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GeoNames Gazetteer Dumps

Worldwide, with a daily full allCountries file and separate country files; dated modification and deletion files support daily synchronization. On 2026-11-01, the provider listed allCountries.zip at 403 MB compressed and cities15000.zip at 3.2 MB compressed.

Open download.geonames.org
Signal Scoredraft model
95
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
CC-BY-4.0 · terms linked
20
Evidence
4 source links checked
18
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
The worldwide, country, city, alternate-name and dated change files are free keyless downloads. A paid premium-data variant is separate.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
CC-BY-4.0terms
Licence note
GeoNames publishes the extract under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, allows commercial use and provides the data as is without warranties of accuracy, timeliness or completeness.
Attribution
"You should give credit to GeoNames when using data or web services with a link or another reference to GeoNames."

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01download.geonames.org/export/dump/
  2. 02download.geonames.org/export/dump/readme.txt
  3. 03www.geonames.org/export/
  4. 04download.geonames.org/export/dump/cities15000.zip

// Good for

osintgeospatialhistorical-dataalt-data

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "geonames-gazetteer"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
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  "name": "GeoNames Gazetteer Dumps",
  "slug": "geonames-gazetteer",
  "domain": "OSINT",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Freemium",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.geonames.org/export/#terms",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/",
    "https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/readme.txt",
    "https://www.geonames.org/export/",
    "https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/cities15000.zip"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "osint",
    "geospatial",
    "historical-data",
    "alt-data"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/"
}

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