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Desritpive fields: Fips_admin -- The two-letter, two-number FIPS code for a first-level administrative unit from the United States Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) coding scheme. Example: The code for the state of Chiapas, Mexico, is MX05, where MX is Mexico and 05 is the number assigned to Chiapas. For countries without administrative units, this field contains only the two-letter country code. (String) Gmi_admin -- The three -letter country code combined with a three-letter code for a first-level administrative unit created by Global Mapping International. (String) Admin_Name -- The name of a first-level administrative unit. Example: Hawaii. (String) Fips_cntry -- The two-letter country code from the United States Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) coding scheme. Example: KS for the Republic of Korea. (String) Gmi_cntry -- The three -letter country code from Global Mapping International. Example: The code for the United Kingdom is GBR. (String) Cntry_Name -- The country name. These names are shortened and not necessarily official. Example: Turkey (the official name is Republic of Turkey) (String) Region -- The name of the world region. The data is grouped into 25 commonly recognized world regions. These provide an easy means of selecting a small multicountry area for display or study. Example: Eastern Africa. (String) Continent -- The continent name. Example: South America. (String) Pop_admin -- The population of a first level administrative unit. (Source: NCGIA. The Global Demography Project. Currency: 1994 estimated population.) This field contains -99999 for countries for which population figures were unavailable. (Numeric) Sqkm_admin -- The total area of a first level administrative unit in square kilometers (excluding maritime areas). (Numeric) Sqmi_admin -- The total area of a first level administrative unit in square miles (excluding maritime areas). (Numeric) Type_eng -- The English name for the type of administrative unit. Examples: State, Province, Prefecture. (String) Type_loc -- The local name for the type of administrative unit. Examples: Estado, Bundesland. (String) Color_map -- Numbers (1 - 8) allows the country to be shaded unique from its neighbors.