FIPS 10

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FIPS 10 is the common term for the U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard No. 10 "Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions". The fourth revision is current as of April 1995.

This standard has importance for the electronic databases of the USA, especially in military and government agencies dealing with external affairs. It introduces shorthand codes for the countries and their subdivisions (states, counties) for every administrative entity in the world. The digraphs are usually not identical with the ISO country codes or names within UN organizations.

This can be shown easily with the digraphs of country codes. The ISO country codes reflect the self-given proper name of the countries, UK (United Kingdom), ES (Espana), DE (Deutschland), while FIPS 10 names adhere to widespread names in the US public, GB (Great Britain), SP (Spain), GM (Germany).

[edit] Table of country codes

code	short name	long name
AF	AFGHANISTAN	ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN
AL	ALBANIA	REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
AG	ALGERIA	PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA
AN	ANDORRA	PRINCIPALITY OF ANDORRA
AO	ANGOLA	REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA
AC	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	NONE
AR	ARGENTINA	ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
AM	ARMENIA	REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
AS	AUSTRALIA	COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
AU	AUSTRIA	REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA
AJ	AZERBAIJAN	REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
BF	THE BAHAMAS	COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS
BA	BAHRAIN	STATE OF BAHRAIN
BG	BANGLADESH	PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH
BB	BARBADOS	NONE
BO	BELARUS	REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
BE	BELGIUM	KINGDOM OF BELGIUM
BH	BELIZE	NONE
BN	BENIN	REPUBLIC OF BENIN
BT	BHUTAN	KINGDOM OF BHUTAN
BL	BOLIVIA	REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA
BK	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	NONE
BC	BOTSWANA	REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
BR	BRAZIL	FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL
BX	BRUNEI	NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BU	BULGARIA	NONE
UV	BURKINA FASO	NONE
BM	BURMA	UNION OF BURMA
BY	BURUNDI	REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI
CB	CAMBODIA	KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
CM	CAMEROON	REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
CA	CANADA	NONE
CV	CAPE VERDE	REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE
CT	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	NONE
CD	CHAD	REPUBLIC OF CHAD
CI	CHILE	REPUBLIC OF CHILE
CH	CHINA (see note 1)	PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
CO	COLOMBIA	REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA
CN	COMOROS	FEDERAL ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF THE COMOROS
CF	CONGO (Brazzaville)	REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
CG	CONGO (Kinshasa)	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
CS	COSTA RICA	REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA
IV	CÔTE D'IVOIRE	REPUBLIC OF CÔTE D'IVOIRE
HR	CROATIA	REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
CU	CUBA	REPUBLIC OF CUBA
CY	CYPRUS	REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
EZ	CZECH REPUBLIC	NONE
DA	DENMARK	KINGDOM OF DENMARK
DJ	DJIBOUTI	REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI
DO	DOMINICA	COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA
DR	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	NONE
EC	ECUADOR	REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR
EG	EGYPT	ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
ES	EL SALVADOR	REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR
EK	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ER	ERITREA	STATE OF ERITREA
EN	ESTONIA	REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA
ET	ETHIOPIA	FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
FJ	FIJI	REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
FI	FINLAND	REPUBLIC OF FINLAND
FR	FRANCE	FRENCH REPUBLIC
GB	GABON	GABONESE REPUBLIC
GA	THE GAMBIA	REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA
GG	GEORGIA	NONE
GM	GERMANY	FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
GH	GHANA	REPUBLIC OF GHANA
GR	GREECE	HELLENIC REPUBLIC
GJ	GRENADA	NONE
GT	GUATEMALA	REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA
GV	GUINEA	REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
PU	GUINEA-BISSAU	REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU
GY	GUYANA	CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA
HA	HAITI	REPUBLIC OF HAITI
HO	HONDURAS	REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS
HU	HUNGARY	REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
IC	ICELAND	REPUBLIC OF ICELAND
IN	INDIA	REPUBLIC OF INDIA
ID	INDONESIA	REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
IR	IRAN	ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
IZ	IRAQ	REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
EI	IRELAND	NONE
IS	ISRAEL (see note 2)	STATE OF ISRAEL
IT	ITALY	ITALIAN REPUBLIC
JM	JAMAICA	NONE
JA	JAPAN	NONE
JO	JORDAN	HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN
KZ	KAZAKHSTAN	REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
KE	KENYA	REPUBLIC OF KENYA
KR	KIRIBATI	REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI
KN	NORTH KOREA	DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
KS	SOUTH KOREA	REPUBLIC OF KOREA
KU	KUWAIT	STATE OF KUWAIT
KG	KYRGYZSTAN	KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
LA	LAOS	LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
LG	LATVIA	REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
LE	LEBANON	LEBANESE REPUBLIC
LT	LESOTHO	REPUBLIC OF LESOTHO
LI	LIBERIA	REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA
LY	LIBYA	GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
LS	LIECHTENSTEIN	PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN
LH	LITHUANIA	REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
LU	LUXEMBOURG	GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
MK	THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA	NONE
MA	MADAGASCAR	REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR
MI	MALAWI	REPUBLIC OF MALAWI
MY	MALAYSIA	NONE
MV	MALDIVES	REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES
ML	MALI	REPUBLIC OF MALI
MT	MALTA	REPUBLIC OF MALTA
RM	MARSHALL ISLANDS	REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
MR	MAURITANIA	ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA
MP	MAURITIUS	REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS
MX	MEXICO	UNITED MEXICAN STATES
FM	FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA	NONE
MD	MOLDOVA	REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
MN	MONACO	PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO
MG	MONGOLIA	NONE
MO	MOROCCO	KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
MZ	MOZAMBIQUE	REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
WA	NAMIBIA	REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
NR	NAURU	REPUBLIC OF NAURU
NP	NEPAL	KINGDOM OF NEPAL
NL	NETHERLANDS	KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
NZ	NEW ZEALAND	NONE
NU	NICARAGUA	REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA
NG	NIGER	REPUBLIC OF NIGER
NI	NIGERIA	FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
NO	NORWAY	KINGDOM OF NORWAY
MU	OMAN	SULTANATE OF OMAN
PK	PAKISTAN	ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
PS	PALAU	REPUBLIC OF PALAU
PM	PANAMA	REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
PP	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PA	PARAGUAY	REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY
PE	PERU	REPUBLIC OF PERU
RP	PHILIPPINES	REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
PL	POLAND	REPUBLIC OF POLAND
PO	PORTUGAL	PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC
QA	QATAR	STATE OF QATAR
RO	ROMANIA	NONE
RS	RUSSIA	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RW	RWANDA	RWANDESE REPUBLIC
SC	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	FEDERATION OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
ST	SAINT LUCIA	NONE
VC	SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	NONE
WS	SAMOA	INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA
SM	SAN MARINO	REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO
TP	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SA	SAUDI ARABIA	KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
SG	SENEGAL	REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL
SE	SEYCHELLES	REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES
SL	SIERRA LEONE	REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE
SN	SINGAPORE	REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
LO	SLOVAKIA	SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SI	SLOVENIA	REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
BP	SOLOMON ISLANDS	NONE
SO	SOMALIA	NONE
SF	SOUTH AFRICA	REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
SP	SPAIN	KINGDOM OF SPAIN
CE	SRI LANKA	DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA
SU	SUDAN	REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN
NS	SURINAME	REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
WZ	SWAZILAND	KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND
SW	SWEDEN	KINGDOM OF SWEDEN
SZ	SWITZERLAND	SWISS CONFEDERATION
SY	SYRIA	SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
TI	TAJIKISTAN	REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
TZ	TANZANIA	UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
TH	THAILAND	KINGDOM OF THAILAND
TO	TOGO	TOGOLESE REPUBLIC
TN	TONGA	KINGDOM OF TONGA
TD	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TS	TUNISIA	REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA
TU	TURKEY	REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
TX	TURKMENISTAN	NONE
TV	TUVALU	NONE
UG	UGANDA	NONE
UP	UKRAINE	NONE
AE	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	NONE
UK	UNITED KINGDOM	UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
US	UNITED STATES	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UY	URUGUAY	ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY
UZ	UZBEKISTAN	REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
NH	VANUATU	REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
VT	VATICAN CITY	STATE OF THE VATICAN CITY
VE	VENEZUELA	BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
VM	VIETNAM	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
YM	YEMEN	REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
YI	YUGOSLAVIA	FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
ZA	ZAMBIA	REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
ZI	ZIMBABWE	REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE
TW	OTHER: TAIWAN	NONE (Part Of China)