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# GeoJSON

This is not a dynamic API, but rather a static endpoint that serves a GeoJSON file directly from a GitHub repository. It is part of the datasets project by DataHub.io, which provides clean, ready-to-u

**Overview**

* Provider: DataHub.io (via the `datasets` repository on GitHub).
* Purpose: To provide the polygonal geometries (borders) of all countries in the world in a single file.
* Authentication: None required. It is a public file.
* Data Format: GeoJSON.

**Endpoint**

The endpoint is simply the direct URL to the file. It does not accept parameters.

```
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datasets/geo-countries/master/data/countries.geojson
```

**Response Structure (GeoJSON)**

The response is a GeoJSON object of type `FeatureCollection`. Each `feature` in the collection represents a country.

* `geometry`: An object of type `Polygon` or `MultiPolygon` that contains the coordinate arrays defining the country's borders.
* `properties`: An object with the country's metadata.

Example of a country `feature` (Mexico):

JSON

```
{
  "type": "Feature",
  "properties": {
    "ADMIN": "Mexico",
    "ISO_A3": "MEX"
  },
  "geometry": {
    "type": "MultiPolygon",
    "coordinates": [
      [
        [
          [-108.232537, 23.011831],
          [-108.455623, 22.864332],
          // ... many more coordinates defining the border ...
          [-86.840332, 21.173841],
          [-86.828859, 21.176465]
        ]
      ],
      // ... other polygons for islands, etc. ...
    ]
  }
}
```


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