Country Files (GNS)

Complete Files of Geographic Names for Geopolitical Areas from GNS (ISO/IEC 10646 [Unicode UTF-8] Compliant as of 18 July 2002)

Database Last Update November 16, 2009

Estimated Database next update - November 23, 2009.

(NEW) We provide complete files of geographic names information covering countries or geopolitical areas. The files are not in customary gazetteer format, but are in a special format amenable to input into geographic information systems, databases, and spreadsheets, giving end users powerful capabilities for data analysis, manipulation, and display. These files are offered in two formats: Reading Order format (Mount Everest) that works well with mapping applications and Reverse Generics format (Everest, Mount) that works well for gazetteer listings. Follow the links below to learn more and to begin downloading files.

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(click to download) Country Name Country Code Most Recent Modification Date (Number of Modified Records on day of last modification) Number of Records

Reading Order Reversed Generics AFGHANISTAN AF 2009-11-06 (256) 228454

Reading Order Reversed Generics ALBANIA AL 2008-12-18 (6) 24084

Reading Order Reversed Generics ALGERIA AG 2009-10-09 (15) 57360

Reading Order Reversed Generics ANDORRA AN 2007-02-28 (8) 3062

Reading Order Reversed Generics ANGOLA AO 2007-02-28 (10) 27444

Reading Order Reversed Generics ANGUILLA AV 1995-05-22 (2) 185

Reading Order Reversed Generics ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AC 1998-10-05 (1) 690

Reading Order Reversed Generics ARGENTINA AR 2007-02-28 (3) 51666

Reading Order Reversed Generics ARMENIA AM 2007-02-28 (4) 4648

Reading Order Reversed Generics ARUBA AA 2006-11-15 (3) 300

Reading Order Reversed Generics ASHMORE AND CARTIER ISLANDS AT 2007-02-28 (1) 17

Reading Order Reversed Generics AUSTRALIA AS 2008-06-04 (1) 66249

Reading Order Reversed Generics AUSTRIA AU 2007-03-20 (2) 44037

Reading Order Reversed Generics AZERBAIJAN AJ 2009-10-29 (23) 15800

Reading Order Reversed Generics BAHAMAS, THE BF 2007-02-28 (4) 2569

Reading Order Reversed Generics BAHRAIN BA 2009-09-09 (4) 1256

Reading Order Reversed Generics BANGLADESH BG 2009-10-16 (644) 38895

Reading Order Reversed Generics BARBADOS BB 1997-08-29 (3) 760

Reading Order Reversed Generics BASSAS DA INDIA BS 1993-12-21 (8) 8

Reading Order Reversed Generics BELARUS BO 2009-09-02 (36) 20958

Reading Order Reversed Generics BELGIUM BE 2009-07-24 (5897) 28435

Reading Order Reversed Generics BELIZE BH 2006-02-02 (3) 2596

Reading Order Reversed Generics BENIN BN 2009-07-07 (62) 6500

Reading Order Reversed Generics BERMUDA BD 2001-05-04 (12) 713

Reading Order Reversed Generics BHUTAN BT 2008-08-12 (1) 521

Reading Order Reversed Generics BOLIVIA BL 2009-05-14 (1) 34486

Reading Order Reversed Generics BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BK 2008-12-22 (2) 55119

Reading Order Reversed Generics BOTSWANA BC 2007-02-28 (8) 1428

Reading Order Reversed Generics BOUVET ISLAND BV 2005-09-30 (2) 110

Reading Order Reversed Generics BRAZIL BR 2009-03-23 (4) 87610

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Reading Order Reversed Generics BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY IO 2008-12-08 (9) 129

Reading Order Reversed Generics BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS VI 2006-02-24 (2) 604

Reading Order Reversed Generics BRUNEI BX 2007-02-28 (5) 1299

Reading Order Reversed Generics BULGARIA BU 2008-01-29 (4) 25907

Reading Order Reversed Generics BURKINA FASO UV 2009-07-23 (26) 13016

Reading Order Reversed Generics BURMA BM 2009-09-22 (3) 54972

Reading Order Reversed Generics BURUNDI BY 2009-10-28 (30) 11469

Reading Order Reversed Generics CAMBODIA CB 2009-05-14 (1478) 22046

Reading Order Reversed Generics CAMEROON CM 2009-11-06 (142) 24761

Reading Order Reversed Generics CANADA CA 2007-06-15 (4) 22221

Reading Order Reversed Generics CAPE VERDE CV 2007-02-28 (5) 980

Reading Order Reversed Generics CAYMAN ISLANDS CJ 1997-08-29 (2) 325

Reading Order Reversed Generics CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CT 2009-01-27 (27) 16587

Reading Order Reversed Generics CHAD CD 2009-10-22 (1) 27212

Reading Order Reversed Generics CHILE CI 2008-09-03 (5) 42263

Reading Order Reversed Generics CHINA CH 2009-09-11 (18) 311889

Reading Order Reversed Generics CHRISTMAS ISLAND KT 2007-02-28 (1) 81

Reading Order Reversed Generics CLIPPERTON ISLAND IP 1997-07-12 (2) 2

Reading Order Reversed Generics COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS CK 2007-02-28 (2) 86

Reading Order Reversed Generics COLOMBIA CO 2009-06-05 (169) 72755

Reading Order Reversed Generics COMOROS CN 2007-02-28 (26) 1805

Reading Order Reversed Generics CONGO CF 2009-04-06 (2469) 12774

Reading Order Reversed Generics CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CG 2009-05-29 (33) 31981

Reading Order Reversed Generics COOK ISLANDS CW 2007-04-13 (34) 804

Reading Order Reversed Generics CORAL SEA ISLANDS CR 2007-02-28 (1) 145

Reading Order Reversed Generics COSTA RICA CS 2007-02-28 (2) 5464

Reading Order Reversed Generics CROATIA HR 2008-12-16 (2) 28780

Reading Order Reversed Generics CUBA CU 2007-02-28 (2) 46296

Reading Order Reversed Generics CYPRUS CY 2007-02-28 (4) 9141

Reading Order Reversed Generics CZECH REPUBLIC EZ 2007-10-22 (42) 26934

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Reading Order Reversed Generics CôTE D'IVOIRE IV 2009-03-26 (6584) 19267

Reading Order Reversed Generics DENMARK DA 2009-04-15 (1) 19490

Reading Order Reversed Generics DJIBOUTI DJ 2009-03-18 (584) 7383

Reading Order Reversed Generics DOMINICA DO 2007-02-28 (4) 494

Reading Order Reversed Generics DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DR 2007-02-28 (3) 28776

Reading Order Reversed Generics EAST TIMOR TT 2007-02-28 (11) 7166

Reading Order Reversed Generics ECUADOR EC 2009-07-31 (5) 16983

Reading Order Reversed Generics EGYPT EG 2009-02-17 (34) 42754

Reading Order Reversed Generics EL SALVADOR ES 2007-02-28 (3) 9473

Reading Order Reversed Generics EQUATORIAL GUINEA EK 2007-02-28 (8) 5835

Reading Order Reversed Generics ERITREA ER 2009-05-11 (6) 6635

Reading Order Reversed Generics ESTONIA EN 2009-03-23 (27) 14167

Reading Order Reversed Generics ETHIOPIA ET 2009-08-19 (2) 28578

Reading Order Reversed Generics EUROPA ISLAND EU 1996-11-29 (2) 5

Reading Order Reversed Generics FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS) FK 1996-12-16 (4) 1920

Reading Order Reversed Generics FAROE ISLANDS FO 1997-08-29 (3) 2652

Reading Order Reversed Generics FIJI FJ 2007-02-28 (4) 13305

Reading Order Reversed Generics FINLAND FI 2009-10-15 (60) 53273

Reading Order Reversed Generics FRANCE FR 2007-03-20 (4) 97593

Reading Order Reversed Generics FRENCH GUIANA FG 2007-02-28 (5) 3993

Reading Order Reversed Generics FRENCH POLYNESIA FP 2007-02-28 (6) 4335

Reading Order Reversed Generics FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS FS 2007-02-23 (2) 2504

Reading Order Reversed Generics GABON GB 2009-09-08 (1) 7933

Reading Order Reversed Generics GAMBIA, THE GA 2007-02-28 (2) 3241

Reading Order Reversed Generics GAZA STRIP GZ 2009-01-27 (17) 357

Reading Order Reversed Generics GEORGIA GG 2009-07-22 (11) 13192

Reading Order Reversed Generics GERMANY GM 2008-06-04 (14) 169429

Reading Order Reversed Generics GHANA GH 2007-02-28 (2) 20252

Reading Order Reversed Generics GIBRALTAR GI 2005-02-23 (4) 297

Reading Order Reversed Generics GLORIOSO ISLANDS GO 1997-07-10 (2) 14

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Reading Order Reversed Generics GREECE GR 2009-03-23 (2) 43802

Reading Order Reversed Generics GREENLAND GL 2007-02-23 (2) 12526

Reading Order Reversed Generics GRENADA GJ 2007-02-28 (2) 851

Reading Order Reversed Generics GUADELOUPE GP 2007-02-28 (3) 2140

Reading Order Reversed Generics GUATEMALA GT 2007-02-28 (2) 16546

Reading Order Reversed Generics GUERNSEY GK 2007-03-20 (160) 958

Reading Order Reversed Generics GUINEA GV 2009-04-01 (410) 13036

Reading Order Reversed Generics GUINEA-BISSAU PU 2007-02-28 (7) 8689

Reading Order Reversed Generics GUYANA GY 2008-09-27 (7) 7910

Reading Order Reversed Generics HAITI HA 2007-02-28 (2) 17962

Reading Order Reversed Generics HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS HM 2007-02-28 (3) 136

Reading Order Reversed Generics HONDURAS HO 2007-02-28 (2) 24449

Reading Order Reversed Generics HONG KONG HK 2009-02-23 (5) 3114

Reading Order Reversed Generics HUNGARY HU 2008-12-11 (1) 29884

Reading Order Reversed Generics ICELAND IC 2007-02-28 (4) 17197

Reading Order Reversed Generics INDIA IN 2009-10-27 (1) 57342

Reading Order Reversed Generics INDONESIA ID 2009-10-15 (902) 334674

Reading Order Reversed Generics IRAN IR 2009-11-16 (55) 365931

Reading Order Reversed Generics IRAQ IZ 2009-11-09 (304) 96445

Reading Order Reversed Generics IRELAND EI 2003-03-21 (2) 24705

Reading Order Reversed Generics ISLE OF MAN IM 1997-08-29 (2) 128

Reading Order Reversed Generics ISRAEL IS 2007-02-28 (5) 8105

Reading Order Reversed Generics ITALY IT 2009-02-13 (2) 33601

Reading Order Reversed Generics JAMAICA JM 2006-11-15 (6) 4965

Reading Order Reversed Generics JAN MAYEN JN 2003-07-29 (426) 431

Reading Order Reversed Generics JAPAN JA 2008-10-23 (37) 52455

Reading Order Reversed Generics JERSEY JE 2007-06-15 (457) 550

Reading Order Reversed Generics JORDAN JO 2009-08-28 (2) 13346

Reading Order Reversed Generics JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND JU 1996-11-29 (2) 5

Reading Order Reversed Generics KAZAKHSTAN KZ 2009-05-04 (14) 33378

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Reading Order Reversed Generics KENYA KE 2008-07-01 (1) 30071

Reading Order Reversed Generics KIRIBATI KR 2007-02-28 (3) 694

Reading Order Reversed Generics KOSOVO KV 2009-06-17 (5) 12777

Reading Order Reversed Generics KUWAIT KU 2007-04-04 (16) 2655

Reading Order Reversed Generics KYRGYZSTAN KG 2007-02-28 (9) 3669

Reading Order Reversed Generics LAOS LA 2008-04-23 (6) 28194

Reading Order Reversed Generics LATVIA LG 2007-02-28 (5) 16388

Reading Order Reversed Generics LEBANON LE 2007-07-02 (289) 42818

Reading Order Reversed Generics LESOTHO LT 2007-02-28 (4) 1631

Reading Order Reversed Generics LIBERIA LI 2009-03-31 (2) 11541

Reading Order Reversed Generics LIBYA LY 2009-10-07 (4) 38128

Reading Order Reversed Generics LIECHTENSTEIN LS 2007-02-28 (3) 109

Reading Order Reversed Generics LITHUANIA LH 2007-02-28 (5) 21654

Reading Order Reversed Generics LUXEMBOURG LU 2009-07-24 (5) 1603

Reading Order Reversed Generics MACAU MC 2008-11-06 (16) 351

Reading Order Reversed Generics MACEDONIA MK 2009-07-22 (249) 7616

Reading Order Reversed Generics MADAGASCAR MA 2007-02-28 (19) 38034

Reading Order Reversed Generics MALAWI MI 2007-02-28 (2) 10127

Reading Order Reversed Generics MALAYSIA MY 2009-08-28 (3) 66762

Reading Order Reversed Generics MALDIVES MV 2002-01-29 (2) 1024

Reading Order Reversed Generics MALI ML 2009-11-10 (7) 31447

Reading Order Reversed Generics MALTA MT 2009-04-14 (17) 4028

Reading Order Reversed Generics MARSHALL ISLANDS RM 2008-08-07 (1) 5336

Reading Order Reversed Generics MARTINIQUE MB 2007-02-28 (3) 2030

Reading Order Reversed Generics MAURITANIA MR 2009-10-21 (4) 13567

Reading Order Reversed Generics MAURITIUS MP 2007-02-28 (3) 2026

Reading Order Reversed Generics MAYOTTE MF 2007-02-28 (2) 435

Reading Order Reversed Generics MEXICO MX 2008-05-13 (2) 115308

Reading Order Reversed Generics MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF FM 2007-02-28 (2) 6408

Reading Order Reversed Generics MOLDOVA MD 2007-02-28 (6) 7392

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Reading Order Reversed Generics MONACO MN 2007-02-28 (2) 34

Reading Order Reversed Generics MONGOLIA MG 2009-03-25 (16) 19145

Reading Order Reversed Generics MONTENEGRO MJ 2009-07-22 (24) 16347

Reading Order Reversed Generics MONTSERRAT MH 1997-07-07 (3) 311

Reading Order Reversed Generics MOROCCO MO 2009-11-13 (68) 62537

Reading Order Reversed Generics MOZAMBIQUE MZ 2009-02-13 (6) 58764

Reading Order Reversed Generics NAMIBIA WA 2007-02-28 (4) 9706

Reading Order Reversed Generics NAURU NR 1996-11-29 (4) 69

Reading Order Reversed Generics NEPAL NP 2009-06-01 (47) 1986

Reading Order Reversed Generics NETHERLANDS NL 2009-07-30 (37) 21016

Reading Order Reversed Generics NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NT 2009-09-15 (2) 1380

Reading Order Reversed Generics NEW CALEDONIA NC 2007-02-28 (2) 5886

Reading Order Reversed Generics NEW ZEALAND NZ 2006-04-18 (1) 19668

Reading Order Reversed Generics NICARAGUA NU 2009-04-29 (78) 8064

Reading Order Reversed Generics NIGER NG 2009-10-21 (2) 31674

Reading Order Reversed Generics NIGERIA NI 2009-10-14 (1) 58206

Reading Order Reversed Generics NIUE NE 1996-11-29 (2) 92

Reading Order Reversed Generics NO MAN'S LAND NM 1994-04-12 (35) 92

Reading Order Reversed Generics NORFOLK ISLAND NF 2007-02-28 (1) 2

Reading Order Reversed Generics NORTH KOREA KN 2009-10-14 (11) 74625

Reading Order Reversed Generics NORWAY NO 2007-02-28 (8) 84044

Reading Order Reversed Generics OCEANS OS 2008-12-09 (11) 894

Reading Order Reversed Generics OMAN MU 2009-11-09 (8) 7877

Reading Order Reversed Generics PAKISTAN PK 2009-11-13 (93) 155518

Reading Order Reversed Generics PALAU PS 2008-03-14 (133) 2947

Reading Order Reversed Generics PANAMA PM 2007-02-28 (2) 20477

Reading Order Reversed Generics PAPUA NEW GUINEA PP 2008-08-27 (1) 28144

Reading Order Reversed Generics PARACEL ISLANDS PF 2006-08-03 (121) 476

Reading Order Reversed Generics PARAGUAY PA 2007-02-28 (3) 4602

Reading Order Reversed Generics PERU PE 2009-04-08 (1) 102476

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Reading Order Reversed Generics PHILIPPINES RP 2009-10-28 (7) 74208

Reading Order Reversed Generics PITCAIRN ISLANDS PC 2007-02-28 (1) 48

Reading Order Reversed Generics POLAND PL 2009-05-08 (1087) 62219

Reading Order Reversed Generics PORTUGAL PO 2008-09-29 (3) 25083

Reading Order Reversed Generics QATAR QA 2009-03-06 (131) 2480

Reading Order Reversed Generics REUNION RE 2007-02-28 (3) 1372

Reading Order Reversed Generics ROMANIA RO 2007-02-28 (17) 39520

Reading Order Reversed Generics RUSSIA RS 2009-10-23 (740) 577356

Reading Order Reversed Generics RWANDA RW 2009-10-26 (1) 9826

Reading Order Reversed Generics SAINT HELENA SH 1997-08-07 (84) 734

Reading Order Reversed Generics SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SC 2007-02-28 (6) 787

Reading Order Reversed Generics SAINT LUCIA ST 1997-07-07 (7) 750

Reading Order Reversed Generics SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON SB 2007-02-28 (7) 542

Reading Order Reversed Generics SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES VC 1996-10-16 (25) 339

Reading Order Reversed Generics SAMOA WS 2009-11-03 (351) 1144

Reading Order Reversed Generics SAN MARINO SM 2007-02-28 (3) 28

Reading Order Reversed Generics SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE TP 2007-02-28 (8) 787

Reading Order Reversed Generics SAUDI ARABIA SA 2009-10-21 (2) 33702

Reading Order Reversed Generics SENEGAL SG 2009-10-16 (4) 16791

Reading Order Reversed Generics SERBIA RI 2009-03-01 (2123) 28964

Reading Order Reversed Generics SEYCHELLES SE 2007-02-28 (2) 558

Reading Order Reversed Generics SIERRA LEONE SL 2009-06-17 (213) 9783

Reading Order Reversed Generics SINGAPORE SN 2007-02-28 (1) 1657

Reading Order Reversed Generics SLOVAKIA LO 2007-12-10 (2565) 9715

Reading Order Reversed Generics SLOVENIA SI 2008-11-25 (2899) 7012

Reading Order Reversed Generics SOLOMON ISLANDS BP 2008-08-28 (2) 11781

Reading Order Reversed Generics SOMALIA SO 2009-03-16 (4099) 24381

Reading Order Reversed Generics SOUTH AFRICA SF 2009-04-01 (7) 116916

Reading Order Reversed Generics SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS SX 1999-01-12 (8) 719

Reading Order Reversed Generics SOUTH KOREA KS 2009-10-09 (176) 167265

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Reading Order Reversed Generics SPAIN SP 2006-11-15 (15) 53632

Reading Order Reversed Generics SPRATLY ISLANDS PG 1995-11-20 (3) 266

Reading Order Reversed Generics SRI LANKA CE 2007-02-28 (6) 36553

Reading Order Reversed Generics SUDAN SU 2009-08-19 (2179) 41896

Reading Order Reversed Generics SURINAME NS 2008-09-27 (15) 3836

Reading Order Reversed Generics SVALBARD SV 2006-07-24 (9) 11603

Reading Order Reversed Generics SWAZILAND WZ 2007-02-28 (3) 508

Reading Order Reversed Generics SWEDEN SW 2007-02-28 (6) 97973

Reading Order Reversed Generics SWITZERLAND SZ 2007-02-28 (7) 5283

Reading Order Reversed Generics SYRIA SY 2009-04-08 (2) 34370

Reading Order Reversed Generics TAIWAN TW 2009-01-26 (11) 153210

Reading Order Reversed Generics TAJIKISTAN TI 2009-10-23 (10) 7138

Reading Order Reversed Generics TANZANIA TZ 2009-10-26 (5) 17368

Reading Order Reversed Generics THAILAND TH 2009-11-02 (50) 94329

Reading Order Reversed Generics TOGO TO 2009-03-12 (1013) 7464

Reading Order Reversed Generics TOKELAU TL 1993-12-22 (76) 76

Reading Order Reversed Generics TONGA TN 2007-02-28 (1) 962

Reading Order Reversed Generics TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TD 2007-02-28 (5) 2112

Reading Order Reversed Generics TROMELIN ISLAND TE 1997-07-10 (2) 7

Reading Order Reversed Generics TUNISIA TS 2009-03-17 (1021) 35503

Reading Order Reversed Generics TURKEY TU 2009-05-01 (39) 88200

Reading Order Reversed Generics TURKMENISTAN TX 2009-07-06 (6) 6256

Reading Order Reversed Generics TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TK 1995-05-22 (2) 205

Reading Order Reversed Generics TUVALU TV 2002-11-08 (4) 190

Reading Order Reversed Generics UGANDA UG 2009-07-22 (24) 12121

Reading Order Reversed Generics UKRAINE UP 2009-08-27 (35) 54858

Reading Order Reversed Generics UNDERSEA FEATURES UF 2009-08-28 (2) 9519

Reading Order Reversed Generics UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AE 2009-03-05 (10) 4936

Reading Order Reversed Generics UNITED KINGDOM UK 2007-02-28 (3) 31718

Reading Order Reversed Generics URUGUAY UY 2007-02-28 (4) 9472

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Reading Order Reversed Generics UZBEKISTAN UZ 2007-04-09 (1) 9632

Reading Order Reversed Generics VANUATU NH 2009-04-13 (2785) 5114

Reading Order Reversed Generics VATICAN CITY VT 2007-02-28 (5) 6

Reading Order Reversed Generics VENEZUELA VE 2008-09-27 (43) 72908

Reading Order Reversed Generics VIETNAM VM 2007-02-28 (2) 48028

Reading Order Reversed Generics WALLIS AND FUTUNA WF 2007-02-28 (2) 247

Reading Order Reversed Generics WEST BANK WE 2006-03-22 (3) 8987

Reading Order Reversed Generics WESTERN SAHARA WI 2007-02-28 (9) 3136

Reading Order Reversed Generics YEMEN YM 2009-08-13 (8) 24382

Reading Order Reversed Generics ZAMBIA ZA 2007-02-28 (2) 38122

Reading Order Reversed Generics ZIMBABWE ZI 2007-02-28 (8) 23023

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