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# World Neighborhoods # Do you know the names of the neighborhoods in your city? Contribute to the world neighborhoods list!


World Neighborhoods is a world-wide locations database. ## Edit directly in your browser here on Github, it's easy:


The goal is to build a hierarchycally organized list of world-wide locations, 1. **Edit** the `.yml` file for your country.
from Countries to Neighborhoods. 2. **Type** the names of the neighborhoods in your city.
3. **Done** - You have just made a contribution to humanity. Pat yourself on the back.

Please format the list like this:
````
State_or_province_name:
City_name:
- Neighborhood One
- Neighborhood Two
- Neighborhood Three
````


It was extracted from [ChefSurfing.com](https://chefsurfing.com/). Here is a sample file for [Buenos Aires, Argentina](https://github.com/tute/world_neighborhoods/blob/master/data/Argentina.yml#L189).

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# WHY?

Because a free and open list of neighborhoods simply does not exist on the internet.
_WAT? How can this be?_
Yes we were suprised also. Help turn this **WAT?** into an **OMG!**

World Neighborhoods is a world-wide neighborhoods database.
The goal is to build a hierarchycally organized list of world-wide locations,
from countries all the way down to neighborhoods.


## How to contribute The names of cities were extracted from [ChefSurfing.com](https://chefsurfing.com/).


In `data` folder there's a file per country with it's divisions, cities and ## Notes on editing:
neighborhoods list hierarchycally organized.


You may edit the files either through Github's web interface (just go to the You may edit the files either through Github's web interface (just go to the
file you want to improve, click "Edit this file" link and send the updates), file you want to improve, click "Edit this file" link and send the updates),
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