https://github.com/datasets/continent-codes
List of continents with two letter code
https://github.com/datasets/continent-codes
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List of continents with two letter code
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/datasets/continent-codes
- Owner: datasets
- Created: 2016-03-25T17:05:00.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-23T06:59:44.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-04T16:48:45.801Z (over 1 year ago)
- Homepage: https://datahub.io/core/continent-codes
- Size: 15.6 KB
- Stars: 20
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 15
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
A list of the seven continents with English names and short, unique and permanent identifying codes.
## Data
Data provides list of continents with their two letter codes.
Data is made manually, according to several sources from internet, that use this kind of format for continent two letter codes.
Several sources that use this format:
- [Country codes](http://www.geonames.org/countries/) from The GeoNames geographical database.
- [Abbreviations](http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Abbreviations) from International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_continent_%28data_file%29#Data_file) from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- [PHP function](http://php.net/manual/en/function.geoip-continent-code-by-name.php) from PHP documentation.
## License
This Data Package is made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 whose full text can be found at: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/