Subject: Re: Xapitelako Harria - > Basque enclaves etc.
Date: Mar 25, 2003 @ 18:13
Author: Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Meynell <kevin@m...>
wrote:
>
> >btw i think the eh diglyph is used for western sahara
>
> Indeed it is.
>
> >tho the eu may also be reserved for the european union i dont know
>
> EU is on the ISO 3166-1 reserved list, so it can't be used for any
other
> country or territory.
>
> >but if necessary maybe ek would do & be unmistakable too
>
> In theory, ISO 3166-2 exists for codifying sub-divisions of
countries,
> although I think there is unfortunately only one identifier for the
entire
> Basque region within Spain.
>
> >Let's rush to ISO, before they take that away from us too...
>
> Almost every region that has ambitions of being a country
entertains the
> idea of obtaining their own ISO 3166-1 code, but you have to be a
sovereign
> state or a detached entity to get one.

Hi Kevin,

I was aware of that. Of course I was only joking...

Peter S.

>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin Meynell