World Administrative Boundaries - Countries
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)
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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: 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 2geo_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 3geo_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 4geo_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 5geo_shape: [large value omitted] · iso2_code: TG
{
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"iso2_code": "TG",
"iso3_code": "TGO",
"region_code": 2,
"region_name": "Africa",
"arabic_short": "توغو",
"french_short": "Togo (le)",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 8.53496045235687,
"lon": 0.9757216793859176
},
"chinese_short": "多哥",
"english_short": "Togo",
"russian_short": "Того",
"spanish_short": "Togo (el)",
"preferred_term": "Togo",
"sub_region_code": 202,
"sub_region_name": "Sub-Saharan Africa"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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