diff --git a/geocoder/geocoder_apply_patches.sh b/geocoder/geocoder_apply_patches.sh
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+++ b/geocoder/geocoder_apply_patches.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function usage() {
+  cat <<EOF
+Usage:
+  $(basename $0) DBUSER DBNAME *.sql
+E.g:
+  $(basename $0) development_cartodb_user_87ddf981-25c7-4538-9910-0eb4342f2483 cartodb_dev_user_87ddf981-25c7-4538-9910-0eb4342f2483_db patches/*.sql
+EOF
+}
+
+
+if [ "$#" -lt "3" ]; then
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+DBUSER=$1
+DBNAME=$2
+shift; shift;
+DUMP_FILES="$@"
+
+echo
+echo "About to import the following files: ${DUMP_FILES}"
+for i in $DUMP_FILES; do
+    echo
+    echo "Importing ${i}..."
+    psql \
+        --username=${DBUSER} \
+        --dbname=${DBNAME} \
+        --set=ON_ERROR_STOP=on \
+        --single-transaction \
+        --file=${i} || exit 1
+    echo "Done with ${i}."
+    echo
+done
+
+echo
+echo "** Everything OK **"
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diff --git a/geocoder/geocoder_download_patches.sh b/geocoder/geocoder_download_patches.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+TARGET_DIR_PATCHES=data_patches
+BASE_URL=https://s3.amazonaws.com/data.cartodb.net/geocoding/dumps
+VERSION=0.0.1
+
+PATCHES_LIST="20160203_countries_bh_isocode.sql
+20160622_countries_synonym_congo.sql"
+
+mkdir -p $TARGET_DIR_PATCHES
+
+for file in $PATCHES_LIST; do
+    url="${BASE_URL}/${VERSION}/patches/$file"
+
+    wget -c --directory-prefix=$TARGET_DIR_PATCHES $url
+done