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World Cities Database Free Edition

World Cities Database Free Edition

FREE

Free database of worldwide cities in text format suitable for any applications requiring a comprehensive list of cities and country code. It is a subset of the paid edition of GeoDataSource World Cities Database Basic, Premium, Gold, Platinum, Titanium Edition.

Latest release: October, 2024

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Advantages
  • Free and Updated Monthly
  • Multiple Subscriptions Packages Available
  • Most Accurate and Up-to-Date Source of Data
  • Comprehensive List of Cities and Related Items (2,991,937 Entries)
  • Support Worldwide 260+ Countries, Territories and Sovereign Lands
  • Instant Download Upon Subscription
  • Free Customer Support
  • Many Happy Customers
Requirements
  • Internet connection capable of downloading 11.65 MB compressed ZIP data file
  • 11.65 MB free disk space for compressed file
  • 46.58 MB free disk space for uncompressed data files
  • WinZIP or other similar archive extraction utility
  • SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL or other database software application capable of importing 2,991,937 records from a standard tab-delimited ASCII text file and sufficient disk space to import the database
Specifications
Field Name Description Type Length
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_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
SQL Statement
-- Create table "world_cities_free"
CREATE TABLE `world_cities_free`(
	`cc_fips` VARCHAR(2),
	`cc_iso` VARCHAR(2),
	`full_name_nd` VARCHAR(200),
	INDEX `idx_cc_iso` (`cc_iso`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin;

-- Load data into table
LOAD DATA LOCAL
INFILE 'GEODATASOURCE-CITIES-FREE.TXT'
INTO TABLE `world_cities_free`
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_free"
CREATE TABLE [geodatasource].[dbo].[world_cities_free](
	[cc_fips] nvarchar(2) NOT NULL,
	[cc_iso] nvarchar(2) NOT NULL,
	[full_name_nd] nvarchar(200) NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO

CREATE INDEX [idx_cc_iso] ON [geodatasource].[dbo].[world_cities_free]([cc_iso]) 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
Licensing

Single Server License

All prices mentioned in this page are for "Single Server License" unless specified otherwise. "Single Server License" can be used for 1 database server in a commercial environment with single or multiple connected clients.