import text file getting command is not allowed with this MySQL version

here is my table

CREATE TABLE cities (
    country       CHAR(2),
    city_ascii    VARCHAR(100),
    city          VARCHAR(255),
    region        CHAR(2),
    population    INT UNSIGNED,
    latitude      DECIMAL(10, 6),
    longitude     DECIMAL(10, 6),
    INDEX idx_lat_long (latitude, longitude),
    INDEX idx_country (country),
    INDEX idx_region (region)
);

I'm trying to import a text file to my database following tutorial here.

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'worldcitiespop.txt' INTO TABLE cities
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES
(country, city_ascii, city, region, population, latitude, longitude);

but I'm getting the following error message.

ERROR 1148 (42000): The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

Any ideas?

Thank you