JewishGen Gazetteer - Data Contents

The JewishGen Gazetteer contains the modern names of all localities in the 54 countries of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The data is based on the U.S. Board on Geographic Names databases.

The database contains information about more than 2.4 million localities — over one million of which are "populated places" (i.e., towns, cities, villages, etc.). The remaining localities are the names of geographical features (i.e., lakes, rivers, mountains, etc.). The statistics for each country are in the table below.

The database was updated for each country's place names as of the date shown below. Updates are currently on hold.

		All Features			Populated Places
Country	USBGN Code	# of Localities	# of Synonyms	Total # of Placenames	# of Localities	# of Synonyms	Total # of Placenames	Gazetteer Date
Albania	AL	9,129	26,937	36,066	5,219	17,888	23,107	5-Apr-19
Algeria	AG	54,037	67,899	121,936	9,029	13,378	22,407	5-Jan-22
Armenia	AM	32,267	67,701	99,968	3,520	9,015	12,535	6-Aug-21
Austria	AU	39,071	44,949	84,020	15,778	18,204	33,982	28-Dec-21
Azerbaijan	AJ	9,828	26,276	36,104	5,275	17,348	22,623	9-Nov-21
Belarus	BO	32,300	81,524	113,824	26,630	65,937	92,567	17-May-22
Belgium	BE	20,594	28,836	49,430	15,440	21,324	36,764	7-Sep-21
Bosnia-Herzegovina	BK	51,670	55,695	107,365	22,150	24,956	47,106	17-Feb-21
Bulgaria	BU	13,637	42,452	56,089	7,520	27,426	34,946	6-Aug-21
Croatia	HR	22,295	30,302	52,597	10,191	14,458	24,649	2-Mar-21
Czech Republic	EZ	18,818	27,374	46,192	16,501	23,997	40,498	24-Dec-21
Denmark	DA	13,978	19,737	33,715	7,483	10,169	17,652	31-Aug-21
Egypt	EG	26,981	71,526	98,507	11,127	30,628	41,755	6-Jan-22
Estonia	EN	10,261	20,006	30,267	7,585	14,064	21,649	6-Aug-21
Finland	FI	49,490	63,688	113,178	13,714	17,979	31,693	30-Dec-21
France	FR	78,238	106,563	184,801	61,310	81,233	142,543	6-Apr-22
Georgia	GG	9,095	21,902	30,997	5,526	15,256	20,782	5-May-21
Germany	GM	159,677	179,196	338,873	79,624	85,530	165,154	28-Dec-21
Greece	GR	23,752	85,199	108,951	13,174	49,120	62,294	6-Aug-21
Hungary	HU	23,550	30,316	53,866	16,132	20,082	36,214	16-Feb-21
Iran	IR	239,757	669,385	909,142	79,982	275,969	355,951	17-May-22
Iraq	IZ	54,619	152,071	206,690	23,414	78,358	101,772	18-May-22
Italy	IT	26,586	34,684	61,270	18,063	22,046	40,109	1-Mar-22
Kazakhstan	KZ	68,405	161,557	229,962	13,756	40,570	54,326	11-May-22
Kosovo	KV	6,579	15,261	21,840	2,661	9,946	12,607	25-Feb-22
Kyrgyzstan	KG	8,234	19,749	27,983	2,681	7,261	9,942	15-Apr-22
Latvia	LG	8,689	19,951	28,640	4,005	9,624	13,629	4-May-22
Lebanon	LE	24,352	66,801	91,153	3,638	12,847	16,485	6-Aug-21
Libya	LY	21,985	45,883	67,868	962	3,012	3,974	5-Jan-22
Lithuania	LH	32,807	47,759	80,566	19,981	32,088	52,069	9-Mar-22
Luxembourg	LU	997	2,258	3,255	761	1,667	2,428	27-Aug-21
Moldova	MD	2,418	9,716	12,134	1,862	7,956	9,818	30-Jul-21
Montenegro	MJ	14,177	16,630	30,807	4,077	5,125	9,202	23-Feb-22
Morocco	MO	152,794	197,167	349,961	48,176	74,680	122,856	6-Jan-22
Netherlands	NL	17,392	22,906	40,298	8,401	11,693	20,094	5-Mar-21
North Macedonia	MK	25,548	55,404	80,952	2,922	7,776	10,698	26-Jul-21
Norway	NO	80,003	119,673	199,676	12,442	18,563	31,005	6-Dec-21
Poland	PL	48,707	63,241	111,948	44,914	56,997	101,911	1-Mar-22
Portugal	PO	23,850	25,807	49,657	16,774	18,020	34,794	10-Sep-21
Romania	RO	24,947	41,365	66,312	22,358	36,761	59,119	2-Aug-21
Russia	RS	360,552	784,458	1,145,010	203,079	446,517	649,596	17-May-22
Serbia	RI	24,086	30,186	54,272	9,635	13,576	23,211	25-Feb-22
Slovakia	LO	7,086	9,897	16,983	5,030	7,103	12,133	3-Feb-22
Slovenia	SI	4,371	7,312	11,683	3,626	6,040	9,666	17-Sep-21
Spain	SP	41,567	55,139	96,706	27,766	37,083	64,849	3-Jan-22
Sweden	SW	85,468	101,036	186,504	28,223	32,859	61,082	9-Aug-21
Switzerland	SZ	47,175	49,471	96,646	31,502	32,829	64,331	10-Sep-21
Syria	SY	38,891	108,005	146,896	11,769	43,652	55,421	17-May-22
Tajikistan	TI	4,444	10,165	14,609	2,860	6,946	9,806	28-Feb-22
Tunisia	TS	22,788	42,581	65,369	2,415	6,820	9,235	5-Jan-22
Turkey	TU	80,008	123,734	203,742	55,789	90,257	146,046	4-May-22
Turkmenistan	TX	5,823	9,759	15,582	1,510	2,774	4,284	30-Nov-21
Ukraine	UP	41,013	137,385	178,398	34,251	113,801	148,052	12-May-22
Uzbekistan	UZ	11,173	18,914	30,087	8,277	14,397	22,674	30-Nov-21
Yemen	YM	102,357	197,800	300,157	84,777	166,450	251,227	29-Mar-21
TOTAL		2,458,316	4,571,188	7,029,504	1,195,267	2,330,055	3,525,322


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JewishGen Gazetteer – Data Contents