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place
town
Description
An important urban centre, between a village and a city in size.
Group:
places
Used on these
elements
Useful combination
name
=*
population
=*
wikipedia
=*
wikidata
=*
capital
=*
See also
place
suburb
place
hamlet
place
village
place
city
Status:
de facto
place
town
$1%
$1%
$1%
$1%
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Use
place
town
to identify an important urban centre that is larger than a
place
village
, smaller than a
place
city
, and not a
place
suburb
. Towns normally have a good range of shops and facilities which are used by people from nearby villages.
Contents
How to map
1.1
Mapping towns as areas
Examples
place
town
vs. other settlements
See also
How to map
Place a
node
at the center of the village, like the central square, a central administrative or religious building or a central road junction and add
place
town
name
=*
: for the name of the town in the primary language for the territory.
population
=*
: for the population of the town, perferably including the whole urban area, if known.
wikidata
=*
- Provides a link to Wikidata article about the feature
wikipedia
=*
- Provides a link to Wikipedia's article about the feature
capital
8/7/6
- capital of a province/district ...
Mapping towns as areas
The most common method of mapping towns is with a node placed at the center. Some mappers however map towns with an
area
instead of using a node. Towns often do not have a
verifiable
outline though and different interpretations of the meaning of areas representing populated places exist - more details can be found
on the place key page
. This method also loses the information on the town center which is important for data users, in particular for routing. Data users should not expect the area geometries of towns to have a particular meaning.
Examples
place
town
name
Otley
wikipedia
en:Otley
population
14000
place
town
vs. other settlements
Historically, in England, where the settlement tags developed, a
"town" had a public market
amenity
marketplace
). This is no longer the main distinguishing feature, but in general most
place
town
have more shops and services than smaller settlements such as
place
village
. It can be helpful to add the tag
population
=*
to describe the population of the settled area, when known.
In some regions, the population of settlements is used to differentiate
place
town
place
village
or
place
city
, but this varies between countries. In sparsely populated regions, settlements tagged
place
town
are less populous than in regions with high population density.
As of mid-2019, 34% of
place
town
have a
population
=*
tag, and the median (average) value in the database varies by country, from as low as 3000 to as high as 35,000. But 95% of
place
town
have a
population
=*
value between 1000 and 70,000.
See also
place
suburb
- A part of a town or city with a well-known name and often a distinct identity.
place
hamlet
- A smaller rural community, typically with fewer than 100-200 inhabitants, and little infrastructure.
place
village
- A smaller distinct settlement, smaller than a town with few facilities available with people traveling to nearby towns to access these.
place
city
- The largest urban settlement or settlements within the territory, larger than a
place
town
capital
=*
- for the capitals of countries (
capital
yes
), provincial/state capitals (
capital
).
Related terms
: ‹
metropolis
› ‹
city
› ‹
town
Retrieved from "
Categories
Tag descriptions for group "places"
Tag descriptions for key "place"
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Tag descriptions with status "de facto"
Tags claimed to be for nodes, areas and relations
Places
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