🇬🇧 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 |
| Scotland | GB-SCT | 4,771 | 5,404,700 |
| Wales | GB-WLS | 4,761 | 3,131,640 |
| Northern Ireland | GB-NIR | 615 | 1,852,168 |
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.