ISO 3166-2:VA
ISO 3166-2:VA is the entry for Vatican City in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Vatican City is officially assigned the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code VA under the name "the Holy See".[1]
Currently no ISO 3166-2 codes are defined in the entry for the Holy See.[1] The country has no defined subdivisions.
Changes
The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter IV-1 | 1996-04-03 | Short and full names of Vatican City changed from Vatican City State (Holy See) to Holy See (Vatican City State).[2] |
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
| Effective date of change | Short description of change (en) |
|---|---|
| 2014-12-18 | Alignment of the English and French short names upper and lower case with UNTERM |
| 2018-11-26 | Modification of remark part 2 |
See also
- Neighbouring country: IT
References
- ^ a b "ISO Online Browsing Platform: VA". International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
- ^ "ISO 3166-1 Change History". Statoids. 2014-07-17.
External links
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: VA
- Vatican City, Statoids.com