administrative-divisions-db
FreeLiveLast verified 24 Sept 2026
First-level administrative divisions (states/provinces) per country, sourced from GeoNames, as static JSON.
Example request
curl -s 'https://rawcdn.githack.com/kamikazechaser/administrative-divisions-db/master/api/US.json'
Free tier, in plain English
Completely free, no key, no rate limit since it's static JSON served from a CDN.
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