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April 20, 2021

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# New constituent countries for United Kingdom zone

Zone information for United Kingdom will now return the following possible constituent countries for the UK:

* Name: `England`, Code: `ENG`
* Name: `Northern Ireland`, Code: `NIR`
* Name: `Scotland`, Code: `SCT`
* Name: `Wales`, Code: `WLS`
* Name: `British Forces`, Code: `BFP`

Merchants use provinces in their [shipping zones settings](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/shipping/setting-up-and-managing-your-shipping/setting-up-shipping-zones) to specify the rates for a country or province.

![Example of the shipping zone settings with United Kingdom constituent countries](https://screenshot.click/14-00-thnt9-fupv3.png)

All existing shops that have United Kingdom in a zone will automatically include all UK constituent countries.

This data can be queried from the [GraphQL admin api](https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/graphql/reference/shipping-and-fulfillment/deliveryprovince) or [REST admin api](https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/store-properties/shippingzone)

Shipping/billing addresses in the UK are not supposed to contain these consitituent countries. To ensure that the shipping/billing address is displayed correctly, ensure you are using the [format\_address liquid filter](https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/liquid/reference/filters/additional-filters#format_address) to format correctly based on the address locale.