United States Minor Outlying Islands
United States Minor Outlying Islands · North America
The United States Minor Outlying Islands is an uninhabited territory in North America. It has no capital city and no permanent population. The United States Minor Outlying Islands shares no land border with any other country.
| Region | North America |
|---|---|
| Currency | United States dollar (USD $) |
| Calling code | +268 |
| ISO codes | UM / UMI / 581 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇺🇲 |
| Area | 34.2 km² |
| Languages | English |
| Internet domain | .us |
| Demonym | American Islander |
About United States Minor Outlying Islands
The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a dependency or territory in North America. It has no land borders. The official currency is the United States dollar ($), using the code USD.
To call the United States Minor Outlying Islands from abroad, dial the country code +268. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes UM (alpha-2) and UMI (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels.
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Why the United States Minor Outlying Islands has its own code
ISO 3166-1 assigns codes to territories as well as to sovereign states, because the codes are used for shipping, banking, internet domains, statistics and data exchange rather than as a statement about statehood. That is why this territory appears in country dropdowns, address forms and datasets alongside places many times its size.
The United States Minor Outlying Islands holds the alpha-2 code UM, the alpha-3 code UMI, the numeric code 581 and the internet domain .us. It lists no capital city, because there is no seat of government to name. The World Bank does not publish a separate population figure for it, so this page shows none rather than an estimate. Calls are routed through the code +268.
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