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IANA is responsible for determining an appropriate trustee for each ccTLD. Administration and control is then delegated to that trustee, which is responsible for the policies and operation of the domain. The current delegation can be determined from IANA’s list of ccTLDs . Individual ccTLDs may have varying requirements and fees for registering subdomains . 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. Internationalized ccTLDs In 2010, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) began implementing internationalized country code TLDs, consisting of language-native characters when displayed in an end-user application. An internationalized country code top-level domain (IDN ccTLD) is a top-level domain with a specially encoded domain name that is displayed in an end user application, such as a web browser , in its language-native script or alphabet , such as the Arabic alphabet , or a non-alphabetic writing system , such as Chinese characters . IDN ccTLDs are an application of the internationalized domain name (IDN) system to top-level Internet domains assigned to countries, or independent geographic regions. ICANN requires all potential international TLDs to use at least one letter that does not resemble a Latin letter, or have at least three letters, in an effort to avoid IDN homograph attacks . However, this does not protect against homograph attacks involving two non-Latin alphabets having letters often represented by similar glyphs, such as the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, for example. List of Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLD’s) Note: the country code domain system was created in the early days of the Domain Name System, and pre-dates ICANN. Name: DNS name of the ( ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) two-letter country-code top-level domain Entity: country, dependency, or region Explanation: explanation of the code when not self-evident from the English name of the country Notes: general remarks IDN: support for internationalized domain names (IDN) DNSSEC: presence of DS records for Domain Name System Security Extensions SLD: allows Second-level domain registration (restrictions may apply) IPv6: Registry fully supports IPv6 access Name Entity Explanation Notes IDN DNSSEC SLD IPv6 .ac Ascension Island Commonly used for academic websites, such as universities. However, .ac is not to be confused with the official British academic domain .ac.uk . Yes Yes Yes Yes .ad Andorra Local trademark, trade name or citizenship required [4] [5] Yes Yes .ae United Arab Emirates No Yes .af Afghanistan Yes Yes .ag Antigua and Barbuda Also unofficially used by German businesses (where AG is an abbreviation of Aktiengesellschaft, a legal entity form similar to a corporation limited by shares) Yes Yes .ai Anguilla No Yes .al Albania Citizenship no longer required No No .am Armenia Also unofficially used by AM radio stations or related business Yes Yes .an Netherlands Antilles Local presence required; Netherlands Antilles were dissolved on October 10, 2010; No Yes .ao Angola No Unknown .aq Antarctica Antarctique Defined by the Antarctic Treaty as everything south of latitude 60°S . AQ domain names are available to government organizations who are signatories to the Antarctic Treaty and to other registrants who have a physical presence in Antarctica. No Yes .ar Argentina Spanish [cctld 1] No No .as American Samoa No Yes .at Austria Yes Yes .au Australia Restrictions apply. In general, registrants must be Australian, and most have a minimum 2 year registration period. [6] Includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands and Coral Sea Islands . No No .aw Aruba Aruba, West Indies Restricted to registered Aruban companies, organisations and citizens Yes Yes .ax Åland No Yes .az Azerbaijan No Yes .ba Bosnia and Herzegovina No Yes .bb Barbados No Yes .bd Bangladesh No No .be Belgium Also unofficially used in the canton of Bern , Switzerland Yes Yes Yes .bf Burkina Faso No Yes .bg Bulgaria Cyrillic [ citation needed ] Yes Yes .bh Bahrain No Yes .bi Burundi No Yes .bj Benin No Yes .bm Bermuda Local corporate registration required No Yes .bn Brunei No No .bo Bolivia No Yes .br Brazil Restricted. Registration is done under several categories (i.e.: .edu.br for higher education institutions, .gov.br for government agencies, etc.) [7] Yes [8] Yes No [cctld 2] .bs Bahamas No Yes .bt Bhutan No No .bv Bouvet Island Not in use (Norwegian dependency; see .no ). No No No .bw Botswana No Yes .by Belarus Byelorussia also unofficially used to denote Bayern (Bavaria), Germany Yes Yes .bz Belize Yes Yes .ca Canada Subject to Canadian Presence Requirements. French [cctld 3] Yes Yes .cc Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australian territory: not to be confused with Cocos islands in Guam. Also used as a free domain service to the public as cc.cc, cu.cc or cz.cc domain. Yes Yes .cd Democratic Republic of the Congo No Yes .cf Central African Republic No Yes .cg Republic of the Congo No Yes .ch Switzerland Confoederatio Helvetica (Latin) Yes [cctld 4] Yes Yes .ci Côte d’Ivoire No Yes .ck Cook Islands No Yes .cl Chile Yes Yes Yes Yes .cm Cameroon A local entity/company in Cameroon is required to register a domain name. No Yes .cn People’s Republic of China A local company in China is required to register a domain name, or for personal registrations a valid ID copy of PRC. Hong Kong and Macau also maintain TLDs. Yes Yes .co Colombia Marketed as a global domain – recognized as a gccTLD by Google. Anyone can register. Yes Yes .cr Costa Rica Yes Yes .cs Czechoslovakia Serbia and Montenegro This ccTLD was deleted around January 1995. The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code CS was later assigned to Serbia and Montenegro but that country continued to use the ccTLD .yu instead. Serbia and Montenegro split in 2006, with Serbia assigned .rs and Montenegro .me No No .cu Cuba No Yes .cv Cape Verde No Yes .cw Curaçao Curaçao, West Indies No Unknown .cx Christmas Island Yes Yes .cy Cyprus No No .cz Czech Republic No [cctld 5] Yes Yes .dd East Germany Deutsche Demokratische Republik Was proposed, but never implemented due to German re-unification. No No .de Germany Deutschland German postal address for administrative contact (admin-c) required. Proxy registrations are allowed. Yes [cctld 6] Yes Yes .dj Djibouti No Yes .dk Denmark Yes [cctld 7] Yes Yes .dm Dominica No Yes .do Dominican Republic No Yes .dz Algeria al-Djaza’er No Yes .ec Ecuador No Yes .ee Estonia Eesti Anyone can register but local administrative contact is required. Yes [cctld 8] Yes Yes .eg Egypt No Yes .eh Western Sahara .eh is reserved for Western Sahara, but does not exist in the root. No .er Eritrea Inactive – The domain registrar Eritrea Telecommunication Services Corporation offers no services to register domains. No No .es Spain España No Yes .et Ethiopia No No .eu European Union Restricted to legal and natural persons in European Union member states. Previously unofficially used for sites in the Basque language , but now .eus is in official use. Yes [cctld 9] Yes Yes .fi Finland Restricted to legal and natural persons residing in Finland. Yes [cctld 10] Yes Yes .fj Fiji No Yes .fk Falkland Islands No No .fm Federated States of Micronesia Also unofficially used by FM radio stations or related business No Yes .fo Faroe Islands Føroyar Yes Yes .fr France Restricted to individuals and companies in European Union , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. [cctld 11] Yes [cctld 12] Yes Yes .ga Gabon No Yes .gb United Kingdom Great Britain Deprecated. [10] The primary ccTLD used for the United Kingdom is .uk . No No .gd Grenada No Yes .ge Georgia Available for registration for residents of Georgia (unlimited) or for foreign companies via representation of any local legal person (one domain name per registrant) [11] No No Yes .gf French Guiana Guyane française No .gg Guernsey No Yes .gh Ghana No No .gi Gibraltar Yes Yes .gl Greenland Previously also unofficially used in Galicia, Spain, but now .gal has been approved for such use, to be implemented in 2014 Yes Yes .gm The Gambia No Yes .gn Guinea A local contact is required Yes No .gp Guadeloupe Still used for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin No Yes .gq Equatorial Guinea Guinée équatoriale No .gr Greece Yes [cctld 13] Yes Yes .gs South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Yes Yes .gt Guatemala Yes No Yes .gu Guam No No .gw Guinea-Bissau No Yes .gy Guyana No Yes .hk Hong Kong Special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China . Yes No Yes .hm Heard Island and McDonald Islands No Yes .hn Honduras Yes Yes .hr Croatia Hrvatska Yes Yes .ht Haiti Yes No Yes .hu Hungary citizens of EU or entity established by virtue of law in the territory of EU No Yes .id Indonesia Restricted to Indonesian companies (co.id), organisations (or.id), academic (ac.id & sch.id) and citizens (biz.id, my.id & web.id). Second-level domains are becoming available now and will be open to general registration on August 17, 2014. [12] Yes Partial [13] Yes .ie Ireland In 2002, registration was expanded to include persons or businesses with a “real and substantive” connection with the island of Ireland (including Northern Ireland ). [14] [15] No No Yes .il Israel Yes No No .im Isle of Man No Yes .in India Under INRegistry since April 2005 (except: gov.in, nic.in, mil.in, ac.in, edu.in, res.in). Yes Yes .io British Indian Ocean Territory Used unofficially by technology companies/startups/web applications because IO can be an acronym for input/output which is useful for domain hacks . Yes Yes .iq Iraq Partial [13] Yes .ir Iran Yes No Yes .is Iceland Ísland Yes Yes Yes .it Italy Restricted to companies and individuals in the European Union . Yes [cctld 14] No Yes .je Jersey No Yes .jm Jamaica No No .jo Jordan No Yes .jp Japan Restricted to individuals or companies with a physical address in Japan. Yes Yes .ke Kenya Yes No .kg Kyrgyzstan Yes Yes .kh Cambodia Khmer , former Kâmpŭchea No No .ki Kiribati Yes Yes .km Comoros Komori No Yes .kn Saint Kitts and Nevis No Yes .kp Democratic People’s Republic of Korea No No .kr Republic of Korea Yes Yes Yes .kw Kuwait No No .ky Cayman Islands Restricted to qualified Cayman entities [16] No Yes .kz Kazakhstan No Yes .la Laos Currently being marketed as the unofficial domain for Los Angeles [17] Yes Yes .lb Lebanon Restricted to registration with a company in Lebanon Yes No .lc Saint Lucia Yes Yes .li Liechtenstein Also used by Long Island Yes Yes Yes .lk Sri Lanka Lanka Yes Yes .lr Liberia Partial [13] No .ls Lesotho No No .lt Lithuania Yes Yes Yes .lu Luxembourg Yes Yes Yes .lv Latvia Yes Yes Yes .ly Libya No Yes .ma Morocco Maroc Also used as a free domain service to the public as cu.ma Partial [13] Yes .mc Monaco Only for companies with a trademark registered in Monaco No Yes .md Moldova Restricted to individuals or companies with a physical address in Moldova. No Yes .me Montenegro Yes Yes .mg Madagascar No Yes .mh Marshall Islands No .mk Macedonia Makedonija Restricted to registration with a company in Macedonia No Yes .ml Mali No Yes .mm Myanmar Yes No .mn Mongolia The second-level domains ‘.gov.mn’, ‘.org.mn’, and ‘.edu.mn’ are reserved for special use. See .mn for more information. Yes Yes .mo Macau Macao Special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China . Registrants must have a registered business in Macau, with the same name as the domain they wish to register. [18] No Yes .mp Northern Mariana Islands No Yes .mq Martinique No No .mr Mauritania No Yes .ms Montserrat No Yes .mt Malta No No .mu Mauritius No Yes .mv Maldives No Yes .mw Malawi No Yes .mx Mexico No Yes .my Malaysia Restricted to registration by an individual or company in Malaysia Yes [cctld 15] Yes Yes .mz Mozambique No No .na Namibia Yes Yes .nc New Caledonia Yes Yes .ne Niger No Yes .nf Norfolk Island Yes Yes .ng Nigeria No Yes .ni Nicaragua No No .nl Netherlands Nederland First official country code TLD. [19] No Yes Yes .no Norway Businesses and professionals must be registered as an approved type of organization in the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Individual applicants must be of age (18 years) and be registered in the Folkeregisteret. All applicants must have a Norwegian postal address. Yes No Yes .np Nepal No No .nr Nauru Also used as a free domain service to the public as co.nr. No Yes .nu Niue Commonly used by Danish, Dutch and Swedish websites, because in those languages “nu” means “now”. Yes Yes Yes .nz New Zealand Māori [cctld 16] Yes No .om Oman Registrant must have company or trademark registered in Oman as well as a local administrative contact. No No .pa Panama No No .pe Peru Yes [cctld 17] Yes Yes .pf French Polynesia Polynésie française With Clipperton Island No Yes .pg Papua New Guinea No No .ph Philippines No Yes .pk Pakistan Operated by PKNIC since 1992 No Yes .pl Poland Yes [cctld 18] Yes Yes .pm Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Restricted to individuals and companies in European Union , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. [cctld 11] Yes Yes .pn Pitcairn Islands No Yes .pr Puerto Rico Yes Yes .ps State of Palestine [20] West Bank and Gaza Strip . No Yes .pt Portugal Portuguese Yes Yes Yes [21] .pw Palau Pelew Yes Yes .py Paraguay No No .qa Qatar No No .re Réunion Restricted to individuals and companies in European Union , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. [cctld 11] Yes [cctld 12] Yes Yes .ro Romania No Yes .rs Serbia Republika Srbija No Yes .ru Russia See also .su , still in use, and .рф . Yes Yes .rw Rwanda No Yes .sa Saudi Arabia Registrant must have a registered trademark in Saudi Arabia matching the domain name to register or provide company incorporation documents of a company in Saudi Arabia or for personal registrations a copy of valid ID. A letter on the official letterhead of your organization addressed to SaudiNIC requesting the domain name registration is also required. Local administrative contact required. 2LD registrations rolled out in 2011. [22] No Yes .sb Solomon Islands British Solomon Islands Yes No .sc Seychelles Yes Yes .sd Sudan No Yes .se Sweden Yes [cctld 19] Yes Yes .sg Singapore No Yes .sh Saint Helena Yes [cctld 20] Yes Yes .si Slovenia Yes [cctld 21] Yes Yes .sj Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Not in use (Norwegian dependencies; see .no ). No Yes [23] No .sk Slovakia Restricted to Slovak companies, organisations and citizens No Yes .sl Sierra Leone No Yes .sm San Marino Domain name must be same as company name or trademark No Yes .sn Senegal No Yes .so Somalia Relaunched on November 1, 2010 No No Yes .sr Suriname No Yes .ss South Sudan Removed from the root DNS zone in April 2013 No .st São Tomé and Príncipe No Yes .su Soviet Union Still in use. Yes [cctld 22] Yes Yes .sv El Salvador No No .sx Sint Maarten Yes No .sy Syria No Yes .sz Swaziland Registration is restricted to Swaziland organizations with Swaziland Trading Licenses. No No .tc Turks and Caicos Islands .TC domains are also marketed in Turkey. The official abbreviation of ‘Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’ is TC. No Yes .td Chad Tchad Chadian (.td) domains are available for registration to entities connected with Chad only. No Yes .tf French Southern and Antarctic Lands Terres australes et antarctiques françaises Seldom used. Restricted to individuals and companies in European Union , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. [cctld 11] Yes [cctld 12] Yes Yes .tg Togo No Yes .th Thailand Yes Yes No .tj Tajikistan No Yes .tk Tokelau Also used as a free domain service to the public. Used in the Netherlands because tk (‘te koop’) means ‘for sale’ in Dutch. No Yes .tl East Timor Timor-Leste Old code .tp is still in use. No Yes .tm Turkmenistan Yes [cctld 23] Yes Yes .tn Tunisia Yes Yes .to Tonga Often used unofficially for Torrent , Turin , Toronto , Tokyo , or Tocantins Yes No Yes .tp East Timor Timor Português ISO code has changed to TL; .tl is now assigned but .tp is still in use. No Yes .tr Turkey .nc.tr used by Northern Cyprus Yes [cctld 24] No Yes .tt Trinidad and Tobago Yes Yes .tv Tuvalu Used as an abbreviation of television, the domain is currently operated by dotTV, a VeriSign company; the Tuvalu government owns twenty percent of the company. Yes Yes .tw Taiwan Registration allowed worldwide, local presence not required. In line with ISO 3166-1 , IANA’s official position is that “TW” is “designated for use to represent “Taiwan, Republic of China.” [24] Yes [cctld 25] Yes Yes .tz Tanzania Must have a presence in Tanzania Yes No .ua Ukraine Україна/Ukraina Ukrainian trademark required Yes Yes .ug Uganda Yes Yes .uk United Kingdom The ISO 3166-1 code for the United Kingdom is GB . UK is a specially reserved ISO 3166-1 code for the UK. However, the creation of the .uk TLD predates the ISO 3166-1 list of ccTLD and is the primary TLD for the United Kingdom. [10] Yes Yes .us United States of America Formerly commonly used by US State and local governments , see also .gov TLD Yes Yes .uy Uruguay 2LD rollout began on 10 July 2012. [25] No Yes .uz Uzbekistan No Yes .va Vatican City Vaticano Limited to the official sites of the Holy See (including those of the Vatican City State ) No No .vc Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Partial [13] Yes .ve Venezuela No No .vg British Virgin Islands No Yes .vi United States Virgin Islands No Yes .vn Vietnam Yes [cctld 26] No Yes .vu Vanuatu No Yes .wf Wallis and Futuna Restricted to individuals and companies in European Union , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. [cctld 11] Yes [cctld 12] Yes Yes .ws Samoa Formerly Western Samoa Marketed to be used in general WebSites Yes No Yes .ye Yemen No No .yt Mayotte Restricted to individuals and companies in European Union , Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. [cctld 11] Yes [cctld 12] Yes Yes .yu SFR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia After renaming of FR Yugoslavia, used for the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro . .cs was assigned for the State union, but never used. .yu has not been used after dissolution of the State Union in 2010. No No .za South Africa Zuid-Afrika No No .zm Zambia No No .zr Zaire Zaire renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997. .zr was removed in 2001 No Unknown .zw Zimbabwe No No Follow WebCraft Facebook Twitter Linux LinkedIn Contact Us E-Mail Us: info@webcraft.ua Call Us at: +380 44 3625825 Address: WebCraft, PO BOX 67, Kyiv, Ukraine Home About Us Contact Us English (English) Русский (Russian) © 2004-2017 WebCraft. All rights reserved.