🇬🇧 United Kingdom 4 administrative divisions
4 first-level administrative divisions (states, provinces, regions or counties, depending on the country) and 36,935 cities and towns, each with latitude and longitude. Public domain, free to download, no API key.
The country
- ISO 3166-1
- GB · GBR · 826
- Capital
- London
- Continent
- Europe
- Currency
- GBP, pound sterling
- Calling code
- +44
- Internet domain
- .uk
- Divisions
- 4
- Cities and towns
- 36,935
Divisions
The 4 divisions of United Kingdom
4 of them carry an ISO 3166-2 code. Counts are cities and towns inside each division.
| Division | ISO 3166-2 | Cities and towns | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | GB-ENG | 26,757 | 53,012,456 |
| Northern Ireland | GB-NIR | 615 | 1,852,168 |
| Scotland | GB-SCT | 4,771 | 5,404,700 |
| Wales | GB-WLS | 4,761 | 3,131,640 |
A further 31 places could not be matched to a
division and are listed separately in the API as
"unassigned": true.
Get it
Both files, in one request each
# every division of United Kingdom
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/regions/GB.json
# the cities and towns of one division (id from the file above)
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/cities/GB/<id>.jsonNo key, no account, no rate limit. The endpoints · try it live.