API — Burkina Faso (BF)

17 regions, 47 provinces, 351 communes.

Endpoints

GET /api/v1/countries/bf.json
Full dataset — all levels, all records
GET /api/v1/bf/region.json
All 17 regions (Région)
GET /api/v1/bf/province.json
All 47 provinces (Province)
GET /api/v1/bf/commune.json
All 351 communes (Commune)
GET /api/v1/bf/region/{slug}.json
Single region with children

Quick Start

JavaScript

fetch('https://openadmindata.org/api/v1/countries/bf.json')
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(data => {
    const levels = data.meta.levels.map(l => l.name_en);
    console.log('Burkina Faso:', levels.join(' → '));
    
    console.log(data.data.region.length, 'regions');
  });

Python

import requests
data = requests.get('https://openadmindata.org/api/v1/countries/bf.json').json()
regions = data['data']['region']
print(f"Burkina Faso: {len(regions)} regions")

cURL

curl -s https://openadmindata.org/api/v1/bf/region.json | jq '.count'

Schema

Each entity record contains:

FieldTypeDescription
idstringUnique identifier
name_localstringName in local script
name_enstringEnglish / romanized name
slugstringURL-safe slug
latnumberLatitude (WGS84)
lonnumberLongitude (WGS84)
parent_idstring?Parent entity ID (null for top level)
parent_name_localstring?Parent name in local script
parent_name_enstring?Parent English name
postal_codestring?Postal code (deepest level only, where available)