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ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs. Creation and delegation of ccTLDs is performed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and with certain exceptions noted below corresponds to the ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 Country Codes maintained by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.

DELEGATION AND MANAGEMENT

The IANA (currently contracted to s. There may be a local presence requirement (for instance, citizenship or other connection to the ccTLD), as for example the Canadian ( Ca ) and German ( De ) domains, or registration may be open.

ISO 3166-1 AND CCTLDS

ISO 3166-1 codes not used as ccTLDs

The codes EH and KP, although theoretically available as ccTLDs for Western Sahara and North Korea , have never been assigned and do not exist in DNS .
Similarly, the code CS ( Serbia And Montenegro ) is not assigned an operator ( Cs was previously assigned to Czechoslovakia ). TL (post-independence East Timor ), is now being introduced to replace TP.

All other current ISO 3166-1 codes have been assigned and do exist in DNS.
However, some of these are effectively unused. In particular, the ccTLDs for the Norwegian dependency Bouvet Island ( Bv ) and the designation Svalbard And Jan Mayen ( Sj ) do exist in DNS, but no subdomains have been assigned, and it is Norid policy not to assign any at present. Some French territories, including Saint Pierre And Miquelon ( .pm ), still await local assignment by France's AFNIC registry.

Only one subdomain is still registered in Gb (ISO 3166-1 for United Kingdom ) and no new registrations are being accepted for it. Sites in the UK generally use Uk (see below).

ccTLDs not in ISO 3166-1

Six ccTLDs are currently in use despite not being ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes. Some of these codes were in older ISO 3166-1 two-letter codes (now listed in ISO 3166-3 ).

network had already selected uk as a top-level identifier for its pre-existing Name Registration Scheme , and this was incorporated into the top-level domains. Gb was assigned with the intention of a transition, but this never occurred and the use of uk is now entrenched.

they will commence accepting new su registrations, but it is unclear whether this action is compatible with ICANN policy. 's decision in 1996 to allow the use of codes reserved in the ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 reserve list for use by the Universal Postal Union . The decision was later reversed, with Ascension Island now the sole outlier. (Three other ccTLDs, Gg ( Guernsey ), Im ( Isle Of Man ) and Je ( Jersey ) also fell under this category from 1996 until they received corresponding ISO 3166 codes in March 2006.) approved Eu as a ccTLD, and it opened for registration on 7 December 2005 for the holders of prior rights. Since 7 April 2006 , registration is open to all. Tp (the previous ISO 3166-1 code for East Timor ): To be phased out in favour of tl during 2005. Yu (the previous ISO 3166-1 code for Serbia And Montenegro , when it was still known as Yugoslavia )

Historical ccTLDs There are two ccTLDs which have been deleted after the corresponding 2-letter code was withdrawn from ISO 3166-1 , namely Cs (for Czechoslovakia ) and Zr (for Zaire ). There had also been a ccTLD for the GDR , Dd , which was never used at all. There may be a significant delay between withdrawal from ISO 3166-1 and deletion from the DNS; for example, ZR ceased to be an ISO 3166-1 code in 1997, but the zr ccTLD was not deleted until 2001. Other ccTLDs corresponding to obsolete ISO 3166-1 have not yet been deleted; in some cases they may never be deleted due to the amount of disruption this would cause for a heavily used ccTLD. In particular, the Soviet Union's ccTLD Su remains in use more than a decade after SU was removed from ISO 3166-1. UNCONVENTIONAL CCTLD USAGE Lenient registration restrictions on certain ccTLDs have resulted in domain names like I.am, tip.it, start.at and go.to. Other variations of ccTLD usage have been called of South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands ( Gs ), Del.icio.us of United States Of America ( Us ), and Cr.yp.to of Tonga ( To ). (Non country code TLDs have also been used, like inter.net which uses the .net gTLD, probably the first Domain Hack ever.) Short words like "am", "be", "dj", "fm", "md" and "to" often serve as the base names for redirectors like i.am and go.to VANITY CCTLDS Vanity ccTLDs are TLDs which are used largely for business purposes, usually outside their home countries, because of their name. For example, ad is a ccTLD for Andorra , but has recently been increasingly used by advertising agencies. ag is a ccTLD for Antigua And Barbuda and is sometimes used for agricultural sites. am is a ccTLD for Armenia , but is often used for AM radio stations. be is a ccTLD for Belgium means "be"in Bulgarian. Widely used by small Bulgarian websites because it's cheaper than a bg ccTLD. cc is a ccTLD for Cocos (Keeling) Islands but is used for a wide variety of sites. cd is a ccTLD for Democratic Republic Of Congo but is used for CD merchants and file sharing sites. dj is a ccTLD for Djibouti but is used for CD merchants and disc jockeys. fm is a ccTLD for the Federated States Of Micronesia but it is often used for FM radio stations. gg is a ccTLD for Guernsey but it is often used by the gaming and gambling industry, particularly in relation to horse racing Gee-gee . in is a ccTLD for India but is widely used in the internet industry. je is a ccTLD for Jersey but is often used as a diminutive in Dutch (e.g. "huis.je"), as "you" ("zoek.je" = "search ye!"), or as "I" in French (e.g. "moi.je") la is a ccTLD for Laos but is marketed as the TLD for Los Angeles . nu is a ccTLD for Niue but marketed as resembling "new" in English and "now" in Nordic/Dutch. Also meaning "nude" in French/Portuguese. sc is a ccTLD for Seychelles but is often used as .Source tv is a ccTLD for Tuvalu but it is used for the tv/entertainment industry purposes. ws is a ccTLD for Samoa (earlier Western Samoa) is marketed as .Website vu is a ccTLD for Vanuatu but means "seen" in French. LIST OF CCTLDS =Foreign registration permitted A .ac – Ascension Island ^--- .ad – Andorra .ae – United Arab Emirates .af – Afghanistan .ag – Antigua And Barbuda ^--- .ai – Anguilla .al – Albania .am – Armenia ^--- .an – Netherlands Antilles .ao – Angola .aq – Antarctica .ar – Argentina .as – American Samoa ^--- .at – Austria ^--- .au – Australia .aw – Aruba .ax – Aland Islands .az – Azerbaijan B .ba – Bosnia And Herzegovina .bb – Barbados .bd – Bangladesh .be – Belgium ^--- .bf – Burkina Faso .bg – Bulgaria .bh – Bahrain .bi – Burundi ^--- .bj – Benin .bm – Bermuda .bn – Brunei .bo – Bolivia ^--- .br – Brazil ^--- .bs – Bahamas ^--- .bt – Bhutan .bv – Bouvet Island ''(not in use; no registrations)'' .bw – Botswana .by – Belarus .bz – Belize ^--- C .ca – Canada .cc – Cocos (Keeling) Islands ^--- .cd – Democratic Republic Of The Congo (''formerly'' .zr – Zaire ) ^--- .cf – Central African Republic .cg – Republic Of The Congo ^--- .ch – Switzerland ^--- .ci – Côte D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) .ck – Cook Islands ^--- .cl – Chile .cm – Cameroon .cn – People's Republic Of China ^--- .co – Colombia .cr – Costa Rica , 2006 ,'' Montenegro declared independence, thus dissolving the state union) ''(.cs code not assigned; no DNS)'' (''.cs code previously used for '' Czechoslovakia ) .cu – Cuba .cv – Cape Verde .cx – Christmas Island ^--- .cy – Cyprus .cz – Czech Republic D .de – Germany .dj – Djibouti ^--- .dk – Denmark ^--- .dm – Dominica .do – Dominican Republic .dz – Algeria E .ec – Ecuador .ee – Estonia .eg – Egypt .eh – Western Sahara ''(not assigned; no DNS)'' .er – Eritrea .es – Spain ^--- .et – Ethiopia .eu – European Union ''(code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)'' F .fi – Finland .fj – Fiji ^--- .fk – Falkland Islands .fm – Federated States Of Micronesia ^--- .fo – Faroe Islands .fr – France G .ga – Gabon .gb – United Kingdom ''(Reserved domain by IANA; deprecated – see .uk )'' .gd – Grenada .ge – Georgia .gf – French Guiana .gg – Guernsey .gh – Ghana .gi – Gibraltar .gl – Greenland ^--- .gm – Gambia .gn – Guinea .gp – Guadeloupe .gq – Equatorial Guinea .gr – Greece ^--- .gs – South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands ^--- .gt – Guatemala .gu – Guam .gw – Guinea-Bissau .gy – Guyana H .hk – Hong Kong ^--- .hm – Heard Island And McDonald Islands ^--- .hn – Honduras ^--- .hr – Croatia .ht – Haiti .hu – Hungary ^--- I .id – Indonesia .ie – Ireland .il – Israel ^--- .im – Isle Of Man ^--- .in – India ^--- .io – British Indian Ocean Territory ^--- .iq – Iraq .ir – Iran ^--- .is – Iceland .it – Italy J .je – Jersey .jm – Jamaica .jo – Jordan .jp – Japan K .ke – Kenya .kg – Kyrgyzstan .kh – Cambodia .ki – Kiribati .km – Comoros .kn – Saint Kitts And Nevis .kp – North Korea ''(not assigned; no DNS)'' .kr – South Korea .kw – Kuwait .ky – Cayman Islands .kz – Kazakhstan ^--- L .la – Laos ^--- .lb – Lebanon .lc – Saint Lucia .li – Liechtenstein ^--- .lk – Sri Lanka .lr – Liberia .ls – Lesotho .lt – Lithuania .lu – Luxembourg .lv – Latvia ^--- .ly – Libya ^--- M .ma – Morocco .mc – Monaco .md – Moldova ^--- .me – Montenegro .mg – Madagascar .mh – Marshall Islands .mk – Republic Of Macedonia .ml – Mali .mm – Myanmar .mn – Mongolia ^--- .mo – Macau .mp – Northern Mariana Islands ^--- .mq – Martinique .mr – Mauritania .ms – Montserrat ^--- .mt – Malta .mu – Mauritius ^--- .mv – Maldives .mw – Malawi ^--- .mx – Mexico ^--- .my – Malaysia .mz – Mozambique N .na – Namibia ^--- .nc – New Caledonia .ne – Niger .nf – Norfolk Island ^--- .ng – Nigeria .ni – Nicaragua .nl – Netherlands ^--- (first ccTLD registered) .no – Norway .np – Nepal .nr – Nauru ^--- .nu – Niue ^--- .nz – New Zealand ^--- O .om – Oman P .pa – Panama .pe – Peru .pf – French Polynesia .pg – Papua New Guinea .ph – Philippines ^--- .pk – Pakistan ^--- .pl – Poland ^--- .pm – Saint Pierre And Miquelon .pn – Pitcairn Islands ^--- .pr – Puerto Rico ^--- .ps – Palestine ^--- .pt – Portugal ^--- .pw – Palau .py – Paraguay Q .qa – Qatar R .re – Réunion .ro – Romania ^--- .rs – Serbia .ru – Russia ^--- .rw – Rwanda S .sa – Saudi Arabia .sb – Solomon Islands ^--- .sc – Seychelles ^--- .sd – Sudan .se – Sweden ^--- .sg – Singapore .sh – Saint Helena ^--- .si – Slovenia .sj – Svalbard And Jan Mayen islands ''(not in use; no registrations)'' .sk – Slovakia .sl – Sierra Leone .sm – San Marino ^--- .sn – Senegal .so – Somalia ^--- ''(down, still is delegated to Monolith {Link without Title} Philadelphia, an entity defunct since end-1998)'' .sr – Suriname ^--- .st – São Tomé And Príncipe ^--- .su – Soviet Union ''(deprecated; being phased out; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)'' .sv – El Salvador .sy – Syria ^--- .sz – Swaziland ^--- T .tc – Turks And Caicos Islands .td – Chad .tf – French Southern Territories .tg – Togo ^--- .th – Thailand .tj – Tajikistan ^--- .tk – Tokelau ^--- .tl – East Timor ''(formerly .tp)'' ^--- .tm – Turkmenistan ^--- .tn – Tunisia .to – Tonga ^--- .tp – East Timor ''(deprecated – use .tl; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)'' .tr – Turkey .tt – Trinidad And Tobago ^--- .tv – Tuvalu ^--- .tw – Republic Of China (Taiwan) ^--- .tz – Tanzania U .ua – Ukraine .ug – Uganda ^--- .uk – United Kingdom ''(code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1) (see also .gb )'' .us – United States ^--- .uy – Uruguay .uz – Uzbekistan V .va – Vatican City .vc – Saint Vincent And The Grenadines ^--- .ve – Venezuela .vg – British Virgin Islands ^--- .vi – United States Virgin Islands .vn – Vietnam .vu – Vanuatu ^--- W .wf – Wallis And Futuna .ws – Samoa ''(formerly Western Samoa)'' ^--- Y .ye – Yemen .yt – Mayotte .yu – Yugoslavia ''(subsequently renamed Serbia And Montenegro )'' ::''(code officially replaced by .cs (see above) but still used; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)'' Z .za – South Africa ^--- .zm – Zambia .zw – Zimbabwe REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS IANA's list of ccTLDs – official site World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) Domain Name dispute resolution World-Wide Alliance of Top Level Domain-names Norid: Domain name registries around the world ccTLD study 2005

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