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.co

Introduced	December 24, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-24)
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	.CO Internet S.A.S.
Sponsor	.CO Internet S.A.S.
Intended use	Second-level domains (widgets.co) and country-code second-level domain names (ccSLDs) are intended for global use: .com.co — Intended for commercial entities .net.co — Intended for network infrastructures, such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) .nom.co — Intended for private individuals.[1] All other third-level .co domains (widgets.org.co, net.co, gov.co), are intended for entities connected with Colombia.
Actual use	Also widely used in Colombia. Sometimes used in typosquatting due to misspellings of .com domains
Registered domains	2,018,450 (2016)[2]
Registration restrictions	None
Structure	Top-level registration now permitted.[3]
Documents	Launch and Registration Rules (in English) Registration policies
Dispute policies	UDRP
DNSSEC	yes
Registry website	www.go.co (English) www.cointernet.com.co (Spanish)

.co is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Colombia.

It is administered by .CO Internet S.A.S.,^[4] a subsidiary of Neustar since 2014. As of July 10, 2010^[update], there were no registration restrictions on second-level .co domains; any individual or entity in the world can register a .co domain.

.CO Internet S.A.S from Bogotá, Colombia, was appointed as the manager for the .co TLD through a public procurement process that took place in early 2009. .CO Internet received the re-delegation approval as the manager of the .co TLD by ICANN on December 9, 2009, and received formal confirmation of the request by the United States Department of Commerce on December 23, 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Google treats .co as a generic top-level domain (gTLD) because "users and website owners frequently see [the domain] as being more generic than country-targeted."^[5]