Releases
What changed in each release.
Each release is compared with the one before it, place by place, by
Wikidata id. A net count hides changes that cancel out; these do not.
Current release 2026-10-26T1426Z.
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The 50 strangest changes in 2026-10-26T1426Z
Ranked by how unlikely they look: a place that moved hundreds of kilometres or changed country, a city that disappeared, a population that jumped tenfold. Each links to its Wikidata item, where a wrong value is fixed at the source.
| Place | Country | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Rashtriya Yuva Shakti Sangathan Q740050 | India | renamed from Gaur; moved 1 km; country NP to IN |
| Neuland Colony Q1709409 | Panama | renamed from Neuland; country PY to PA |
| Monte Claro Q134190351 | Panama | renamed from Monte Claro Colony; country PY to PA |
| Pilin Q12700646 | Malaysia | moved 9,239 km |
| Queen's Quarter, Belfast Q7270083 | United Kingdom | moved 5,560 km |
| Valencia de Alcantara Q1613421 | Spain | population 5,150 to 1 |
| Khar Q6400472 | India | moved 1,533 km |
| Montrove Q12393572 | Spain | population 1 to 1,449 |
| Okopedi Q131207699 | Nigeria | renamed from Okopedi Idung Udo; moved 62 km |
| Adaghan Q4678366 | Iran | population 1 to 1,162 |
| Stei Q423371 | Romania | population 6 to 6,371 |
| Fernheim Colony Q882290 | Venezuela | country PY to VE |
| Elten Q895714 | Germany | country NL to DE |
| Madieta Q140563884 | France | country CI to FR |
| Tiout Q1582877 | Algeria | moved 827 km |
| Santa Barbara Q1441781 | Colombia | population 21,413 to 29 |
| Junin Q3036637 | Argentina | moved 714 km |
| Ramabanta Q7288678 | Lesotho | moved 63 km; moved to another division |
| Udomsai Q465961 | Laos | removed, population 345,425 |
| Chaubara Tehsil Q28045749 | Pakistan | removed, population 252,200 |
| Toghyzbulaq Q13646917 | Kazakhstan | renamed from Togizbulaq; moved 33 km |
| Elche City Q31916107 | Spain | removed, population 193,077 |
| Menno Colony Q6817183 | Paraguay | moved 42 km; moved to another division |
| Zir Ab Q8072691 | Iran | renamed from Zir Ab, Razavi Khorasan; moved to another division |
| Tamana Q3980555 | Wallis and Futuna | renamed from Tamana, Wallis and Futuna; moved to another division |
| Canadiense II Colony Q31838708 | Bolivia | renamed from Colonia Canadiense 2; moved 12 km |
| Vaitupu Q4007286 | Wallis and Futuna | renamed from Vaitupu, Wallis and Futuna; moved to another division |
| Kivi Q30833 | Iran | renamed from Givi; moved 17 km |
| Srinivasapuram Q16888777 | India | moved 252 km |
| Margate Q618045 | United Kingdom | removed, population 61,223 |
| El Oasis (Chihuahua) Q20213163 | Mexico | moved 240 km |
| Chakia Q1924830 | India | moved 238 km |
| Vargashi Q2549280 | Russia | population 39 to 8,235 |
| Saipan Municipality Q9332790 | Northern Mariana Islands | removed, population 43,385 |
| Soria city Q56121478 | Spain | removed, population 39,788 |
| Khorol's'ka mis'ka gromada Q107300688 | Ukraine | removed, population 32,705 |
| Krasny Oktyabr, Kurgan Oblast Q4239542 | Russia | population 19 to 3,293 |
| Amsik Q28880256 | Morocco | renamed from Emsec; moved 4 km |
| Bombom Q4940770 | São Tomé and Príncipe | moved 170 km |
| Sanxing Township Q706522 | Taiwan | moved 165 km |
| Rama Q21054015 | Nicaragua | removed, population 20,456 |
| Cabanyal-Canyamelar Q5015234 | Spain | removed, population 19,359 |
| Pirallahy raion Q12843909 | Azerbaijan | removed, population 18,500 |
| Bird Walk Q60375712 | Belize | renamed from Bird Walk Community; moved 6 km |
| Santa Clara Q20217034 | Mexico | moved 19 km; population 248 to 1,681 |
| Puning Q1346536 | People's Republic of China | new, population 1,998,619 |
| Prystolychchia rural hromada Q104818474 | Ukraine | renamed from Prystolychna rural hromada; moved to another division |
| Old Town Q7085256 | United States | moved 115 km |
| Bac Ninh Q33408 | Vietnam | new, population 1,488,200 |
| Valle Nuevo Colony Q56293233 | Bolivia | renamed from Valle Nuevo; moved 7 km |
All 61,938 changed places, strangest first, one per line: changes.ndjson.
Totals
| Release | Divisions | Settlements | Added | Removed | Renamed | Moved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26T1426Z | 4,316 +2 | 1,697,155 +25,760 | 26,439 | 679 | 5,846 | 421 |
| 2026-09-20T1335Z | 4,314 −2 | 1,671,395 +2,769 | 3,500 | 731 | 17,373 | 1,197 |
| 2026-08-22T0451Z | 4,316 −12 | 1,668,626 −6,321 | 497 | 6,818 | 5,147 | 0 |
| 2026-08-15T0426Z | 4,328 | 1,674,947 | first release compared | |||
Moved means the coordinates changed by more than 1 km. Divisions include each country's bucket for places no division could be found for, as the release itself counts them.
Coverage
| Release | Settlements with population | Divisions with ISO 3166-2 | Not in any division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26T1426Z | 46.4% | 82.3% | 4,850 |
| 2026-09-20T1335Z | 46.2% | 82.4% | 4,857 |
| 2026-08-22T0451Z | 42.9% | 82.3% | 4,870 |
| 2026-08-15T0426Z | 42.7% | 82.1% | 57,229 |
By country
133 countries changed in 2026-10-26T1426Z
| Country | Settlements | Added | Removed | Renamed | Moved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1,063 +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albania | 3,303 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Algeria | 2,129 −1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| American Samoa | 67 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andorra | 66 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Angola | 327 +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 62 +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Argentina | 14,767 +2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Armenia | 1,207 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Australia | 16,628 −244 | 3 | 247 | 1 | 0 |
| Austria | 22,416 −137 | 16 | 153 | 6 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 5,476 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 1,976 +2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belarus | 23,804 +43 | 48 | 5 | 75 | 5 |
| Belgium | 5,303 +12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Belize | 292 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Benin | 544 +12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 2,847 +74 | 77 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,307 −1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Brazil | 8,720 +8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 5,632 +2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 4,288 +6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 5,908 +12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | 30,940 +1,814 | 1,817 | 3 | 16 | 4 |
| Central African Republic | 320 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chile | 1,679 +28 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Congo Republic | 611 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Croatia | 7,307 +3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 17,477 +4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 6,284 +242 | 242 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 371 +2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 576 −2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Egypt | 1,058 +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eritrea | 115 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 506 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Falkland Islands | 29 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 195 −1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Finland | 5,065 +24 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| France | 43,758 +3,156 | 3,158 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| French Polynesia | 133 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Georgia | 4,576 +14 | 16 | 2 | 130 | 0 |
| Germany | 91,711 +160 | 166 | 7 | 25 | 3 |
| Ghana | 12,576 +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 13,632 −2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 0 |
| Greenland | 220 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guadeloupe | 103 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guinea | 293 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 676 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hungary | 3,824 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Iceland | 248 +11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 86,016 +36 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Indonesia | 82,562 +9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| Iran | 51,224 +8 | 17 | 9 | 219 | 7 |
| Iraq | 641 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 59 +3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Israel | 789 −1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Italy | 59,299 +20 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,463 +18 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 194 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Japan | 9,086 +37 | 42 | 5 | 21 | 0 |
| Jersey | 3 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan | 326 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 7,548 +6 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Kosovo | 1,562 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2,203 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Laos | 224 −1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Latvia | 8,235 −5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lesotho | 56 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 866 +270 | 270 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Madagascar | 1,796 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malawi | 130 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 1,726 +3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mali | 980 +6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 125 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 197,713 +7 | 29 | 22 | 66 | 69 |
| Moldova | 1,688 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Morocco | 4,862 +542 | 548 | 6 | 239 | 202 |
| Myanmar | 2,439 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepal | 2,095 −1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 8,219 −17 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 4,845 +5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicaragua | 3,237 +58 | 76 | 18 | 16 | 3 |
| Niger | 3,192 +21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 5,838 +503 | 508 | 5 | 88 | 2 |
| North Macedonia | 1,859 −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 22 −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | 7,602 +7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 3,031 +2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Palestine | 777 +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Panama | 318 +2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 182 −1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| People's Republic of China | 24,582 +25 | 30 | 5 | 173 | 1 |
| Peru | 6,864 +16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Philippines | 5,623 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Poland | 67,740 +17 | 19 | 2 | 50 | 9 |
| Portugal | 4,344 +251 | 260 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
| Republic of the Congo | 127 −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Réunion | 176 +34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 15,440 −1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Russia | 157,695 +108 | 124 | 16 | 3,459 | 6 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Martin | 15 +4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 144 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 803 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Senegal | 1,173 +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia | 4,917 +3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 3,643 +4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| South Africa | 3,485 +2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 67,891 +232 | 241 | 9 | 552 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,422 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Suriname | 344 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 14,113 +4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 22,507 +18,163 | 18,174 | 11 | 25 | 1 |
| Syria | 3,741 +2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taiwan | 8,214 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Tanzania | 597 −1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | 1,219 +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timor-Leste | 1,499 +32 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Togo | 1,824 +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 597 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Turkey | 44,063 +3 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| Turkmenistan | 459 +4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Uganda | 972 +5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 33,259 −8 | 12 | 20 | 446 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 412 +3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 36,959 +24 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| United States | 135,887 +32 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 13 |
| Uruguay | 768 −13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 1,192 +1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 127 +4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 39 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Yemen | 11,479 +4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zambia | 212 +3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Get it
The same comparison as JSON
# the last three comparisons, newest first
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/changes.json
# one release, straight from the publisher
curl -s https://geo.mindstellar.com/releases/<version>/changes.json
# every changed place, strangest first
curl -s https://geo.mindstellar.com/releases/<version>/changes.ndjson | head