/genc

Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC)

Primary LanguagePythonApache License 2.0Apache-2.0

Genc

Genc provides the information in the Geopolitical Entities, Names and Codes (GENC) standard as a Python distribution.

Installation

$ pip install genc

Usage

>>> import genc
>>> genc.region_by_alpha3('DEU')
Region(alpha3='DEU', alpha2='DE', numeric='276', name='Germany',
       uppername='GERMANY', fullname='Federal Republic of Germany')

>>> genc.region_by_alpha2('DE').name
'Germany'

>>> genc.region_by_name('germany').alpha2
'DE'

>>> genc.region_by_name('unknown region') is None
True

>>> for region in genc.REGIONS:
...     # do something
...     pass

License

genc is offered under the Apache License 2.0.