Guernsey Jersey and Isle of Man ISO 3166-1 Codes

[Mark Davis]

I know that. The problem is that the UN lists 830 *not* as a region, but 
as a country or area (whereby 'area' they appear to mean territory, so 
they can get around the contested country issues).

Mark

Debbie Garside wrote:
> FYI These are the codes as requested:
>
> 	Guernsey			GG	GGY
> 	Jersey			JE	JEY
> 	Isle of Man 		IM	IMN
>
> The Channel Islands comprise the Bailiwick of Jersey (population  87,200)
> and the Bailiwick of Guernsey (population  62,700), itself comprising the
> three separate jurisdictions of Guernsey (with the adjacent inhabited islets
> of Herm and Jethou), Alderney and Sark.
>
> The Channel Islands are an aggregated geographical grouping rather than a
> political entity and did not form part of the original request to ISO.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Debbie Garside
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
>> bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Doug Ewell
>> Sent: 24 March 2006 06:33
>> To: ietf-languages at iana.org
>> Subject: Re: Guernsey Jersey and Isle of Man ISO 3166-1 Codes
>>
>> Mark Davis <mark dot davis at icu dash project dot org> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm, I see 4
>>> missing codes, not three.
>>>
>>> 830  Channel Islands
>>> 831  Guernsey
>>> 833  Isle of Man
>>> 832  Jersey
>>>
>>> That is, they still haven't changed 830 into a regional code. Any word
>>> on that? Also, what will the alpha-3 codes for these be?
>>>       
>> If I remember correctly, and I may not, 830 was assigned in UN M.49
>> before the others were.  831, 832, and 833 have always matched the
>> Exceptionally Reserved ISO 3166-1 code elements GG, JE, and IM
>> respectively, but there has never been an ISO 3166 equivalent for 830.
>>
>> To my mind, it would make the most sense for UNSD to treat 830 as a
>> (very small) geographical sub-region code element, comprising 831 and
>> 832, much the same way that 053 comprises Australia and New Zealand.
>> Mark is correct that they have chosen not to do this, at least for now,
>> and I for one have no way of knowing whether they plan to keep it that
>> way.
>>
>> Only ISO 3166/MA can say what the alpha-3 codes corresponding to GG, JE,
>> and IM will be... although a little bird may have whispered them in
>> Debbie's ear.
>>
>> --
>> Doug Ewell
>> Fullerton, California, USA
>> http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
>>
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