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Country Domains

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Country Domains - ccTLDs

Over 240 country domains are currently active in the DNS (Domain Name System). Some are strictly limited for registration of by local organizations / individuals, and as previously mentioned on Why do you need a Domain? page, some are also accepting domain registration for foreign entities or individuals. These ccTLDs accepting domain registration for foreign entities are commonly called Vanity Domains. The following list represents the complete country domains with vanity domains marked by asterisk (*).

A

.ac for Ascension Island *
.ad for Andorra
.ae for United Arab Emirates
.af for Afghanistan
.ag for Antigua and Barbuda *
.ai for Anguilla
.al for Albania
.am for Armenia *
.an for Netherlands Antilles
.ao for Angola
.aq for Antarctica
.ar for Argentina
.as for American Samoa *
.at for Austria *
.au for Australia
.aw for Aruba
.ax for Aland Islands
.az for Azerbaijan

B

.ba for Bosnia and Herzegovina
.bb for Barbados
.bd for Bangladesh
.be for Belgium *
.bf for Burkina Faso
.bg for Bulgaria
.bh for Bahrain
.bi for Burundi *
.bj for Benin
.bm for Bermuda
.bn for Brunei
.bo for Bolivia *
.br for Brazil *
.bs for Bahamas *
.bt for Bhutan
.bv for Bouvet Island (not in use; no registrations)
.bw for Botswana
.by for Belarus
.bz for Belize *

C

.ca for Canada
.cc for Cocos (Keeling) Islands *
.cd for Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly .zr � Zaire) *
.cf for Central African Republic
.cg for Republic of the Congo *
.ch for Switzerland *
.ci for C�te d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
.ck for Cook Islands *
.cl for Chile
.cm for Cameroon
.cn for People's Republic of China *
.co for Colombia
.cr for Costa Rica
.cu for Cuba
.cv for Cape Verde
.cx for Christmas Island *
.cy for Cyprus
.cz for Czech Republic

D

.de for Germany
.dj for Djibouti *
.dk for Denmark *
.dm for Dominica
.do for Dominican Republic
.dz for Algeria

E

.ec for Ecuador
.ee for Estonia
.eg for Egypt
.eh for Western Sahara (not assigned; no DNS)
.er for Eritrea
.es for Spain *
.et for Ethiopia
.eu for European Union (code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)

F

.fi for Finland
.fj for Fiji *
.fk for Falkland Islands
.fm for Federated States of Micronesia *
.fo for Faroe Islands
.fr for France

G

.ga for Gabon
.gb for United Kingdom (Reserved domain by IANA; deprecated � see .uk)
.gd for Grenada
.ge for Georgia
.gf for French Guiana
.gg for Guernsey
.gh for Ghana
.gi for Gibraltar
.gl for Greenland *
.gm for Gambia
.gn for Guinea
.gp for Guadeloupe
.gq for Equatorial Guinea
.gr for Greece *
.gs for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands *
.gt for Guatemala
.gu for Guam
.gw for Guinea-Bissau
.gy for Guyana

H

.hk for Hong Kong *
.hm for Heard Island and McDonald Islands *
.hn for Honduras *
.hr for Croatia
.ht for Haiti
.hu for Hungary *

I

.id for Indonesia
.ie for Ireland
.il for Israel *
.im for Isle of Man *
.in for India *
.io for British Indian Ocean Territory *
.iq for Iraq
.ir for Iran *
.is for Iceland
.it for Italy

J

.je for Jersey
.jm for Jamaica
.jo for Jordan
.jp for Japan

K

.ke for Kenya
.kg for Kyrgyzstan
.kh for Cambodia
.ki for Kiribati
.km for Comoros
.kn for Saint Kitts and Nevis
.kp for North Korea (not assigned; no DNS)
.kr for South Korea
.kw for Kuwait
.ky for Cayman Islands
.kz for Kazakhstan *

L

.la for Laos *
.lb for Lebanon
.lc for Saint Lucia
.li for Liechtenstein *
.lk for Sri Lanka
.lr for Liberia
.ls for Lesotho
.lt for Lithuania
.lu for Luxembourg
.lv for Latvia *
.ly for Libya *

M

.ma for Morocco
.mc for Monaco
.md for Moldova *
.me for Montenegro
.mg for Madagascar
.mh for Marshall Islands
.mk for Republic of Macedonia
.ml for Mali
.mm for Myanmar
.mn for Mongolia *
.mo for Macau
.mp for Northern Mariana Islands *
.mq for Martinique
.mr for Mauritania
.ms for Montserrat *
.mt for Malta
.mu for Mauritius *
.mv for Maldives
.mw for Malawi *
.mx for Mexico *
.my for Malaysia
.mz for Mozambique

N

.na for Namibia *
.nc for New Caledonia
.ne for Niger
.nf for Norfolk Island *
.ng for Nigeria
.ni for Nicaragua
.nl for Netherlands *
.no for Norway
.np for Nepal
.nr for Nauru *
.nu for Niue *
.nz for New Zealand *
.nc.tr for North Cyprus *

O

.om for Oman

P

.pa for Panama
.pe for Peru
.pf for French Polynesia
.pg for Papua New Guinea
.ph for Philippines *
.pk for Pakistan *
.pl for Poland *
.pm for Saint Pierre and Miquelon
.pn for Pitcairn Islands *
.pr for Puerto Rico *
.ps for Palestine *
.pt for Portugal *
.pw for Palau
.py for Paraguay

Q

.qa for Qatar

R

.re for R�union
.ro for Romania *
.rs for Serbia
.ru for Russia *
.rw for Rwanda

S

.sa for Saudi Arabia
.sb for Solomon Islands *
.sc for Seychelles *
.sd for Sudan
.se for Sweden *
.sg for Singapore
.sh for Saint Helena *
.si for Slovenia
.sj for Svalbard and Jan Mayen islands (not in use; no registrations)
.sk for Slovakia
.sl for Sierra Leone
.sm for San Marino *
.sn for Senegal
.so for Somalia * (down, still is delegated to Monolith [ml.org] Philadelphia, an entity defunct since end-1998)
.sr for Suriname *
.st for S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe *
.su for Soviet Union (deprecated; being phased out; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)
.sv for El Salvador
.sy for Syria *
.sz for Swaziland *

T

.tc for Turks and Caicos Islands
.td for Chad
.tf for French Southern Territories
.tg for Togo *
.th for Thailand
.tj for Tajikistan *
.tk for Tokelau *
.tl for East Timor (formerly .tp) *
.tm for Turkmenistan *
.tn for Tunisia
.to for Tonga *
.tp for East Timor (deprecated � use .tl; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1)
.tr for Turkey
.tt for Trinidad and Tobago *
.tv for Tuvalu *
.tw for Taiwan *
.tz for Tanzania

U

.ua for Ukraine
.ug for Uganda *
.uk for United Kingdom (code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1) (see also .gb)
.us for United States *
.uy for Uruguay
.uz for Uzbekistan

V

.va for Vatican City
.vc for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *
.ve for Venezuela
.vg for British Virgin Islands *
.vi for United States Virgin Islands
.vn for Vietnam
.vu for Vanuatu *

W

.wf for Wallis and Futuna
.ws for Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) *

Y

.ye for Yemen
.yt for Mayotte
.yu for Yugoslavia (subsequently renamed Serbia and Montenegro)

Z

.za for South Africa *
.zm for Zambia
.zw for Zimbabwe