This is a list of
FIPS 10-4
The FIPS 10-4 standard, ''Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions'', was a list of two-letter country codes that were used by the U.S. Government for geographical data processing in many ...
region codes, using a standardized name format, and cross-linking to articles. The list is broken up into alphabetical sections.
ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
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DEF –
GHI –
JKL –
MNO
Manganese(II) oxide is an inorganic compound with chemical formula MnO.Arno H. Reidies "Manganese Compounds" Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology 2007; Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. It forms green crystals. The compound is produced on a large ...
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PQR –
STU
Stu is a masculine given name or nickname, usually a shortened form (hypocorism) of Stuart or Stewart. It may refer to:
Stuart
* Stu Barnes (born 1970), Canadian retired National Hockey League player
* Stu Block (born 1977), Canadian singer-so ...
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VWXYZ
On September 2, 2008, FIPS 10-4 was one of ten standards withdrawn by
NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical sci ...
as a
Federal Information Processing Standard
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer systems of non-military, American ...
.
It is to be a neutral replacement for
ISO 3166
ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions (e.g., ...
.
See also
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List of FIPS country codes
This is a list of FIPS 10-4 country codes for ''Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions''.
The two-letter country codes were used by the US government for geographical data processing i ...
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ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The ...
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Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS (french: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, ...
(NUTS)
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Canadian Location Code
A forecast region is a unique geographical area for which individual weather reports are issued.
Canada
In Canada, the Meteorological Service divides the country into several forecast regions for the purpose of issuing routine text forecasts and ...
, the Canadian equivalent, in weather forecasting and emergency alerts
Sources
FIPS 10-4 Codes and history*
Last version of codes*
All codes (include earlier versions)*
Table to see the evolution of the codes over timeAdministrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids") Statoids.com
References
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Country subdivision codes
Lists of abbreviations
Region codes