API or database to load data for Country, State/province/region, and city select menus [closed]

Question

anyone know of a solution? i have found online a select menu for countries, but i need either an API or a database with every state/province and major city in each country.

Answer 1

Take a look at GeoNames. You can download (just about) everything they have and create your own local databases, or you can use their REST Webservice API. As an added bonus, they even have already made client libraries.