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Template for the Places section in the Map Features page. Use the default English text or use the template arguments for your translations.

==Usage==
All parameters are optional. By default, text is in English. 
English writers shall write their comments in the template itself (avoiding double edition). 
Other languages are translated in template arguments, not in the template itself.

Set 
|lang = <your_language_code>: 
to make all key and value links point to translated pages (note the : at the end).

Example:
|lang = DE:

== Section header ==
|name=        (section header line)
|description= (displayed between the two tables; optional)

== One key/value row ==
|place:key=   |city:value=   |city:desc=   |city:render=   |city:photo=

You can use
|city:value:alt=[[<any other link>]]
as alternatives for :key and :value links, for example to link to the english pages.

Places

This is used mainly to give details about settlements. See the page titled Places for an introduction on its usage.

Key	Value	Comment
Administratively declared places
place	country	See `boundary=administrative`, `admin_level=2`
place	state	See `boundary=administrative`, `admin_level=*` varies; may not be used in all countries.
place	region	See `boundary=administrative`, `admin_level=` varies; may not be used in all countries. For natural regions* other keys should be searched.
place	province	See `boundary=administrative`, `admin_level=*` varies; may not be used in all countries.
place	district	See `boundary=administrative`, `admin_level=*` varies; may not be used in all countries.
place	county	See `boundary=administrative`, `admin_level=*` varies; may not be used in all countries.
place	municipality	See `boundary=administrative`, `admin_level=*` varies; depending on the country a collection of arbitrary hamlets, villages and towns may form an administrative unit; sometimes members of a unit reform or join with another municipality as a result of political process. Within a municipality individual settlements are a lot less connected than those within a city, where they have grown connected over time.
Populated settlements, urban
place	city	The largest urban settlements in the territory, normally including the national, state and provincial capitals. These are defined by charter or other governmental designation in some territories and are a matter of judgement in others. Should normally have a population of at least 100,000 people and be larger than nearby towns. See `place=suburb` and `place=neighbourhood` on how to tag divisions within a city. The outskirts of urban settlements may or may not match the administratively declared boundary of the city.
place	borough	See `boundary=administrative`, depending on the country suburbs in larger cities are often grouped into administrative units called boroughs or city districts; using the value borough avoids name confusion in countries that declare districts within their states or counties.
place	suburb	A distinct section of an urban settlement (city, town, etc.) with its own name and identity. e.g. annexed towns or villages which were formerly independent, independent (or dependent) municipalities within a city or next to a much bigger town historical districts of settlements industrial districts or recreation areas within a settlements with specific names.
place	quarter	A named part of a bigger settlement where this part is smaller than a suburb and bigger than a neighbourhood. This does not have to be an administrative entity. The term quarter is sometimes used synonymously for neighbourhood.
place	neighbourhood	A named part of a `place=village`, a `place=town` or a `place=city`. Smaller than `place=suburb` and `place=quarter`. The term quarter is sometimes used synonymously for neighbourhood, but may also stand for borough or suburb and hence is often avoided in OSM. See Quarter_(urban_subdivision)
place	city_block	A named city block that is part of a `place=city`. See City_block
place	plot	A named plot is a tract or parcel of land owned or meant to be owned by some owner.
Populated settlements, urban and rural
place	town	A second tier urban settlement of local importance, often with a population of 10,000 people and good range of local facilities including schools, medical facilities etc and traditionally a market. In areas of low population, towns may have significantly lower populations. See `place=neighbourhood` and possibly also `place=suburb` on how to tag divisions within a town.
place	village	A smaller distinct settlement, smaller than a town with few facilities available with people traveling to nearby towns to access these. Populations of villages vary widely in different territories but will nearly always be less than 10,000 people, often a lot less. See `place=neighbourhood` on how to tag divisions within a larger village.
place	hamlet	A smaller rural community typically with fewer than 100-200 inhabitants, few infrastructure.
place	isolated_dwelling	Smallest kind of human settlement. No more than 2 households.
place	farm	A farm that has its own name. If the farm is not a part of bigger settlement use `place=isolated_dwelling`. See also `landuse=farmyard`
place	allotments	Dacha or cottage settlement, which is located outside other inhabited locality. This value is used mainly in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, where a lot of such unofficial settlements exist
Other places
place	continent	One of the seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
place	archipelago	Identifies the relation of an archipelago, which contains several islands and islets.
place	island	Identifies the coastline of an island (> 1 km²), also consider `place=islet` for very small islands
place	islet	Identifies an islet (< 1 km²).
place	square	For a square in a town (English: square, French: place, German: Platz, Italian: piazza, Spanish: plaza, Russian: площадь).
place	locality	For an unpopulated named place.
place	User Defined	All commonly used values according to Taginfo
Additional attributes
population	Number	Number of inhabitants of the place. Among other things, it might be used in selecting which name to render at a given zoom level at what font size.
name	Text	To define the name of a place.
postal_code	Text	When a whole place has a single postal code, it can be specified in this tag.
addr:postcode	Text	Some communities are using this tag on places, areas, street relations, according Karlsruhe Schema instead of 'postal_code' tag. This is not recommended, since it clashes with addressing.
reference_point	yes	Named landmarks used to identify locations (common in some countries).
is_in	Text	Optional. Rudimentary way to describe boundary hierarchies, e.g. `place=suburb`, `name=Eccleshall`, `is_in=Sheffield,South Yorkshire,England,UK`. When boundary polygons exist, this is seldom needed. Unless categorization is wrongly done by e.g. Nominatim.