# Wikimapia REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/wikimapia/rest-api/  
**Provider:** Wikimapia — https://apis.io/providers/wikimapia/  
**Base URL:** https://api.wikimapia.org  
**Documentation:** https://wikimapia.org/api/

Wikimapia REST API is published by [Wikimapia](https://apis.io/providers/wikimapia/) on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Geospatial, Mapping, Crowdsourced, Places, and REST. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and rate-limit docs.

The Wikimapia REST API provides access to crowdsourced geographic data including places, categories, streets, and languages. Supports place search by bounding box, coordinates, or full-text query; place lookup by ID with configurable data blocks; nearest-place and nearest-street queries; and full category and language listings. Requires an API key passed as a query parameter. Responses are available in JSON (default) and KML formats. The free tier allows up to 100 requests per 5 minutes per domain.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://wikimapia.org/api/
- **RateLimits** — https://wikimapia.org/api/?action=my_keys
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikimapia/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Tags

Geospatial, Mapping, Crowdsourced, Places, REST

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/wikimapia/rest-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/wikimapia/.