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Updates: 

FIPS PUB 10-4 Change Notice 13 was issued on 2008-02-04. It adds the FIPS country code for Saint Barth�lemy.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Number I-9 was published on 2007-11-28. It simply adds Saint Barth�lemy to ISO 3166-2, to stay in synch with ISO 3166-1. No subdivisions are reported.

Country overview: 

Short name	SAINT BARTH�LEMY
ISO code	BL
FIPS code	TB
Language	French (fr)
Time zone	-4
Capital	Gustavia

 

In a referendum held on 2003-12-07, Saint Martin and Saint Barth�lemy voted overwhelmingly to become overseas collectivities under Article 74 of the French Constitution. The change took effect on 2007-07-15. Formerly, they had both been communes of Guadeloupe.

Other names of country: 

1. English: Saint Barth (informal)
2. French: Saint-Barth�lemy m; Saint-Barth (informal)

Origin of name: 

Named by Columbus after his brother, Bartolomeo Colombo

Primary subdivisions: 

Saint Barth�lemy has no known administrative divisions.

Country	HASC	INSEE	Population	Area(km.�)	Area(mi.�)	Capital
Saint Barth�lemy	BL.SB	97 7	9,072	21	8	Gustavia
Country: This division is the whole of the country, treated as a division for compatibility. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision code. INSEE: Territory codes from French national statistics agency. Population: 2010-01-01 legal population.

Territorial extent: 

Saint Barth�lemy collectivity consists of Saint Barth�lemy Island.

The UN LOCODE page  for Saint Barth�lemy lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Population history:

Date	Population
1936	2,479
1946-05-16	2,331
1954-07-01	2,079
1974-10-16	2,491
1982-03-09	3,059
1990-03-15	5,038
1999-03-08	6,852
2010-01-01	9,072