GB/T 2659.2-2022(Codes of names of countries and regions and their administrative divisions in the world - Part 2: Codes of administrative divisions) (English PDF)

foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for Standardization Work Part 1.Structure and Drafting Rules for Standardization Documents"

drafting.

This document is part 2 of GB/T 2659 "Codes of Names of Countries and Regions and Their Administrative Divisions in the World", GB/T 2659 has been released

the following sections.

--Part 1.Country and area codes;

--Part 2.Administrative division code.

This document is modified to adopt ISO 3166-2.2020 "Codes of names of countries and regions in the world and their administrative divisions Part 2.Administrative divisions

Code".

Compared with ISO 3166-2.2020, this document has made the following structural adjustments.

--Include ISO 3166-2.2020 administrative division name code information presented in database format in this document, that is, add Chapter 8

"List of names and codes of administrative divisions" (data updated as of the end of 2020).

Compared with ISO 3166-2.2020, the main technical differences of this document are as follows.

--Chapter 6 "List Composition" is changed to "Administrative Division List Information", and the content is modified according to 4.4 of ISO 3166-2.2013.

The following editorial changes have been made to this document.

--In Chapter 3, a note about the description of the term and definition number has been added.

Please note that some contents of this document may refer to patents. The issuing agency of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents.

Introduction

The first edition of ISO 3166, the first edition of the international standard corresponding to GB/T 2659 "Codes of Names of Countries and Regions and Their Administrative Divisions in the World", is composed of international standards

International Organization "Information and Documentation Technical Committee" (ISO /TC 46) jointly developed the following international organizations. Customs Cooperation Council (CCC) [1995

After being changed to the World Customs Organization (WCO)], the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International

International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), International Federation of Library Associations

International Federation of Railways (IFLA), International Labor Organization (ILO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Union of Railways (UIC), United Nations (UN), United Nations Trade

Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Universal Postal Union (UPU), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World Health Organization (WHO).

ISO 3166 was first published in 1974, and subsequent editions were published in 1981, 1988 and.1993..1997,

ISO 3166 became a series of standards consisting of three parts.

-- ISO 3166-1.ISO 3166-1.1997, ISO 3166-1.2006, ISO 3166-1.2013, ISO 3166-1.2020;

-- ISO 3166-2.ISO 3166-2.1998, ISO 3166-2.2007, ISO 3166-2.2013, ISO 3166-2.2020;

-- ISO 3166-3.ISO 3166-3.1999, ISO 3166-3.2013, ISO 3166-3.2020.

The.2013 edition of ISO 3166 is the last paper version to contain both descriptive text and codes.

At the end of.2013, ISO 3166 was decomposed. ISO 3166 codes are formatted according to the database (in fact, the three parts of ISO 3166

combined together), available on the ISO Online Browsing Platform (ISO OBP), with descriptive text content updated on a scheduled basis.

The 2020 edition of ISO 3166 includes updates to the descriptive text content of the three parts of the.2013 edition, while also considering the

According to the paper version, strict database rules.

ISO 3166 is the first batch of international standards that were put into practice at the end of.2013 according to the principle of ISO "standard as a database form".

ISO 3166 code data is stored in an invisible database, and ISO OBP provides a web interface for the visual presentation of ISO 3166 codes.

The three parts of ISO 3166 and the corresponding three types of codes are composed of two parts. descriptive text content, and related information in the form of database

code data.

ISO 3166 provides the globalization

The name code of the application.

ISO 3166-1 provides for the representation of existing countries and regions, territories, and areas of special geopolitical interest (countries established in the United Nations

and area name lists) name codes.

ISO 3166-2 specifies the codes for the names of the principal administrative regions of countries and regions included in this part, or their analogous regions.

ISO 3166-3 specifies non-current (previously used) country and area name codes, such as those included since the first publication in 1974

All deleted country and territory names in ISO 3166.

ISO 3166 does not evaluate the legal status of any names referring to countries, territories, or other areas, or frontiers, borders, etc.

GB/T 2659 is formulated following the principles and methods of ISO 3166, corresponding to ISO 3166, and GB/T 2659 is divided into 3 parts.

--Part 1.Country and area codes;

--Part 2.Administrative division code;

--Part 3.Country and area codes used previously.

ISO 3166 is maintained by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Working Group. Chapter 7 of this document is about the specific maintenance work of ISO 3166

content.

Name codes of countries and regions in the world and their administrative divisions

Part 2.Administrative Division Codes

1 Scope

This document specifies basic guidelines for implementing and maintaining country and territory administrative division codes.

The codes in this document are applicable to any application scenario that needs to identify the current country and region administrative division in coded form.

2 Normative references

This document has no normative references.

3 Terms and Definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

The terms and definitions in this document can be referred to the following URLs of ISO and IEC maintained standardized terminology databases.

Note. The term and definition numbers in this document are consistent with the ISO 3166-2 term numbers, and the three parts of ISO 3166 are numbered uniformly, which do not appear in this document

3.8~3.10, 3.12~3.13, 3.15~3.19 are included in ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-3 respectively.

3.1

code code

A collection of data that is transformed or expressed into different forms according to pre-established rules.

[Source. ISO 5127.2017, 3.1.13.10]

3.2

code element code element

A code assigned to an element in an encoded set of elements.

Note. In country and area codes, a code element represents a country and area name.

[Source. ISO /IEC 2382.2015, 2121555]

3.3

country code country code

A list of codes representing country and territory names.

Note. Country code types include 2-letter codes, 3-letter codes, and 3-digit codes.