CYPRUS is in EUROPE not ASIA

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ISO 3166-1, ISO 3166-2, ISO 4217, E.164, ISO related types in Scala. Country codes, Country Subdivision, Country Currency, Calling Code, etc...

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Open themos opened 2 years ago

themos commented 2 years ago

I noticed the ISOCountry.CYPRUS is mapped to ISOContinent.ASIA. This is not correct. Cyprus is part of Europe.

cyber-barrista commented 9 months ago

It is mapped to ASIA as the mapping is geographical not political.

It is geographically in Western Asia, but its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southeastern European.