# Kibana Maps world countries does not have names

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-world-countries-does-not-have-names/342872>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 12, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-world-countries-does-not-have-names/342872 "2023-09-12T16:22:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![rachelyang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@rachelyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rachelyang)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-world-countries-does-not-have-names/342872/1 "2023-09-12T16:22:39Z")

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I chose **Data source** EMS Boundaries **Layer** [world\_countries] , when I added a new layer to the map. The map does not contain the country names. Please check the attachment. How do I display the names? Thanks.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/f/effbbb420d750ab72ce3dfed99b58a81fa087004.png)

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-world-countries-does-not-have-names/342872/2 "2023-09-12T19:19:43Z")

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Think of these as Stacked Layers with Opacity...

 ![Screenshot 2023-09-12 at 12.18.39 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/9/c922c0a2fc79531749e728687466b7def4cfdd91.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![rachelyang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@rachelyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rachelyang)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-world-countries-does-not-have-names/342872/3 "2023-09-13T16:32:17Z")

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Thank you. I added base map as an additional layer, then the names popped out.

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-world-countries-does-not-have-names/342872/4 "2023-09-15T13:08:27Z")

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You can also enable "Show labels on top" in the EMS base map layer to display labels above world countries

 ![Screen Shot 2023-09-15 at 7.07.17 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/2/528dfb6d3bfe78fbbe9fd9aeb3ad9a69d8857252.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-world-countries-does-not-have-names/342872/5 "2023-10-13T13:08:57Z")

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