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place
country
Description
A nation state or other high-level national political/administrative area.
Group:
places
Used on these
elements
Useful combination
name
=*
Status:
de facto
place
country
$1%
$1%
$1%
$1%
More details at tag
info
Tools for this tag
taginfo
AD
AT
BE
BR
BY
CH
CN
CZ
DE
DK
FI
FR
GB
GR
HU
IE (N+S)
IN
IR
IT
LI
LU
JP
KP
KR
NL
NO
PL
PT
RU
ES
AR
MX
CO
BO
CL
EC
PY
PE
UY
VE
TW
UA
US
VN
overpass-turbo
QLever
Sophox
Postpass via overpass-turbo
OSM Tag History
StyleInfo
For tagging countries. Most but not all are nation states.
How to map
Add the
place
country
to a node and name it using
name
. Locate the node on a neutral spot (preferably on public land), so as not to draw attention to private properties or to their owners.
Other useful information about the country can also be added, see the examples.
Example
place
country
population
10666866
name
België - Belgique - Belgien
- Default name for the country, English or main national language recommended.
int_name
Belgium
- How the country should appear on international maps, English is recommended.
name:en
Belgium
- Name in English, recommended.
official_name:en
Kingdom of Belgium
- Full official name of the country
name:cs
Belgie
- Name in another language, as many as possible for easy searching.
name:cy
Gwlad Belg
name:da
Belgien
name:de
Belgien
...
These are useful tags but are not currently part of Map Features:
ISO3166-1:alpha2
BE
(or
country_code_iso3166_1_alpha_2
BE
country_code_fips
BE
geonames:id
2802361
capital_city
Brussels
See also
int_name
=*
place
continent
place
state
place
county
is_in
=*
population
=*
boundary
=*
Retrieved from "
Categories
Tag descriptions for group "places"
Tag descriptions for key "place"
Tag descriptions
Tag descriptions by value
Tag descriptions with status "de facto"
Places
Hidden categories:
Pages unavailable in Dutch
Item with no description in language FR
Item with no description in language FI
Item with no description in language NL
Item with no description in language HU
Item with no description in language ZH-HANS
Item with no description in language ZH-HANT
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