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=head1 NAME
Locale::Country - standard codes for country identification
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Locale::Country;
$country = code2country('jp' [,CODESET]); # $country gets 'Japan'
$code = country2code('Norway' [,CODESET]); # $code gets 'no'
@codes = all_country_codes( [CODESET]);
@names = all_country_names();
# semi-private routines
Locale::Country::rename_country('gb' => 'Great Britain');
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module provides access to several code sets
that can be used for identifying countries, such as those defined in
ISO 3166-1.
Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which
specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO
3166-1 two-letter codes will be used.
=head1 SUPPORTED CODE SETS
There are several different code sets you can use for identifying
countries. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a
constant that is automatically exported by this module.
For example, the two are equivalent:
$country = code2country('jp','alpha-2');
$country = code2country('jp',LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_2);
The codesets currently supported are:
=over 4
=item B<alpha-2, LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_2>
This is the set of two-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 3166-1, such
as 'tv' for Tuvalu.
This is the default code set.
=item B<alpha-3, LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_3>
This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 3166-1,
such as 'brb' for Barbados. These codes are actually defined and
maintained by the U.N. Statistics division.
=item B<numeric, LOCALE_CODE_NUMERIC>
This is the set of three-digit numeric codes from ISO 3166-1, such as
064 for Bhutan. These codes are actually defined and maintained by the
U.N. Statistics division.
If a 2-digit code is entered, it is converted to 3 digits by prepending
a 0.
=item B<dom, LOCALE_CODE_DOM>
The IANA is responsible for delegating management of the top level country
domains. The country domains are the two-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 3166
with a few other additions.
=item B<un-alpha-3, LOCALE_CODE_UN_ALPHA_3>
=item B<un-numeric, LOCALE_CODE_UN_NUMERIC>
The UN maintains a list of codes that is similar, but not identical, to the
standard ISO 3166 lists. They maintain a 3-letter code (similar to alpha-3)
and a numeric code (similar to numeric).
=item B<genc-alpha-2, LOCALE_CODE_GENC_ALPHA_2>
=item B<genc-alpha-3, LOCALE_CODE_GENC_ALPHA_3>
=item B<genc-numeric, LOCALE_CODE_GENC_NUMERIC>
The GENC codes are the US Government codes that replace the FIPS-11 codes.
They are based on, but not identical to the standard ISO 3166 lists.
=back
NOTE: As of version 3.27, the FIPS code set is no longer supported. See the
Locale::Codes::Changes document for details.
=head1 ROUTINES
=over 4
=item B<code2country(CODE [,CODESET] [,'retired'])>
=item B<country2code(NAME [,CODESET] [,'retired'])>
=item B<country_code2code(CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2)>
=item B<all_country_codes([CODESET] [,'retired'])>
=item B<all_country_names([CODESET] [,'retired'])>
=item B<Locale::Country::rename_country(CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET])>
=item B<Locale::Country::add_country(CODE ,NAME [,CODESET])>
=item B<Locale::Country::delete_country(CODE [,CODESET])>
=item B<Locale::Country::add_country_alias(NAME ,NEW_NAME)>
=item B<Locale::Country::delete_country_alias(NAME)>
=item B<Locale::Country::rename_country_code(CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET])>
=item B<Locale::Country::add_country_code_alias(CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET])>
=item B<Locale::Country::delete_country_code_alias(CODE [,CODESET])>
These routines are all documented in the L<Locale::Codes::API> man page.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
=over 4
=item L<Locale::Codes>
The Locale-Codes distribution.
=item L<Locale::Codes::API>
The list of functions supported by this module.
=item L<Locale::SubCountry>
ISO codes for country sub-divisions (states, counties, provinces,
etc), as defined in ISO 3166-2. This module is not part of the
Locale-Codes distribution, but is available from CPAN in
CPAN/modules/by-module/Locale/
=item L<http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes.htm>
Official home page for the ISO 3166 maintenance agency.
=item L<http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/iso-3166-1_decoding_table.htm>
The source of ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes used by this
module.
=item L<http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/>
Official source of the top-level domain names.
=item L<http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm>
The source of the UN codes.
Previously, this table was treated as a source of the ISO 3166 data,
but I found that the table was incomplete, so I stopped using it.
Later, it was added back in as it's own list of codes.
=item L<https://nsgreg.nga.mil/genc/discovery>
The source of the GENC codes.
=item L<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/print_appendix-d.html>
The World Factbook maintained by the CIA is a potential source of
the data. Unfortunately, it adds/preserves non-standard codes, so it is no
longer used as a source of data.
=item L<http://www.statoids.com/wab.html>
Another unofficial source of data. Currently, it is not used to get
data, but the notes and explanatory material were very useful for
understanding discrepancies between the sources.
=back
=head1 AUTHOR
See Locale::Codes for full author history.
Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
Copyright (c) 2010-2016 Sullivan Beck
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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