Cities, Towns, Localities

Background
World Gazetteer is the source used for cities in CommonDataHub. City names are mapped to ISO Countries and ISO/FIPS States to give a cross-mapping between existing standards and cities.

City information provided at CommonDataHub is a conglomeration of various sources to provide you with a consolidated view of the information that is downloadable in easily readable and uploadable formats.

Note: Viewing/Filtering content is free for all datasets below, except the subscription entity (Users must subscribe to see the full Data Set).

CDH Country Codes Datasets
The following are the various datasets available on CDH for City codes of countries. Different views of the information have been made available for ease of use. Please note that some of the datasets require a paid subscription (indicated by the symbol), primarily due to the value-add of consolidating various sources, additional attributes, and incremental updates. All reasonable commercial attempt is made to keep the information up-to-date.
GCO5 Cities in US and Canada Cities in the US and Canada.
GCO6 Large Cities in US and Canada Cities in the US and Canada with population over 50,000.
GCO7S Large Cities in the World (population > 20,000) Cities in over 140 countries with population over 20,000, along with name in english character set, ISO Country and ISO State Codes. All US cities.
Dataset Features and Price List
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Feature GCO5
FREE		 GCO6
FREE		 GCO7S
$375
ISO 3166-1 Country Name: Official short name of the country in English as defined by the ISO 3166-1 standard. X X X
ISO 3166-2 Subdivision/State Name: Name associated with the State/Province/Region of the applicable Country as defined by the ISO 3166-2 Standard. X X X
City Name (Gazetteer): City/locality Name, provided by the World Gazetteer. X X X
City Alternate Names: Alternate names for City/Locality, provided by the World Gazetteer. X X X
Population: Population of country as of 2007 (-1 indicates population is not known). X X X
ISO 3166-1 Country Char 2 Code: Two-letter alpha country codes as per ISO 3166-1. X X X
ISO 3166-1 Country Char 3 Code: Three-letter alpha country codes as per ISO 3166-1. X X X
ISO 3166-2 State Char 2 Code: 2 Character Code associated with the State/Province/Region of the applicable Country as defined by the ISO 3166-2 Standard. X X X
City Name (English): City/ Locality name in English character set. X
Change Log: Log of all changes after the Portal Release Date. X
Comments: Comments entered by CDH. X
Automated Notification: Automated Notification of Changes. X
Free Email Support. X X X
Free Telephone Support. X
Attribute Sources
A list of all attributes of the datasets, along with relevant sources. The field Portal Release Date is the date this information was published on CommonDataHub.
Attribute Source Portal Release Date
ISO 3166-1 Country Name ISO 3166-1 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-2 Subdivision/State Name ISO 3166-2 28-Feb-2008
City Name (Gazetteer) Gazetteer 28-Feb-2008
City Alternate Names Gazetteer 28-Feb-2008
Population Gazetteer 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-1 Country Char 2 Code ISO 3166-1 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-1 Country Char 3 Code ISO 3166-1 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-2 State Char 2 Code ISO 3166-2 28-Feb-2008
Subdivision Name (English) CDH 15-Apr-2008
Change Log CommonDataHub 28-Feb-2008
Comments Various 28-Feb-2008
Details of the sources used:

ISO 3166-1: http://www.iso.org

ISO 3166-2: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 2: Country subdivision code, defines codes for the principal subdivisions of a country or dependent area. First published in 1998.
http://www.iso.org

World Gazetteer: The World Gazetteer provides a comprehensive set of population data and related statistics.
http://www.world-gazetteer.com
Acronyms
A listing of the acronyms and abbreviations used.

FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standards
CDH: CommonDataHub
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
 
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