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A python module for returning data about countries, ISO info and states/provinces within them.
Fix issue #26
Currently countries entered as alpha3 codes result in KeyErrors since the alt spelling includes only alpha2 codes. Appending alpha3 codes from ISO would solve this.
It currently appears that the data for Andorra is missing. For a complete global dataset it would be much appreciated if this was present. Thank you!
The package returns lat, long -36.59861, 144.678005 for Victoria the capital of Hong Kong which is in Victoria, Australia. According to Wikipedia the correct co-ordinates are 22.278333, 114.174444. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Hong_Kong https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Victoria,_Hong_Kong¶ms=22_16_42_N_114_10_28_E_region:CN-91_type:city(1063646)_source:dewiki
Jerusalem is illegally occupied by Israel, and isn't even technically part of Israel. It is an individual territory granted special status according to the UN.
Despite being part of the unesco ISO 3166-1 standard, they are missing. 
Program went wrong when getting info from Bahamas. I guess if there is no info of Bahamas.