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README.md

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+# Minimum Distance to Major City (in Africa)
+
+## Usage
+
+### Install Dependencies
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+### Usage
+```python
+from citydist import closest_city
+point = 30.0444, 31.2357
+print(closest_city(point, population_threshold=10000)) #default threshold is 0, returns a dict
+```
+
+## About the Data
+`africapolis.csv` is pulled from [Africapolis](https://africapolis.org). Population data is from the Population_2020 column.

citydist.py

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         "distance": np.float64(distances[min_index].km),
         "location": (city["Latitude"], city["Longitude"])
     }
-
-df = pd.read_csv("africapolis.csv", index_col=0)
-print(closest_city((0,0), df=df, population_threshold=50000))