--- pretty_name: GeoNames Authority Data license: mit language: - en tags: - geonames - authority - sqlite - geography viewer: false task_categories: - text-retrieval --- # GeoNames Authority Data GeoNames authority SQLite databases for countries, administrative areas, and country-specific populated places. ## Files | File | Contents | Rows | Size | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | | `ad.sqlite` | Andorra cities | 72 | 77.82 kB | | `ae.sqlite` | United Arab Emirates cities | 2406 | 1.04 MB | | `af.sqlite` | Afghanistan cities | 32572 | 25.80 MB | | `ag.sqlite` | Antigua and Barbuda cities | 190 | 102.40 kB | | `ai.sqlite` | Anguilla cities | 45 | 49.15 kB | | `al.sqlite` | Albania cities | 4447 | 2.25 MB | | `am.sqlite` | Armenia cities | 3161 | 2.15 MB | | `an.sqlite` | Netherlands Antilles cities | 0 | 40.96 kB | | `ao.sqlite` | Angola cities | 19704 | 4.64 MB | | `aq.sqlite` | Antarctica cities | 30 | 106.50 kB | | `ar.sqlite` | Argentina cities | 14884 | 4.90 MB | | `as.sqlite` | American Samoa cities | 149 | 81.92 kB | | `at.sqlite` | Austria cities | 20913 | 5.61 MB | | `au.sqlite` | Australia cities | 19230 | 4.95 MB | | `aw.sqlite` | Aruba cities | 172 | 86.02 kB | | `ax.sqlite` | Aland Islands cities | 338 | 139.26 kB | | `az.sqlite` | Azerbaijan cities | 5299 | 4.07 MB | | `ba.sqlite` | Bosnia and Herzegovina cities | 21982 | 5.83 MB | | `bb.sqlite` | Barbados cities | 588 | 184.32 kB | | `bd.sqlite` | Bangladesh cities | 49052 | 13.80 MB | | `be.sqlite` | Belgium cities | 12669 | 3.66 MB | | `bf.sqlite` | Burkina Faso cities | 10293 | 2.58 MB | | `bg.sqlite` | Bulgaria cities | 7239 | 4.16 MB | | `bh.sqlite` | Bahrain cities | 124 | 135.17 kB | | `bi.sqlite` | Burundi cities | 6977 | 1.49 MB | | `bj.sqlite` | Benin cities | 3758 | 1.00 MB | | `bl.sqlite` | Saint Barthelemy cities | 29 | 49.15 kB | | `bm.sqlite` | Bermuda cities | 31 | 49.15 kB | | `bn.sqlite` | Brunei cities | 309 | 167.94 kB | | `bo.sqlite` | Bolivia cities | 25804 | 7.05 MB | | `bq.sqlite` | Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba cities | 119 | 73.73 kB | | `br.sqlite` | Brazil cities | 72391 | 23.41 MB | | `bs.sqlite` | Bahamas cities | 354 | 147.46 kB | | `bt.sqlite` | Bhutan cities | 253 | 143.36 kB | | `bv.sqlite` | Bouvet Island cities | 0 | 40.96 kB | | `bw.sqlite` | Botswana cities | 1820 | 466.94 kB | | `by.sqlite` | Belarus cities | 26603 | 11.55 MB | | `bz.sqlite` | Belize cities | 528 | 212.99 kB | | `ca.sqlite` | Canada cities | 21673 | 5.69 MB | | `cc.sqlite` | Cocos Islands cities | 2 | 40.96 kB | | `cd.sqlite` | Democratic Republic of the Congo cities | 37231 | 8.13 MB | | `cf.sqlite` | Central African Republic cities | 5707 | 1.36 MB | | `cg.sqlite` | Republic of the Congo cities | 5807 | 1.41 MB | | `ch.sqlite` | Switzerland cities | 13199 | 4.14 MB | | `ci.sqlite` | Ivory Coast cities | 12076 | 3.29 MB | | `ck.sqlite` | Cook Islands cities | 56 | 49.15 kB | | `cl.sqlite` | Chile cities | 6967 | 2.54 MB | | `cm.sqlite` | Cameroon cities | 14374 | 3.39 MB | | `geo.sqlite` | countries, admin1, admin2 | 252 / 3865 / 47549 | 16.15 MB | | `hr.sqlite` | Croatia cities | 11631 | 3.55 MB | | `hu.sqlite` | Hungary cities | 16015 | 5.23 MB | | `it.sqlite` | Italy cities | 63013 | 16.35 MB | | `pl.sqlite` | Poland cities | 47903 | 14.73 MB | | `us.sqlite` | United States cities | 193759 | 75.48 MB | ## Publishing Suggested Hugging Face dataset id: `museado/geonames-data` ## Sample Rows ### `geo.sqlite` `country` ```bash sqlite3 -header -column geo.sqlite "select * from country limit 3;" ``` ```text geoname_id iso2 iso3 iso_numeric fips name capital area population continent tld currency_code currency_name phone postal_format postal_regex languages neighbors ---------- ---- ---- ----------- ---- ------- --------- ------ ---------- --------- --- ------------- ------------- ----- ------------- ----------------- -------------------- ----------- 49518 RW RWA 646 RW Rwanda Kigali 26338 12301939 AF .rw RWF Franc 250 rw,en-RW,fr-RW,sw TZ,CD,BI,UG 51537 SO SOM 706 SO Somalia Mogadishu 637657 15008154 AF .so SOS Shilling 252 @@ ##### ^([A-Z]{2}\d{5})$ so-SO,ar-SO,it,en-SO ET,KE,DJ 69543 YE YEM 887 YM Yemen Sanaa 527970 28498687 AS .ye YER Rial 967 ar-YE SA,OM ``` ### `geo.sqlite` `admin1` ```bash sqlite3 -header -column geo.sqlite "select * from admin1 limit 3;" ``` ```text geoname_id code country_code admin1_code name ascii_name ---------- ----- ------------ ----------- --------------- --------------- 50360 SO.20 SO 20 Woqooyi Galbeed Woqooyi Galbeed 51230 SO.19 SO 19 Togdheer Togdheer 51966 SO.14 SO 14 Lower Shabeelle Lower Shabeelle ``` ### `geo.sqlite` `admin2` ```bash sqlite3 -header -column geo.sqlite "select * from admin2 limit 3;" ``` ```text geoname_id code country_code admin1_code admin2_code name ascii_name ---------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ----------------- ----------------- 6550 IR.42.6550 IR 42 6550 Dāvarzan Davarzan 28354 IR.10.28354 IR 10 28354 Darrehshahr Darrehshahr 65061 SO.09.65061 SO 09 65061 Degmada Badhaadhe Degmada Badhaadhe ``` ### `us.sqlite` `city` ```bash sqlite3 -header -column us.sqlite "select * from city limit 1;" ``` ```text geoname_id name ascii_name alternate_names latitude longitude feature_class feature_code country_code admin1_code admin2_code population timezone modification_date ---------- -------- ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- --------- ------------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ----------------- 4045510 Amchitka Amchitka AHT,Amchitka,Amcitka,Amčitka,Isla Amchitka,a mu qi te ka dao,amshytka,amuchitoka dao,Амчитка,אמציטקה,أمشيتكا,アムチトカ島,阿姆奇特卡島 51.56722 178.8775 P PPL US AK 016 0 America/Adak 2010-01-30 ``` ## Bundle Usage ```bash ./admin download ./admin build --force ./admin metadata ``` The SQLite file is intended to be fetched by `survos/geonames-bundle` and queried locally through the bundle's runtime lookup service.