administrative-divisons-db

About administrative-divisons-db

This repository provides administrative divisions of countries as a JSON API served over GitHub via the Rawgit/Cloudflare CDN. Data is sourced from GeoNames, and division data for a given country is retrieved by making a GET request to a URL containing that country's code, returning the corresponding JSON file from the repository's api directory.

The project is positioned as an alternative to existing administrative-division APIs, which the README describes as having rate limits, no uptime guarantee, and requiring an API key and quota. This service instead serves static JSON files through a CDN with no stated limits and guaranteed uptime.

It is intended for developers who need geocoding or geolocation data related to countries' administrative regions, such as states, provinces, or similar subdivisions, without managing API keys or dealing with rate limiting.

Key features

• Serves administrative divisions of countries as a JSON API
• No rate limits and guaranteed uptime via GitHub/Cloudflare CDN (Rawgit)
• Data sourced from GeoNames
• Access data by country code via a simple GET request

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