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+
+# SedonaDB Python
+
+This package is a Python interface to [SedonaDB](https://sedona.apache.org/sedonadb).
+
+## Installation
+
+SedonaDB for Python can be installed from [PyPI](https://pypi.org):
+
+```shell
+pip install "apache-sedona[db]"
+```
+
+## Example
+
+```python
+import sedona.db
+
+sd = sedona.db.connect()
+sd.options.interactive = True
+
+url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/geoarrow/geoarrow-data/v0.2.0/natural-earth/files/natural-earth_cities_geo.parquet"
+sd.read_parquet(url).head(5)
+```
diff --git a/python/sedonadb/pyproject.toml b/python/sedonadb/pyproject.toml
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@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "sedonadb"
+readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Rust",