone 2 uses two two-digit country codes (20, 27) and seven sets of three-digit codes (21x–26x, 29x), mostly to serve Africa, but also Aruba, Faroe Islands, Greenland and British Indian Ocean Territory. Zones 3 and 4 use sixteen two-digit codes (30–34, 36, 39–41, 43–49) and four sets of three-digit codes (35x, 37x, 38x, 42x) to serve Europe.
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. ISO 3166-1 numeric – three-digit country codes which are identical to those developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division, with the advantage of script ...
The FIPS standard includes both the codes for independent countries (similar but often 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 ...
Since 1 May 2010, all fixed-line numbers and mobile telephone numbers have nine digits, [1] comprising one digit for the area code and eight digits for the local directory number. It is customary to also include the trunk prefix 0 before the national telephone number in listings.
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority currently assigns the ccTLDs mostly following the alpha-2 codes, but with a few exceptions. [8] For example, the United Kingdom, whose alpha-2 code is GB, uses .uk instead of .gb as its ccTLD, as UK is currently exceptionally reserved in ISO 3166-1 on the request of the United Kingdom.
Ghana covers an area of 239,567 km 2 (92,497 sq mi), spanning diverse ecologies, from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 35 million inhabitants, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa.
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]
It defines three sets of country codes: [1] ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 – two-letter country codes which are used most prominently for the Internet's country code top-level domains (with a few exceptions). ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 – three-letter country codes which allow a better visual association between the codes and the country names than the alpha-2 ...