R: Database of world cities

world.cities {maps} | R Documentation

## Database of world cities

### Description

This database is primarily of world cities of population greater than about 40,000. Also included are capital cities of any population size, and many smaller towns.

### Usage

    data(world.cities)

### Format

A list with 6 components, namely "name", "country.etc", "pop", "lat", "long", and "capital", containing the city name, the country name, approximate population (as at January 2006), latitude, longitude and capital status indication (0 for non-capital, 1 for capital, 2 for China Municipalities, and 3 for China Provincial capitals)

### NOTE

Some of the country names and city names may be out of date. Please send any corrections to the package maintainer.

### Source

The data were originally obtained from Stefan Helders' website http://www.world-gazetteer.com, which now redirects to http://www.populationmondiale.com. There are no recent updates available.

### See Also

`map.cities`

[Package maps version 3.3.0 Index]