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Standard:
ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
Committee:
ISO/TC 46
ICS:
01.140.30
Alpha-2 code
BQ
Short name
BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA
Short name lower case
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Full name
Alpha-3 code
BES
Numeric code
535
Remarks
Independent
No
Territory name
Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius
Status
Officially assigned
Remark part 1
Often referred to as Caribbean Netherlands.
Remark part 2
Included as a subdivision of the Netherlands (NL-BQ).
Remark part 3
The code BQ was formerly used for British Antarctic Territory (BQ, ATB, --). See also code element BQAQ. BQ has been reused and reassigned to Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The Netherlands Antilles (AN, ANT, 530) was divided into Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba (BQ, BES, 535), Curaçao (CW, CUW, 531) and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (SX, SXM, 534). See also code element ANHH.
For definition of the different code types, please click here

Additional information

Administrative language(s) alpha-2 Administrative language(s) alpha-3 Local short name
en eng Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
nl nld Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba
pap Boneiru, Sint Eustatius y Saba

Subdivisions

3 munisipio spesial () / special municipality (en) / commune speciale (fr) / bijzondere gemeente (nl)

List source

http://www.gov.an/ http://english.minbzk.nl ; ISO 3166/MA ; Included as a subdivision of the Netherlands (NL-BQ)

Code source

ISO/TC 46/WG 2 Secretariat (*)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
special municipality BQ-BO* Bonaire nl
special municipality BQ-BO* Bonaire en
special municipality BQ-BO* Boneiru
special municipality BQ-SA* Saba en
special municipality BQ-SA* Saba nl
special municipality BQ-SA* Saba
special municipality BQ-SE* Sint Eustatius
special municipality BQ-SE* Sint Eustatius en
special municipality BQ-SE* Sint Eustatius nl

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2015-11-27 Change in lower case the local short name Modification en minuscules de la forme courte locale
2012-02-15 Correct local short name and align with ISO 3166-2 Corriger la forme courte du nom local et aligner avec l'ISO 3166-2
2011-12-13 Addition of code to align ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2, addition of two divisions and update of the number of divisions. Ajout, par cohérence de l'ISO 3166-1 et de l'ISO 3166-2; addition de deux divisions et mise à jour du nombre de divisions.
2011-07-14 Correct the English name to Sint Eustatius in alignment with United Nations Terminology and Reference Section (UNTERM) Corriger le nom en anglais Sint Eustatius pour l'aligner avec UNTERM
2011-06-12 Correct the English name to Sint Eustatius in alignment with United Nations Terminology and Reference Section (UNTERM) Corriger le nom en anglais Sint Eustatius pour l'aligner avec UNTERM
2010-12-15 Add new entry Ajouter une nouvelle entrée