diff report for Feb 2026 is posted

Author: Andra Mircioiu

content/geoip/release-notes/2026.md

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+{{< release-note date="2026-02-19" title="GeoNames monthly diff report February 2026" >}}
+[GeoNames monthly diff report (February 2026)](/csv/GeoNames-Monthly-Diff-Report-February-2026.csv)
+
+GeoIP and GeoLite databases incorporate
+[GeoNames geographical data](https://www.geonames.org/), which is made available
+under the
+[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
+
+Monthly updates to GeoNames data are incorporated into our databases as we
+refresh them. Above you will find a CSV report of these changes as they apply to
+English place names for the month of February as they relate to the following
+fields:
+
+- `geoname_id`
+- `country_name`
+- `country_code`
+- `city_name`
+- `subdivision_1_iso_code`
+- `subdivision_2_iso_code`
+
+Note that the values for the `old_` and `new_` columns for a given field only
+differ for the field defined in the `diff_in` column.
+
+- - In this month’s update, the country name for `The Netherlands` has been
+    updated to `Netherlands`.
+
+- - As previously noted, we have
+    [updated our GeoNames monthly diff report delivery method](https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/release-notes/2026/#changes-to-the-geonames-monthly-diff-report-delivery-method).
+
+{{</ release-note >}}
+
 {{< release-note date="2026-02-18" title="Changes to the GeoNames monthly diff report delivery method">}}
 
 You can now download the GeoNames monthly diff report from the