Datatypes

Maritime Identification Digits (MID)

ID maritime_identification_digits

DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft

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Three-digit code that the International Telecommunication Union assigns to a country or area for maritime radio. It starts the MMSI of a ship station (mmsi). The first digit gives the region, from 2 for Europe to 7 for South America. A country can have several codes.

Categories
Transportation, Telecommunications
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Quality
80/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
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Regular expression

^[2-7]\d{2}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
273Russia
211Germany
431Japan
111 invalidPrefix of search and rescue aircraft, not a country code

Translations

LanguageNameDescription
RussianМорской идентификационный код страны (MID)

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