MARC Country Codes

Code Sequence - ASCII Version


INTRODUCTION

This is an ASCII list of all valid and obsolete country codes assigned for use in MARC 21 records. It is intended to meet the need for a simple list to support MARC system development and online validation of MARC codes. This listing does not include any usage guidelines, or cross reference information. This information is available in the printed MARC code list and the full web version, available at: http://www.loc.gov/marc/countries/cou_home.html


Discontinued codes are identified by a hyphen preceding the code

MARC Code List for Countries
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aa      Albania
abc     Alberta
-ac     Ashmore and Cartier Islands
ae      Algeria
af      Afghanistan
ag      Argentina
-ai     Anguilla
ai      Armenia (Republic)
-air    Armenian S.S.R.
aj      Azerbaijan
-ajr    Azerbaijan S.S.R.
aku     Alaska
alu     Alabama
am      Anguilla
an      Andorra
ao      Angola
aq      Antigua and Barbuda
aru     Arkansas
as      American Samoa
at      Australia
au      Austria
aw      Aruba
ay      Antarctica
azu     Arizona

ba      Bahrain
bb      Barbados
bcc     British Columbia
bd      Burundi
be      Belgium
bf      Bahamas
bg      Bangladesh
bh      Belize
bi      British Indian Ocean Territory
bl      Brazil
bm      Bermuda Islands
bn      Bosnia and Hercegovina
bo      Bolivia 
bp      Solomon Islands
br      Burma
bs      Botswana
bt      Bhutan
bu      Bulgaria
bv      Bouvet Island
bw      Belarus
-bwr    Byelorussian S.S.R.
bx      Brunei

cau     California
cb      Cambodia
cc      China
cd      Chad
ce      Sri Lanka
cf      Congo (Brazzaville)
cg      Congo (Democratic Republic)
ch      China (Republic : 1949- )
ci      Croatia
cj      Cayman Islands
ck      Colombia
cl      Chile
cm      Cameroon
-cn     Canada
cou     Colorado
-cp     Canton and Enderbury Islands
cq      Comoros
cr      Costa Rica
-cs     Czechoslovakia
ctu     Connecticut
cu      Cuba
cv      Cape Verde
cw      Cook Islands
cx      Central African Republic
cy      Cyprus
-cz     Canal Zone

dcu     District of Columbia
deu     Delaware
dk      Denmark
dm      Benin
dq      Dominica
dr      Dominican Republic

ea      Eritrea
ec      Ecuador
eg      Equatorial Guinea
em      East Timor
enk     England
er      Estonia
-err    Estonia
es      El Salvador
et      Ethiopia

fa      Faroe Islands
fg      French Guiana
fi      Finland
fj      Fiji
fk      Falkland Islands
flu     Florida
fm      Micronesia (Federated States)
fp      French Polynesia
fr      France
fs      Terres australes et antarctiques
        françaises
ft      Djibouti

gau     Georgia
gb      Kiribati
gd      Grenada
-ge     Germany (East)
gh      Ghana
gi      Gibraltar
gl      Greenland
gm      Gambia
-gn     Gilbert and Ellice Islands
go      Gabon
gp      Guadeloupe
gr      Greece
gs      Georgia (Republic)
-gsr    Georgian S.S.R.
gt      Guatemala
gu      Guam
gv      Guinea
gw      Germany
gy      Guyana
gz      Gaza Strip

hiu     Hawaii
-hk     Hong Kong
hm      Heard and McDonald Islands
ho      Honduras
ht      Haiti
hu      Hungary

iau     Iowa
ic      Iceland
idu     Idaho
ie      Ireland
ii      India
ilu     Illinois
inu     Indiana
io      Indonesia
iq      Iraq
ir      Iran
is      Israel
it      Italy
-iu     Israel-Syria Demilitarized Zones
iv      Côte d'Ivoire
-iw     Israel-Jordan Demilitarized Zones
iy      Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone

ja      Japan
ji      Johnston Atoll
jm      Jamaica
-jn     Jan Mayen
jo      Jordan

ke      Kenya
kg      Kyrgyzstan
-kgr    Kirghiz S.S.R.
kn      Korea (North)
ko      Korea (South)
ksu     Kansas
ku      Kuwait
kyu     Kentucky
kz      Kazakhstan
-kzr    Kazakh S.S.R.

lau     Louisiana
lb      Liberia
le      Lebanon
lh      Liechtenstein
li      Lithuania
-lir    Lithuania
-ln     Central and Southern Line Islands
lo      Lesotho
ls      Laos
lu      Luxembourg
lv      Latvia
-lvr    Latvia
ly      Libya

mau     Massachusetts
mbc     Manitoba
mc      Monaco
mdu     Maryland
meu     Maine
mf      Mauritius
mg      Madagascar
-mh     Macao
miu     Michigan
mj      Montserrat
mk      Oman
ml      Mali
mm      Malta
mnu     Minnesota
mou     Missouri
mp      Mongolia
mq      Martinique
mr      Morocco
msu     Mississippi
mtu     Montana
mu      Mauritania
mv      Moldova
-mvr    Moldavian S.S.R.
mw      Malawi
mx      Mexico
my      Malaysia
mz      Mozambique

na      Netherlands Antilles
nbu     Nebraska
ncu     North Carolina
ndu     North Dakota
ne      Netherlands
nfc     Newfoundland and Labrador
ng      Niger
nhu     New Hampshire
nik     Northern Ireland
nju     New Jersey
nkc     New Brunswick
nl      New Caledonia
-nm     Northern Mariana Islands
nmu     New Mexico
nn      Vanuatu
no      Norway
np      Nepal
nq      Nicaragua
nr      Nigeria
nsc     Nova Scotia
ntc     Northwest Territories
nu      Nauru
nuc     Nunavut
nvu     Nevada
nw      Northern Mariana Islands
nx      Norfolk Island
nyu     New York (State)
nz      New Zealand

ohu     Ohio
oku     Oklahoma
onc     Ontario
oru     Oregon
ot      Mayotte

pau     Pennsylvania
pc      Pitcairn Island
pe      Peru
pf      Paracel Islands
pg      Guinea-Bissau
ph      Philippines
pic     Prince Edward Island
pk      Pakistan
pl      Poland
pn      Panama
po      Portugal
pp      Papua New Guinea
pr      Puerto Rico
-pt     Portuguese Timor
pw      Palau
py      Paraguay

qa      Qatar
quc     Québec (Province)

re      Réunion
rh      Zimbabwe
riu     Rhode Island
rm      Romania
ru      Russia (Federation)
-rur    Russian S.F.S.R.
rw      Rwanda
-ry     Ryukyu Islands, Southern

sa      South Africa
-sb     Svalbard
scu     South Carolina
sdu     South Dakota
se      Seychelles
sf      Sao Tome and Principe
sg      Senegal
sh      Spanish North Africa
si      Singapore
sj      Sudan
-sk     Sikkim
sl      Sierra Leone
sm      San Marino
snc     Saskatchewan
so      Somalia
sp      Spain
sq      Swaziland
sr      Surinam
ss      Western Sahara
stk     Scotland
su      Saudi Arabia
-sv     Swan Islands
sw      Sweden
sx      Namibia
sy      Syria
sz      Switzerland

ta      Tajikistan
-tar    Tajik S.S.R.
tc      Turks and Caicos Islands
tg      Togo
th      Thailand
ti      Tunisia
tk      Turkmenistan
-tkr    Turkmen S.S.R.
tl      Tokelau
tnu     Tennessee
to      Tonga
tr      Trinidad and Tobago
ts      United Arab Emirates
-tt     Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
tu      Turkey
tv      Tuvalu
txu     Texas
tz      Tanzania

ua      Egypt
uc      United States Misc. Caribbean Islands
ug      Uganda
-ui     United Kingdom Misc. Islands
uik     United Kingdom Misc. Islands
-uk     United Kingdom
un      Ukraine
-unr    Ukraine
up      United States Misc. Pacific Islands
-ur     Soviet Union
-us     United States
utu     Utah
uv      Burkina Faso
uy      Uruguay
uz      Uzbekistan
-uzr    Uzbek S.S.R.

vau     Virginia
vb      British Virgin Islands
vc      Vatican City
ve      Venezuela
vi      Virgin Islands of the United States
vm      Vietnam
-vn     Vietnam, North
vp      Various places
-vs     Vietnam, South
vtu     Vermont

wau     Washington (State)
-wb     West Berlin
wf      Wallis and Futuna
wiu     Wisconsin
wj      West Bank of the Jordan River
wk      Wake Island
wlk     Wales
ws      Samoa
wvu     West Virginia
wyu     Wyoming

xa      Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)
xb      Cocos (Keeling) Islands
xc      Maldives
xd      Saint Kitts-Nevis
xe      Marshall Islands
xf      Midway Islands
xh      Niue
-xi     Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
xj      Saint Helena
xk      Saint Lucia
xl      Saint Pierre and Miquelon
xm      Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
xn      Macedonia
xo      Slovakia
xp      Spratly Island
xr      Czech Republic
xs      South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
xv      Slovenia
xx      No place, unknown, or undetermined
xxc     Canada
xxk     United Kingdom
-xxr    Soviet Union
xxu     United States

ye      Yemen
ykc     Yukon Territory
-ys     Yemen (People's Democratic Republic)
yu      Serbia and Montenegro

za      Zambia


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