{
  "title": "Natural Earth populated places (compact reference)",
  "version": "5.1.2",
  "scale": "1:10m",
  "source_url": "https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-populated-places/",
  "source_download": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_populated_places_simple.geojson",
  "license": "Public domain",
  "license_url": "https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
  "feature_count": 7342,
  "country_territory_codes": 225,
  "transformation": "Retained original geometry and ne_id as feature ID; kept name, country/sovereignty, administrative region, classification, scale rank and historical population estimate fields. Removed other attributes and source bbox. No spatial filtering or population recalculation.",
  "coverage": "Capitals, major cities and towns and selected smaller settlements. Not an exhaustive list of settlements. pop_max is a historical metropolitan estimate, not a current census count. adm0_a3 is the Natural Earth country/territory classification, not guaranteed to be an ISO code.",
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}