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title: country
description: Represents a country.
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# country

Represents a country.

|                       |                                                                                                                      |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                 | 2.5.6.2                                                                                                              |
| *Names*               | country                                                                                                              |
| *Superior classes*    | [top](oc-top.html)                                                                                                   |
| *Class type*          | STRUCTURAL: for structural specification of the DIT. Entries have only one structural object class superclass chain. |
| *Required attributes* | [c](at-c.html), [objectClass](at-objectClass.html)                                                                   |
| *Optional attributes* | [description](at-description.html), [searchGuide](at-searchGuide.html)                                               |
| *Origin*              | [RFC 4519](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4519)                                                            |
| *Schema file*         | 00-core.ldif                                                                                                         |