This point shapefile represents the locations of the populated places of the world at 1:250,000 scale. This layer is part of the 2014 ESRI Data and Maps collection for ArcGIS 10.2. World Populated Places provides a base map layer for the populated places of the world. DeLorme Publishing Company; ESRI. (2014). World Populated Places, 2013. ESRI. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/bm749hg7185