Key Features
2.5 million unique places and 3.6 million names
Latitude/longitude coordinates for all names
Geopolitical information. Country, territory or sovereign state name
1st order internal administrative division where available
2nd order internal administrative division where available
ISO 3166 country code and ISO 3166-2 admin division codes
Foreign Language Exonymns. Includes exonyms for English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic and Japanese.
Alternative place names, former names, historic names, alternative spellings
All towns classified into one of 8 administrative function types
All towns classified into one of 16 bands
Time zone information for all towns across the globe