Accessing Country Data From Your Websites

You are welcome to link directly to any available page on the system.

Countries

To link to any country data append the 2 or 3 character country code to the end of the http://countries.consul.cc/country.php/ URL. For example http://countries.consul.cc/country.php/US will link to the United States country info. http://countries.consul.cc/country.php/ARG will link to the Argentina country info. A list of country codes can be found at http://countries.consul.cc/countryList.php

Country flags and animated maps

Web sites may link directly to our flags and maps provided that the following link is on the page that points to the flag or map: In return we ask that you include the following link in your application: Some country data provided by <a href="http://countries.consul.cc" >Consul Countries</a>.

To access a flag the URL for the flag image is: http://countries.consul.cc/res/flags/[country_code].png, where [country_code] is the 2 character code for the country. The flag images are approximately 82px by 42px. However, the image width will vary with the dimensions of the standard flag. For example the flag of Nepal is only 35px wide. Larger flag images are found at http://countries.consul.cc/res/flags/large/[country_code].png. These flags are approximately 420px by 216px, but as with the smaller flags the width will vary with the flag.

To acces an animated map the URL for the image is: http://countries.consul.cc/res/maps/[country_code].gif, where [country_code] is the 2 character code for the country. The map images are 317px by 201px.

Continents

To link to any continent data append the 2 character continent code to the end of the http://countries.consul.cc/country.php?continent= URL. For example http://countries.consul.cc/country.php?continent=OC will link to the Oceania continent. The list of continent codes is provided below.

CodeContinent
AFAfrica
ANAntarctica
ASAsia
EUEurope
NANorth America
OCOceania
SASouth America

Accessing The Country Data Web Service

We encourage applications to use the country data web service for their country data needs. We provide country maps, flags and data as part of our free service. In return we ask that you include the following link in your application: Some country data provided by <a href="http://countries.consul.cc" >Consul Countries</a>.

The web service API is described in the "Countries Web Service Documentation" (PDF).