Access country and subdivision metadata

Each ISO 3166 code carries associated metadata that you retrieve through extension methods on a member of one of the ISO 3166 enums.

ISO 3166-1 country codes

English name

You can get the English name for a country by its alpha-2 or alpha-3 code. The Iso3166CountryName enum lets you choose the form of the name: Short, ShortUpper, or Full.

// Thailand full name by alpha-2 code
var thailandName = Iso3166Part1Alpha2Country.TH.GetEnglishName(Iso3166CountryName.Full);

or,

// USA short name by alpha-3 code
var usaName = Iso3166Part1Alpha3Country.USA.GetEnglishName(Iso3166CountryName.Short);

Native name

You can get the native name for a country by its alpha-2 or alpha-3 code. You supply an ISO 639 language code for the language of the name and choose the form of the name (as with the English name).

// Greece short name in Greek by alpha-2 code
var greeceName = Iso3166Part1Alpha2Country.GR.GetNativeName("el", Iso3166CountryName.Short);

N.B. For countries that are natively English-speaking, the native name may already be in English but may also have been defined in other languages.

Independence

You can get a flag indicating whether the territory is an independent nation or administered by another country.

// Greenland independence
var isGreenlandIndependent = Iso3166Part1Alpha2Country.GL.IsIndependent();

ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes

Category identifier

You can get the identifier of the category to which a subdivision belongs.

// Australian Northern Territory category
var ntCategoryId = Iso3166Part2Subdivision.AU._NT.GetSubdivisionCategoryIdentifier();

Category name

You can get the name of the category to which a subdivision belongs, in a supported language.

// Australian Northern Territory category
var ntCategoryName = Iso3166Part2Subdivision.AU._NT.GetSubdivisionCategoryName("en");

The name of a category may also be available in a plural form, which is retrieved separately.

// Australian Northern Territory category, plural
var ntCategoryNamePlural = Iso3166Part2Subdivision.AU._NT.GetSubdivisionCategoryNamePlural("en");

Code

You can get the subdivision code as defined by ISO 3166-2 from an Iso3166Part2Subdivision.

var subdivisionCode = Iso3166Part2Subdivision.AU._NT.GetSubdivisionCode();  // returns AU-NT

Native name

You can get the native name of a subdivision in a supported language.

var nativeName = Iso3166Part2Subdivision.ZA._EC.GetSubdivisionNativeName("af");

There may also be a local variant of the native name, retrieved separately.

var nativeNameLocal = Iso3166Part2Subdivision.ZA._EC.GetSubdivisionNativeNameLocalVariant("zu");

Parent code

Some countries have a hierarchical structure to their subdivisions. You can retrieve the parent code for a subdivision from an Iso3166Part2Subdivision.

var subdivisionParentCode = Iso3166Part2Subdivision.PH._SCO.GetSubdivisionParentCode();