World Administrative Boundaries - Countries

Name: World Administrative Boundaries - Countries
Creator: opendatasoft

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This dataset displays level 0 world administrative boundaries. It contains countries. This dataset was created based on this dataset , where shapes are dissolved according to "iso3 country code" field, to retrieve sovereign countries shapes.

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Data schema (15 fields)

Filterable via the API (13)

iso3_codeiso2_codepreferred_termenglish_shortfrench_shortspanish_shortrussian_shortchinese_shortarabic_shortregion_coderegion_namesub_region_codesub_region_name

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Fill	Field	Type	Description
—	geo_point_2dGeo Point	geo_point_2d	—
—	geo_shapeShape	geo_shape	—
—	iso3_codeISO 3 country code	text	ISO 3 code of the country to which the territory belongs
—	iso2_codeISO 2 country code	text	—
—	preferred_termPreferred term	text	—
—	english_shortEnglish Term	text	—
—	french_shortFrench Name	text	French term, when it is available in https://data.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/countries-territories-taxonomy-mvp-ct-taxonomy-with-hxl-tags1%40public/table/, English name otherwise
—	spanish_shortSpanish Term	text	—
—	russian_shortRussian Term	text	—
—	chinese_shortChinese Term	text	—
96.1%	arabic_shortArabic Term	text	—
100%	region_codeRegion code	int	—
100%	region_nameRegion name	text	—
100%	sub_region_codeSub region code	int	—
100%	sub_region_nameSub region name	text	—

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1geo_shape: [large value omitted] · iso2_code: IN

{
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "iso2_code": "IN",
  "iso3_code": "IND",
  "region_code": 142,
  "region_name": "Asia",
  "arabic_short": "الهند",
  "french_short": "Inde (l') [fém.]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 23.0169869604866,
    "lon": 79.60849262377202
  },
  "chinese_short": "印度",
  "english_short": "India",
  "russian_short": "Индия",
  "spanish_short": "India (la)",
  "preferred_term": "India",
  "sub_region_code": 34,
  "sub_region_name": "Southern Asia"
}

Record 2geo_shape: [large value omitted] · iso2_code: MX

{
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "iso2_code": "MX",
  "iso3_code": "MEX",
  "region_code": 19,
  "region_name": "Americas",
  "arabic_short": "المكسيك",
  "french_short": "Mexique (le)",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 23.950463865568725,
    "lon": -102.53288549746286
  },
  "chinese_short": "墨西哥",
  "english_short": "Mexico",
  "russian_short": "Мексика",
  "spanish_short": "México",
  "preferred_term": "Mexico",
  "sub_region_code": 419,
  "sub_region_name": "Latin America and the Caribbean"
}

Record 3geo_shape: [large value omitted] · iso2_code: VU

{
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "iso2_code": "VU",
  "iso3_code": "VUT",
  "region_code": 9,
  "region_name": "Oceania",
  "arabic_short": "فانواتو",
  "french_short": "Vanuatu (le) [masc.]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -16.25505304424061,
    "lon": 167.71814623978997
  },
  "chinese_short": "瓦努阿图",
  "english_short": "Vanuatu",
  "russian_short": "Вануату",
  "spanish_short": "Vanuatu",
  "preferred_term": "Vanuatu",
  "sub_region_code": 54,
  "sub_region_name": "Melanesia"
}

Record 4geo_shape: [large value omitted] · iso2_code: IR

{
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "iso2_code": "IR",
  "iso3_code": "IRN",
  "region_code": 142,
  "region_name": "Asia",
  "arabic_short": "إيران (جمهورية - الإسلامية)",
  "french_short": "Iran (République islamique d')",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 32.73946308870443,
    "lon": 54.19776609324838
  },
  "chinese_short": "伊朗（伊斯兰共和国）",
  "english_short": "Iran",
  "russian_short": "Иран (Исламская Республика)",
  "spanish_short": "Irán (República Islámica del)",
  "preferred_term": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)",
  "sub_region_code": 34,
  "sub_region_name": "Southern Asia"
}

Record 5geo_shape: {"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"Mu · iso2_code: SC

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    },
    "properties": {}
  },
  "iso2_code": "SC",
  "iso3_code": "SYC",
  "region_code": 2,
  "region_name": "Africa",
  "arabic_short": "سيشيل",
  "french_short": "Seychelles (les) [fém.]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": -6.354369979634344,
    "lon": 52.229899400494574
  },
  "chinese_short": "塞舌尔",
  "english_short": "Seychelles",
  "russian_short": "Сейшельские Острова",
  "spanish_short": "Seychelles",
  "preferred_term": "Seychelles",
  "sub_region_code": 202,
  "sub_region_name": "Sub-Saharan Africa"
}

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observed 6 days ago

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Records

203

Last upstream update

4 years ago

2022-10-03

License

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