Tex Texin wrote:
>>>Well, ISO 3166 does record numerical codes as well for users who want
>>>them, particularly people who don't use the Latin script.
>>>
>
> I didn't see this on their web site. Is this available online?
Snarkily, the new 3166 web site doesn't make these codes available.
An old version can be fetched from Michael Everson's site
at http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html
(BTW, Michael, the link at the top of this page is bogus).
This version gives unofficial and official English-language
names, 2-letter alpha, 3-letter alpha, and numeric codes.
It claims not to have been updated since December 1999, though.
The U.N. also makes a more up-to-date version at
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/methods/m49alpha.htm , giving the
3-letter alpha code, unofficial country name, and numeric code.
AFAIK the numeric codes actually are assigned by the U.N. and
passed to the ISO MA.
The related page http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/methods/m49regin.htm
gives the numeric code and unofficial name for large-scale regions of
the world. These codes are disjoint from the numeric country codes.
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