NAME

       Locale::Codes::Country - standard codes for country identification

SYNOPSIS

          use Locale::Codes::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::Codes::Country::alias_code('uk' => 'gb');
          Locale::Codes::Country::rename_country('gb' => 'Great Britain');

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::Country" 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.

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:

       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.

       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.

       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.

       fips-10, LOCALE_CODE_FIPS
           The FIPS 10 data are two-letter (uppercase) codes assigned by the National Geospatial-
           Intelligence Agency.

       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.

ROUTINES

       code2country ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       country2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       country_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_country_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_country_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Country::rename_country  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Country::add_country  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Country::delete_country  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Country::add_country_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::Country::delete_country_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::Country::rename_country_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Country::add_country_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Country::delete_country_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
           These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

       alias_code ( ALIAS, CODE [,CODESET] )
           Version 2.07 included 2 functions for modifying the internal data: rename_country and
           alias_code. Both of these could be used only to modify the internal data for country
           codes.

           As of 3.10, the internal data for all types of codes can be modified.

           The alias_code function is preserved for backwards compatibility, but the following
           two are identical:

              alias_code(ALIAS,CODE [,CODESET]);
              rename_country_code(CODE,ALIAS [,CODESET]);

           and the latter should be used for consistency.

           The alias_code function is deprecated and will be removed at some point in the future.

           Note: this function was previously called _alias_code, but the leading underscore has
           been dropped. The old name was supported for all 2.X releases, but has been dropped as
           of 3.00.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
           The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
           The list of functions supported by this module.

       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/

       http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes
           Official home page for the ISO 3166 maintenance agency.

           Unfortunately, they do not make the actual ISO available for free, so I cannot check
           the alpha-3 and numerical codes here.

       http://www.iso.org/iso/list-en1-semic-3.txt
       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.

       http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm
           The source of the official ISO 3166-1 three-letter codes and three-digit codes.

           For some reason, this table is incomplete! Several countries are missing from it, and
           I cannot find them anywhere on the UN site.  I get as much of the data from here as I
           can.

       http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/digraphs.htm
           The official list of the FIPS 10 codes.

       http://www.iana.org/domains/
           Official source of the top-level domain names.

       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.

       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.

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

          Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
          Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
          Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.