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World Cities Database
World Major Cities Database
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World Cities Database Basic Edition
$449.95 per year
Database of worldwide cities in text format suitable for any applications requiring a comprehensive list of cities name and country code. It is a subset of the GeoDataSource™ Cities Database Premium, Gold, Platinum and Titanium Edition.
Latest release: December, 2024
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Code | Feature Name | Description |
---|---|---|
PPL | Populated place | A city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work. |
PPLA | Seat of a first-order administrative division | Seat of a first-order administrative division. |
PPLC | Capital of a political entity | Capital of a political entity. |
PPLL | Populated locality | An area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings. |
PPLQ | Abandoned populated place | Abandoned populated place. |
PPLR | Religious populated place | A populated place whose population is largely engaged in religious occupations. |
PPLS | Populated places | Cities, towns, villages, or other agglomerations of buildings where people live and work. |
PPLW | Destroyed populated place | A village, town or city destroyed by a natural disaster, or by war. |
PPLX | Section of populated place | Section of populated place. |
PPLA2 | Second-order administrative division | Seat of a second-order administrative division. |
PPLA3 | Third-order administrative division | Seat of a third-order administrative division. |
PPLA4 | Fourth-order administrative division | Seat of a fourth-order administrative division. |
Field Name | Description | Type | Length |
---|---|---|---|
continent_id |
Continent ID. An id that determines the character mapping used in the full name field.
|
number | 1 |
sub_continent_id |
Sub-Continent ID. A sub division of continent id.
|
character | 2 |
ufi | Unique Feature Identifier. A number which uniquely identifies the feature. A feature with multiple names with share a same feature identifier. | number | 10 |
uni | Unique Name Identifier. A number which uniquely identifies a name. | number | 10 |
dsg | Feature Designation Code. A two to five-character code used to identify the type of feature a name is applied to. | character | 5 |
cc_fips | FIPS 10-4 Primary Country Code. A two alphabetic character FIPS 10-4 Primary Country Code uniquely identifying a geopolitical entity (countries, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty). | character | 2 |
cc_iso | ISO 3166 Primary Country Code. A two alphabetic character ISO 3166 Primary Country Code uniquely identifying a geopolitical entity (countries, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty). | character | 5 |
full_name | Feature's Full Name. The full name is a complete city name which identifies the named feature. It is comprised of the specific name, generic name, and any articles or prepositions. | character | 200 |
full_name_nd | Feature's No Diacritics Full Name. Same as the full name but the diacritics and special characters are substituted with Roman characters. | character | 200 |
sort_name | Feature's Sort Name. A form of the full name which allows for easy sorting of the name into alpha-numeric sequence. It is comprised of the specific name, generic name, and any articles or prepositions. This field is all upper case with spaces, diacritics, and hyphens removed and numbers are substituted with lower case alphabetic characters. | character | 200 |
-- Create table "world_cities_basic"
CREATE TABLE `world_cities_basic`(
`continent_id` INT,
`sub_continent_id` VARCHAR(2),
`ufi` INT,
`uni` INT,
`dsg` CHAR(5),
`cc_fips` VARCHAR(2),
`cc_iso` VARCHAR(2),
`full_name` VARCHAR(200),
`full_name_nd` VARCHAR(200),
`sort_name` VARCHAR(200),
INDEX `idx_continent_id` (`continent_id`),
INDEX `idx_sub_continent_id` (`sub_continent_id`),
INDEX `idx_continent` (`continent_id`,`sub_continent_id`),
INDEX `idx_cc_iso` (`cc_iso`),
INDEX `idx_dsg` (`dsg`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin;
-- Load data into table
LOAD DATA LOCAL
INFILE 'GEODATASOURCE-CITIES-BASIC.TXT'
INTO TABLE `world_cities_basic`
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES;
-- Create table "country"
CREATE TABLE `country`(
`cc_fips` VARCHAR(2),
`cc_iso` VARCHAR(2),
`tld` VARCHAR(3),
`country_name` VARCHAR(100),
INDEX `idx_cc_fips`(`cc_fips`),
INDEX `idx_cc_iso`(`cc_iso`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin;
-- Load data into table "country"
LOAD DATA LOCAL
INFILE 'GEODATASOURCE-COUNTRY.TXT'
INTO TABLE `country`
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES;
-- Create table "world_cities_basic"
CREATE TABLE [geodatasource].[dbo].[world_cities_basic](
[continent_id] int,
[sub_continent_id] nvarchar(2) NOT NULL,
[ufi] int NOT NULL,
[uni] int NOT NULL,
[dsg] nchar(5) NOT NULL,
[cc_fips] nvarchar(2) NOT NULL,
[cc_iso] nvarchar(2) NOT NULL,
[full_name] nvarchar(200) NOT NULL,
[full_name_nd] nvarchar(200) NOT NULL,
[sort_name] nvarchar(200) NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
CREATE INDEX [idx_continent_id] ON [geodatasource].[dbo].[world_cities_basic]([continent_id]) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
CREATE INDEX [idx_sub_continent_id] ON [geodatasource].[dbo].[world_cities_basic]([sub_continent_id]) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
CREATE INDEX [idx_continent] ON [geodatasource].[dbo].[world_cities_basic]([continent_id], [sub_continent_id]) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
CREATE INDEX [idx_cc_iso] ON [geodatasource].[dbo].[world_cities_basic]([cc_iso]) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
CREATE INDEX [idx_dsg] ON [geodatasource].[dbo].[world_cities_basic]([dsg]) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
-- Create table "country"
CREATE TABLE [geodatasource].[dbo].[country](
[cc_fips] nvarchar(2) NOT NULL,
[cc_iso] nvarchar(2) NOT NULL,
[tld] nvarchar(3) NOT NULL,
[country_name] nvarchar(100) NOT NULL,
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
CREATE INDEX [idx_cc_fips] ON [geodatasource].[dbo].[country]([cc_fips]) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
CREATE INDEX [idx_cc_iso] ON [geodatasource].[dbo].[country]([cc_iso]) ON [PRIMARY]
GO