# addressCountry

The country. Recommended to be in 2-letter [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1) format, for example "US". For backward compatibility, a 3-letter [ISO 3166-1 alpha-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3) country code such as "SGP" or a full country name such as "Singapore" can also be used.

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [Country](https://schema.org.ai/Country) | A country. |
| [Text](https://schema.org.ai/Text) | Data type: Text. |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [DefinedRegion](https://schema.org.ai/DefinedRegion) | A DefinedRegion is a geographic area defined by potentially arbitrary (rather than political, administrative or natural geographical) criteria. Properties are provided for defining a region by reference to sets of postal codes. Examples: a delivery destination when shopping. Region where regional pricing is configured. Requirement 1: Country: US States: "NY", "CA" Requirement 2: Country: US PostalCode Set: { \[94000-94585\], \[97000, 97999\], \[13000, 13599\]} { \[12345, 12345\], \[78945, 78945\], } Region = state, canton, prefecture, autonomous community... |
| [GeoCoordinates](https://schema.org.ai/GeoCoordinates) | The geographic coordinates of a place or event. |
| [GeoShape](https://schema.org.ai/GeoShape) | The geographic shape of a place. A GeoShape can be described using several properties whose values are based on latitude/longitude pairs. Either whitespace or commas can be used to separate latitude and longitude; whitespace should be used when writing a list of several such points. |
| [PostalAddress](https://schema.org.ai/PostalAddress) | The mailing address. |

---

Quoted from Schema.org 30.1, https://schema.org/addressCountry, under CC BY-SA 3.0. Served by the Org.AI Foundation at https://schema.org.ai/addressCountry.