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  <genc:name><![CDATA[BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY]]></genc:name>
  <genc:shortName><![CDATA[British Indian Ocean Territory]]></genc:shortName>
  <genc:fullName><![CDATA[British Indian Ocean Territory]]></genc:fullName>
  <genc:gencStatus>exception</genc:gencStatus>
  <genc:entryDate>2023-07-01</genc:entryDate>
  <genc:entryType>unchanged</genc:entryType>
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  <genc:entryNotesOnNaming><![CDATA[The GENC Standard specifies the short name "British Indian Ocean Territory" where instead ISO 3166-1 specifies "British Indian Ocean Territory (the)"; and GENC specifies the full name "British Indian Ocean Territory" where instead ISO 3166-1 specifies "British Indian Ocean Territory (the)". The GENC Standard specifies the local short name for 'en'/'eng' as "British Indian Ocean Territory" where instead ISO 3166-1 specifies "British Indian Ocean Territory (the)".]]></genc:entryNotesOnNaming>
  <genc:entryNotesOnTerritory><![CDATA[The entry for this geopolitical entity is assigned the GENC status of 'Exception' because GENC Standard considers the entry named "BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY" to specifically exclude the geospatial extent of the atoll Diego Garcia; the GENC Standard includes a distinct top-level entry for "DIEGO GARCIA". ISO 3166/MA considers the entry named "BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY" to include Diego Garcia, as stated in ISO 3166-1. British Indian Ocean Territory is a British Overseas Territory. British Overseas Territories are distinct areas that are not part of the territory of the United Kingdom. There are 14 such territories, including: Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn Islands; Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha; South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus (Akrotiri and Dhekelia); and the Turks and Caicos Islands. (See [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/overseas-territories].) ISO 3166-1 contains entries for twelve of the fourteen British Overseas Territories. The two British Overseas Territories omitted from ISO 3166-1 are the British Antarctic Territory (ISO includes no national Antarctic claims) and the Sovereign Base Area on Cyprus (Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as a single British Overseas Territory). Note that ISO 3166-2 does not contain code elements for any of those territories as an administrative subdivision of the United Kingdom. The GENC Standard also contains specific top-level entries for the same twelve British Overseas Territories found in ISO 3166-1, and in addition, the GENC Standard contains separate entries for each of Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Diego Garcia.]]></genc:entryNotesOnTerritory>
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    <genc:name><![CDATA[British Indian Ocean Territory]]></genc:name>
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