# Subdivisions — AutoSugges platform dataset

## How do I add Subdivisions autocomplete to my app?

Subdivisions is a free AutoSugges reference list of 5,227 items. Query it with your publishable key as the key parameter and the typed text as q, after at least two characters. Results come back pre-ranked from the edge, ten by default, ready for the AutoSugges React, React Native or HTML component.

ISO 3166-2 subdivisions of 200 countries — states, provinces, regions and the departments or counties inside them — searchable by name or code. From Unicode CLDR 48.2.

5227 items, across levels: country, subdivision, sub_subdivision.
Level breakdown: country: 200, subdivision: 3571, sub_subdivision: 1456.

## Provenance
Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) (https://unicode.org/Public/cldr/48.2/cldr-common-48.2.zip)
Retrieved: 2026-09-23, effective version 48.2
Authority: authoritative
Licence: Unicode License V3. Copyright © 2019-2025 Unicode, Inc. Redistribution permitted provided the copyright and permission notice accompany copies or associated documentation. (other)
Attribution: Unicode CLDR 48.2, © Unicode, Inc., Unicode License V3
Export allowed: yes

## Availability
Free

## Authority
Authoritative

## Dataset kind
Reference list

## Worked example
```json
{
  "value": "AZ-BAB",
  "displayValue": "Babek",
  "description": "Azerbaijan › Nakhchivan AR",
  "aliases": [
    "AZ-BAB",
    "Babek"
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "code": "AZ-BAB",
    "country": "AZ",
    "level": "sub_subdivision"
  },
  "ancestors": [
    {
      "value": "AZ",
      "displayValue": "Azerbaijan"
    },
    {
      "value": "AZ-NX",
      "displayValue": "Nakhchivan AR"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Query it
```
/v1/query?key=YOUR_PUBLISHABLE_KEY&q=babek
```

A publishable key is public by design and belongs in client code as written; it is not a secret.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is in the Subdivisions dataset?

ISO 3166-2 subdivisions of 200 countries — states, provinces, regions and the departments or counties inside them — searchable by name or code. From Unicode CLDR 48.2. It has 5,227 items. Its source is Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR). Authority: Authoritative. Licence: Unicode License V3. Copyright © 2019-2025 Unicode, Inc. Redistribution permitted provided the copyright and permission notice accompany copies or associated documentation. Refresh cadence: Twice a year, on each CLDR release.

### Is the Subdivisions dataset free?

AutoSugges-published free datasets are never priced on their own — every plan includes all of them. What a plan prices is how many queries you may make, not which free list you may query. A few catalog entries are licensed from a third party or supplied by you, and those carry their own access terms, shown on that dataset's own page.

### How do I query Subdivisions?

Call GET /v1/query with your publishable key as the key parameter and the typed text as q, or mount the AutoSugges component for React, React Native or HTML. The runtime answers from the edge and never reads a database.

### What is the minimum number of characters before a query runs?

Two by default. A list owner can change the minimum, but it can never be 1. The client reads the real value from bootstrap and sends no request below it, so do not hardcode it.

### How long does the client wait after typing before it queries?

150 milliseconds by default. The value is delivered through bootstrap and a list owner can raise it, so the client uses the policy value rather than a constant.

### What happens when my query quota runs out?

The runtime returns a structured quota_exceeded response that carries no items and no placeholder suggestions, so exhaustion is never mistaken for no results. Render it from the typed error code and prompt an upgrade.

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