UN / LOCODE
UN / LOCODE ( English United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations "of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Transport Area Code") is a code for geographic locations, that of the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) is developed and updated.
Basics
In over 42,000 entries, place names of places with importance for business and traffic , in particular places with seaports , airports (in this case the abbreviation is usually identical to the IATA code ), train stations , junctions for highways and border crossings , in 249 countries and assigned to specially classified territories.
UN / LOCODEs typically consist of five letters. The first two letters are the country code according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 . The place within the country is usually indicated by three more letters, if the possible combinations are not sufficient, digits can also be used.
UN / LOCODE also defines a spelling of the place name in Latin script and predominantly national language, as well as a spelling that does not require diacritics (e.g. German umlauts ).
Examples
| LOCODE | country | place | with diacritics |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT VIE |
 Austria
|
Vienna | |
| BE BRU |
 Belgium
|
Brussels | Brussels |
| CH BRN |
 Switzerland
|
Bern | |
| DE BER |
 Germany
|
Berlin | |
| LI VDZ |
 Liechtenstein
|
Vaduz | |
| LU LUX |
 Luxembourg
|
Luxembourg | |
| NL AMS |
 Netherlands
|
Amsterdam | |
| SE BAS |
 Sweden
|
Bastad | Båstad |
| SE GOT |
Sweden
|
Goteborg | Gothenburg |
| US NYC |
 United States
|
New York City |
A list of the country codes can be found in the ISO 3166-1 coding list .
use
UN / LOCODE is spreading more and more.
shipping
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recommended the use of UN / LOCODE within the automatic identification system AIS in 2005 . In the meantime, the LOCODE is partly used worldwide in AIS traffic to describe the place of departure and the destination of a ship without confusion.
See also
- ISO 3166-1 Coding List - List of ISO 3166, UN / LOCODE, and others
- NUTS - the classification of the European Union
- Official municipality key - the system of the statistical offices in Germany and Austria
- Community number - number in Switzerland assigned by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
- World Port Index
- Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes
Web links
- Direct link to the list of all German cities
- Official website of the Economic Commission for Europe - UN / LOCODE (English)
- Search list for UN / LOCODE, Economic Commission for Europe (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Secretariat Note to the users of UN / LOCODE 2006-2 ( English , pdf) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe . April 30, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2009: "[...] two columns are provided for place names, one reflecting national name versions, with diacritic signs, and one in which diacritic signs have been removed from the names."
- ↑ Guidance on the use of the UN / LOCODE in the destination field in AIS messages ( English , pdf) International Maritime Organization . December 15, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2009: "The Maritime Safety Committee, [...] encouraged the use of the UN / LOCODE."