[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # List of countries ## - **[brodders](/forum/user/53496-brodders "View brodders's Profile")** - [![brodders's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/53496-brodders "View brodders's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/53496-brodders) Less More - Posts: 15 - Thank you received: 2 - - 6 years 2 months ago [\#323005](#323005) by [brodders](/forum/user/53496-brodders "View brodders's Profile") *[List of countries](/forum/25-install-update/900603-list-of-countries#323005 "-- HikaShop version -- : 4.3.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.20 -- PHP version -- : 7.3 Hi, I've got a query about the list of countries provided by Hikashop. Is the list in need of an update? For example: a) I believe “Congo” should be “Democratic Republic of the Congo” b) “Zaire“, I believe this name is outdated - the was name changed in 1997 c) “South Sudan” is not in the list (I believe it became an independent country in 2011) Is this the sort of thing you plan to update from time to time? While waiting for any updates, I realise we could to manually update the list in our installation ourselves. I’ve seen that if we delete any they will be reinstated every time we upgrade Hikashop. If we unpublish or rename any, will this be reverted when we next upgrade Hikashop? If any new countries are added in the future, will we pick them up automatically - and what would happen if we have already added them ourselves? Many thanks, Michael.")* was created by *[brodders](/forum/user/53496-brodders "View brodders's Profile")* -- HikaShop version -- : 4.3.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.20 -- PHP version -- : 7.3 Hi, I've got a query about the list of countries provided by Hikashop. Is the list in need of an update? For example: a) I believe “Congo” should be “Democratic Republic of the Congo” b) “Zaire“, I believe this name is outdated - the was name changed in 1997 c) “South Sudan” is not in the list (I believe it became an independent country in 2011) Is this the sort of thing you plan to update from time to time? While waiting for any updates, I realise we could to manually update the list in our installation ourselves. I’ve seen that if we delete any they will be reinstated every time we upgrade Hikashop. If we unpublish or rename any, will this be reverted when we next upgrade Hikashop? If any new countries are added in the future, will we pick them up automatically - and what would happen if we have already added them ourselves? Many thanks, Michael. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI1LWluc3RhbGwtdXBkYXRlLzkwMDYwMy1saXN0LW9mLWNvdW50cmllcz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86541 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 6 years 2 months ago [\#323022](#323022) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[List of countries](/forum/25-install-update/900603-list-of-countries#323022 "-- HikaShop version -- : 4.3.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.20 -- PHP version -- : 7.3 Hi, I've got a query about the list of countries provided by Hikashop. Is the list in need of an update? For example: a) I believe “Congo” should be “Democratic Republic of the Congo” b) “Zaire“, I believe this name is outdated - the was name changed in 1997 c) “South Sudan” is not in the list (I believe it became an independent country in 2011) Is this the sort of thing you plan to update from time to time? While waiting for any updates, I realise we could to manually update the list in our installation ourselves. I’ve seen that if we delete any they will be reinstated every time we upgrade Hikashop. If we unpublish or rename any, will this be reverted when we next upgrade Hikashop? If any new countries are added in the future, will we pick them up automatically - and what would happen if we have already added them ourselves? Many thanks, Michael.")* Hi, a. I don't agree with that change. Many countries have long names that people usually don't use and a shorter common version. If we were listing France with République Française (which is the official long name), no one would find it in the dropdown as any french person would search for their country at the F letter (the countries are ordered alphabetically). So we decided to use the small name there to make it simpler for users, even if it is less accurate. b. That's a good point. We'll remove it from the list. c. That's also a good point. We'll add it to the list. d. We update the list whenever someone notifies us of a change. We can't keep track of administrative differences everywhere in the world as we're not experts in that field. So we rely on people from there telling us if something is wrong/missing. The list was compiled first 10 years ago from different sources and we're updating it little by little. For example, we've recently added Kosovo and we've added a few missing states to Iran (as they were created a few years back) and we're removing the UK from the Europe tax zone in the next release. e. And yes, in the mean time you can change things on your end. If you delete a zone, HikaShop will add it back when you update/reinstall HikaShop. So you should only disable/modify/create zones. In these cases, updates and reinstalls won't change your modifications. f. If you add zones yourself, if will add zones with the same zone_id in the future, you won't get these new zones. So you might miss a few of them. But otherwise, yes, you will get new zones we add in the future. Thanks for your feedback ! Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI1LWluc3RhbGwtdXBkYXRlLzkwMDYwMy1saXN0LW9mLWNvdW50cmllcz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[brodders](/forum/user/53496-brodders "View brodders's Profile")** - [![brodders's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/53496-brodders "View brodders's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/53496-brodders) Less More - Posts: 15 - Thank you received: 2 - - 6 years 2 months ago [\#323078](#323078) by [brodders](/forum/user/53496-brodders "View brodders's Profile") Replied by *[brodders](/forum/user/53496-brodders "View brodders's Profile")* on topic *[List of countries](/forum/25-install-update/900603-list-of-countries#323078 "-- HikaShop version -- : 4.3.0 -- Joomla version -- : 3.9.20 -- PHP version -- : 7.3 Hi, I've got a query about the list of countries provided by Hikashop. Is the list in need of an update? For example: a) I believe “Congo” should be “Democratic Republic of the Congo” b) “Zaire“, I believe this name is outdated - the was name changed in 1997 c) “South Sudan” is not in the list (I believe it became an independent country in 2011) Is this the sort of thing you plan to update from time to time? While waiting for any updates, I realise we could to manually update the list in our installation ourselves. I’ve seen that if we delete any they will be reinstated every time we upgrade Hikashop. If we unpublish or rename any, will this be reverted when we next upgrade Hikashop? If any new countries are added in the future, will we pick them up automatically - and what would happen if we have already added them ourselves? Many thanks, Michael.")* Thanks for your detailed reply, very much appreciated. Sounds like we can wait for the next release, and will remember to let you know if/when there are any other suggestions for the list of countries. 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