Tag:place=country

+/- place=country Description Nation states and other high-level national political/administrative areas. Used on these elements Useful combination name=* Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list) Status Undefined

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=<Country Name>.

Other useful information about the country can also be added, see the examples.

Example

place=country
is_in:continent=Europe
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:

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=*