title: Somaliland Country Abbreviation
body: <p>I can't find a two letter country abbreviation for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland" rel="noreferrer">Somaliland</a>, likely because it's not a country, but rather, as Wikipedia puts it: "an unrecognized self-declared de facto sovereign state that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia". Nevertheless, it still takes up space on a map.</p>
  
  <p>This may not seem like a programming question, but it is. I'm using the <a href="http://jvectormap.com/" rel="noreferrer">jvectormap</a> jQuery plugin, which accounts for this region and has assigned it the abbreviation "_3" in lieu of a two letter abbreviation. The problem is that in order to make jvector map function correctly with my code, I need to enter Somaliland into our database but I don't want to use "_3" as its abbreviation, and I also don't want to just make something up.</p>
  
  <p>First and foremost, is there an official two letter abbreviation for Somaliland?</p>
  
  <p>As trivial and petty as this problem may sound, it's created a paradox in my mind and is causing my brain to melt. How can this be handled "correctly" if an official abbreviation does not exist?</p>