GeoNames Administrative Level 1
worldwide first-level administrative divisions
- Publisher
- download.geonames.org
- Last successful pull
- Aug 31, 2026 · 5:32 PM UTC
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- CC BY 4.0
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- Commercial: True · Redistribution: True
API FoundryLogan Pendragon Forge Lab
Available API
Complete UN M49 countries and territories plus GeoNames country metadata, administrative levels 1-2, populated places of 500+ people, and time zones.
Coverage
A canonical geographic identity layer shared across the Foundry.
Endpoints
/apis/geography · 1 credit/apis/geography/countries · 1 credit/apis/geography/countries/{code} · 1 credit/apis/geography/countries/search · 1 credit/apis/geography/regions · 1 credit/apis/geography/places · 1 credit/apis/geography/timezones · 1 credit/apis/geography/coverage · 1 creditStandard list, search, detail, relationship, and conversion calls cost one credit. Bulk exports cost 100 credits.
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These are up to five fixed records from the current release. The preview has no paging, search, or export controls. A developer account and API key are required to query the full dataset.
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Source record
worldwide first-level administrative divisions
worldwide second-level administrative divisions
worldwide populated places with population above 500 and administrative seats
country metadata, capital, currency, language, and neighbor relationships
country and IANA time-zone offsets
authoritative country, territory, region, and M49 identity