Before I lose it again here are the links to downloadable files of place names and coordinates in many countries.
The Geographic Names Information System(GNIS), developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States.
This site is the database of the official repository of foreign place-name approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (US BGN). Approximately 20,000 of the database's features are updated monthly.
Downloadable of CSV files of the names of places in selected countries: