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Is the large gazetteer partitioned in any way?

April 26, 2017gazetteer large partitioned

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Is the large gazetteer partitioned in any way?

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Yes. The gazetteer has a “Class” field which contains a value from 1 to 6. Value 1 indicates that the place is a capital, 2 is a major city running down to 6 which indicates a village or other minor settlement. Over 93,000 locations have population data (official statistics and modeled values).