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Admin 0 – Countries

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There are 258 countries in the world. Greenland as separate from Denmark. Most users will want this file instead of sovereign states, though some users will want map units instead when needing to distinguish overseas regions of France.

Natural Earth shows de facto boundaries by default according to who controls the territory, versus de jure. Optional point-of-view (POV) variants are available for several dozen countries in the next section. 

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Admin 0 – Countries point-of-views

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These optional point-of-view (POV) variants show the worldview for several dozen countries according to de jure boundaries (as prescribed by the home country’s law and/or local conventions) and their global alliances. This results in between 246 and 258 countries, depending on who’s counting, with variation in border alignments. 

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Admin 0 – Details

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There are 209 sovereign states in the world, though only 199 issue passports. Auxiliary themes include 298 cartographic map units and 360 subunits optimized for labeling edge cases, like the four constitute countries of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom.

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Admin 0 – Boundary Lines

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Country boundaries on land and offshore

Natural Earth shows de facto boundaries by default according to who controls the territory, versus de jure. Adjusted to taste which boundaries are shown, hidden, and how they are rendered using the fclass_* properties paired with the POV worldview polygons above.

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Admin 0 – Breakaway, Disputed Areas

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Kashmir to the Elemi Triangle, ~100 features

Natural Earth shows de facto boundaries by default according to who controls the territory, versus de jure. Adjusted to taste which boundaries are shown, hidden, and how they are rendered using the fclass_* properties paired with the POV worldview polygons above.

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Admin 1 – States, Provinces

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Over 4,500 internal administrative divisions of countries

Natural Earth shows de facto boundaries by default according to who controls the territory, versus de jure. Adjusted to taste which boundaries are shown, hidden, and how they are rendered using the fclass_* properties paired with the POV worldview polygons above.

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Admin 2 – Counties

Internal sub-administrative divisions of countries (limited to United States)

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Populated Places

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City and town points, from Tokyo to Wasilla, Cairo to Kandahar

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Roads

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Transportation.

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Railroads

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Transportation

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Airports

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Transportation

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Ports

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Transportation

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Urban Areas

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Area of dense human habitation.

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Parks and Protected Lands

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398 parks, including the latest additions, Fort Monroe, Virginia and Cesar Chávez, California.

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Timezones

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Includes 24+ timezones with local offsets and map color codes

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Cultural Building Blocks – 10m

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Label points, seams, and more!

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