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Philippines provinces renamed #206

Open interDist opened 3 years ago

interDist commented 3 years ago

The following provinces have modified names: PH-COM : Davao de Oro PH-MDC : Occidental Mindoro PH-MDR : Oriental Mindoro

(Regarding Mindoro, an official website of PH Govt (https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc) refers to the two provinces by the names stated above, e.g., in https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/downloads/SUMWEBPROV-SEPT2020-CODED-HUC-FINAL.pdf)

mimckenna commented 3 years ago

FYI - from ISO Online Browsing Platform (https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:PH)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Local variant Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
province PH-COM Davao de Oro   en   PH-11
province PH-MDC* Mindoro Occidental   en   PH-41
province PH-MDR* Mindoro Oriental   en   PH-41
province PH-MDR* Silangang Mindoro   tl   PH-41

With note:

2020-11-24 : Change of subdivision name of PH-COM in eng; Deletion of subdivision name of PH-COM in tgl; Update List Source ; Correction of the Code Source

Selection of provinces from Philippines Post https://www.phlpost.gov.ph/post-office-location.php

3166-2 code Province
PH-COM not found?
PH-MDC Occidental Mindoro
PH-MDR Oriental Mindoro

Filipino Wikipedia page also agrees with proposed changes. https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mga_lalawigan_ng_Pilipinas