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3/ But today in #geoweirdness let's look at ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes that have officially been deleted.
Some countries merged peacefully with others:
The Kingdom of Sikkim (SK) became part of 🇮🇳 India (IN)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sikkim
The German Democratic Republic (DD) became part of the 🇩🇪 Federal Republic of Germany (DE)
The Gilbert Islands (GE) became part of 🇰🇮 Kiribati (KI) - and the ISO code was later claimed by 🇬🇪 Georgia
4/ Other countries also merged, though less peacefully
North Vietnam (VD) and South Vietnam (VN) now simply use ISO code VN 🇻🇳
South Yemen (YD) became part of the 🇾🇪 Republic of Yemen (YE)
#geoweirdness