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GeoNames gazetteer

Names, coordinates, population and admin codes for 11m+ places

GeoNames gazetteer is published by GeoNames for World. It's a web page or PDF, with no API; it updates daily. Reuse: free to reuse. Check status: found, not opened.

UpdatesDaily
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About this source

PublisherGeoNames
Originalhttps://www.geonames.org/export/ ↗
PlaceWorld · global
ShelfPeople and places
FormatsTSV dumps, JSON/XML web services
Update rateDaily dumps
Located byPoint
LicenceCC BY 4.0 (widely stated; not confirmed this pass)
CheckedFound, not opened

Cite this source: GeoNames, “GeoNames gazetteer”, https://www.geonames.org/export/. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/759.

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