Place

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Contains points for labeling places including countries, states, cities, Counties, towns, villages, suburb, quarter, and neighborhoods. The different zoom level returns the data in different label_ranks. {{:place.png}} ===== Columns ===== ==== class ==== Provides a broad distinction between place types. ^Value ^Description^ |'' 'continent' '' |The world's main continuous expanses of land.| |'' 'country' '' |A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.| |'' 'state' '' |State, province, region or municipality, First-level administrative divisions or similar.| |'' 'city' '' |The settlement in a territory, including national, state, or county.| |'' 'town' '' |Urban settlement, smaller than a 'city' and larger than a 'village'.| |'' 'borough' '' |A part in larger city grouped into administrative unit.| |'' 'suburb' '' |An area in a 'town' or 'city' with a distinct and recognized local name and identity. | |'' 'quarter' '' |A named, geographically localized place within a suburb of a city or within a town.| |'' 'neighborhood' '' |A settlement within a 'suburb'.| |'' 'county' '' |A nation state or other high-level national political/administrative area.| |'' 'village' '' |A smaller settlement smaller than a 'town' with few social facilities available.| |'' 'hamlet' '' |A smaller settlement with fewer than 100-200 inhabitants, and little infrastructure.| |'' 'archipelago' '' |A named group or chain of related islands and islets. | |'' 'island' '' |Any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water and isolated from other significant landmasses.| |'' 'ocean' '' |The world's five main major oceanic divisions.| ==== type ==== Indicates a particular location with a known name. ==== name ==== ^Field ^Description^ |''name'' |The default name of the location, most of time it's in native language.| |''name_en''|The name in English of the location. | |''name_zh''|The name in Chinese of the location. | |''name_ar''|The name in Arabic of the location.| |''name_de''|The name in German of the location. | |''name_ru''|The name in Russian of the location. | |''name_fr''|The name in French of the location. | |''name_ja''|The name in Japanese of the location. | ==== population ==== The rough number of citizens in the place. ==== abbr==== The abbreviation of the location’s name. Only available for some countries and states. ==== label_rank==== Shows the importance of places for labeling. ==== admin_level==== Describes the administrative level of the location within a government hierarchy. ==== capital==== Identity if it’s the capital of a country, sar, or states/provinces.