Area: Difference between revisions

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Areas are geographic regions or settlements. See Wikidata for details on how areas are added and updated.

The name of the area.

The type of area. Possible values are:

Country: Country is used for areas included (or previously included) in ISO 3166-1, e.g. United States.

Subdivision: Subdivision is used for the main administrative divisions of a country, e.g. California, Ontario, Okinawa. These are considered when displaying the parent areas for a given area.

County: County is used for smaller administrative divisions of a country which are not the main administrative divisions but are also not municipalities, e.g. counties in the USA. These are not considered when displaying the parent areas for a given area.

Municipality: Municipality is used for small administrative divisions which, for urban municipalities, are often contain a single city and a few surrounding villages. Rural municipalities typically group several villages together.

City: City is used for settlements of any size, including towns and villages.

Island: Island is used for islands and atolls which don't form subdivisions of their own, e.g. Skye.

See the page about dates for more information.

The ISO 3166 codes are the codes assigned by ISO to countries and subdivisions.

The aliases are used to store alternate names or misspellings.

See the page about MBIDs for more information.

See the page about annotations for more information.

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 ::;Subdivision
-:::Subdivision is used for the main administrative divisions of a country, e.g. [[area:ae0110b6-13d4-4998-9116-5b926287aa23|California]], [[area:2747553f-b44d-44c4-a7c3-b67412b6f10b|Ontario]], [[area:ff6ef0b9-0b41-4697-bd55-8619ad4a196c|Okinawa]].
+:::Subdivision is used for the main administrative divisions of a country, e.g. [[area:ae0110b6-13d4-4998-9116-5b926287aa23|California]], [[area:2747553f-b44d-44c4-a7c3-b67412b6f10b|Ontario]], [[area:ff6ef0b9-0b41-4697-bd55-8619ad4a196c|Okinawa]]. These are considered when displaying the parent areas for a given area.
-::;City
+::;County
+:::County is used for smaller administrative divisions of a country which are not the main administrative divisions but are also not municipalities, e.g. counties in the USA. These are not considered when displaying the parent areas for a given area.
-:::City is used for settlements of any size, including towns and villages.
 ::;Municipality
+:::Municipality is used for small administrative divisions which, for urban municipalities, are often contain a single city and a few surrounding villages. Rural municipalities typically group several villages together.
-:::Municipality is used when it is not clear whether subdivision or city would be appropriate.
+::;City
+:::City is used for settlements of any size, including towns and villages.
 ::;District