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Country feature class (Country)

The Country feature class contains the administrative boundary for all countries in the dataset. This layer also provides attribute information such as the appropriate name for each administrative level units of measure, language code, side of the road for driving, currency, and so on.


For a description of the attributes OBJECTID, Shape, GlobalID, Shape_Length, and Shape_Area, see Esri® system fields .

Field nameData typeDescription
ADMIN_PLACE_IDInteger (4)Unique ID for the administrative area. This is a foreign key to the Admin table.
NAMEString (50)The name of the administrative area.
LANGUAGE_CODEString (3)Standard code for the language associated with the feature name.
NAME_LATINString (50)The name of the administrative area.
LANGUAGE_CODE_LATINString (3)Standard code for the language associated with the feature name.
COUNTRY_IDInteger (4)Unique ID for the country.
UNIT_OF_MEASUREString (1) Identifies the unit of measure mostly used in that country to describe road and traffic conditions.
  • M - Metric (kilometres and metres)
  • E - English (miles and feet)
CURRENCY_PRECISIONInteger (4) Identifies the number of digits used after the decimal point or comma for the currency in question. Values are 0-7.
DRIVING_SIDEString (1) Identifies the legal driving side in a country.
  • L - Left side driving
  • R - Right side driving
CURRENCY_TYPEString (3)Identifies the default currency of a country, for example, AUD. The three-character currency codes are based on ISO Standard 4217.
PHONE_COUNTRY_CODEString (4)Identifies the international dialling code for a country.
PHONE_PREFIXString (1) The prefix of a phone number. The phone number prefix precedes the phone area code for international country dialling. This is sometimes a leading 0 and part of the area code when dialling inside a country. When dialing from outside a country, this prefix is obsolete.
SPEED_LIMIT_UNITString (1) Identifies the unit of measure for speed limits.
  • K - kilometres per hour
  • M - miles per hour
COUNTRY_DESCRIPTIONString (35)Country Administrative level description.The description is in the local language of the country.
ORDER_1_DESCRIPTIONString (35)Administrative level 1 description, for example, State. The description is in the local language of the country.
ORDER_2_DESCRIPTIONString (35)Administrative level 2 description. The description is in the local language of the country.
ORDER_8_DESCRIPTIONString (35)Administrative level 8 description, for example, LGA. The description is in the local language of the country.rg LGA
BUILTUP_DESCRIPTIONString (35)Administrative level 8 description, for example, SettlementThe description is in the local language of the country.
HOUSE_NUMBER_FORMATString (1) Identifies if the house number (address) precedes or follows the street name. Available values are:
  • A - House number is after the street name
  • B - House number is before the street name
ISO_COUNTRY_CODEString (3)ISO 3 character country code
EBU_COUNTRY_CODEString (1)Country code defined by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).