Template:Geobox Town

This template is to be used for cities, towns, villages, hamlets and any other types of human settlements. It belongs to the Geobox series of templates, which are designated to be used for various geography related articles. They use the same layout, internal logic and coherently named fields. All templates can have a name on top, picture below, then section on Country, Region etc. followed by fields which are specific for every geographic feature, with a map at the bottom.

It uses highly complex syntax which relies on many subtemplates which are common to the series. For general instructions see Geobox, please do read them. Below are all the fields for this particular template with one or more blank tables which should be copied into the article and then filled in (rather than copying the template code from an existing page). Please respect these rules:

• do not put multiple items into one field, use numbered fields instead (e.g. city, city1, city2…).
• enter unformatted numbers only, both metric and imperial values are displayed, provide either metric or imperial ones, the opposite is calculated automatically
• do not put note and references into the fields themselves, use appropriate _note field
• do not delete fields you did not use, someone else might need them in future

Other names

The following names redirect here, please use the most appropriate name when placing this template on an article (Geobox Settlement may be used as well): Geobox Borough, Geobox City, Geobox Neighborhood, Geobox Town, Geobox Township, Geobox Village.

Field instructions

field	explanation	additional fields
Name
name	name of the settlement (if left blank, article title will be used)
native_name	native name if different from the English one, it is printed in brackets on the same line as name
other_name, other_name1 …	other names, can be used for names in other languages (then preferable in the {{lang-xx|}} style)
category	category of the settlement: City, Town, Village, Hamlet, Sietch ;-) etc.	category_note
Image
image	a representative photograph of the settlement
image_size	photograph size in pixels (set to 256 if left blank), input just the number (i.e. without px)
image_caption	photograph caption
Symbols
flag	official settlement flag or banner	flag_type (default: Flag) flag_note
flag_size	flag size in pixels (set to 120 if left blank), input just the number (i.e. without px)
symbol	official settlement seal, shield, coat-of arms etc.,	symbol_type (default: Coat of arms) symbol_note
symbol_size	flag size in pixels (set to 120 if left blank), input just the number (i.e. without 'px')
Nickname & motto
nickname, nickname1 ...	settlement nickname(s)
motto, motto1 ...	settlement motto(es)
Country etc.
country, country1 ...	country in which the settlement lies	country_type (default: Country)
state, state1 ...	state in which the settlement lies	state_type (default: State)
region, region1 ...	region in which the settlement lies	region_type (default: Region)
district, district1 ...	district in which the settlement lies	district_type (default: District)
Subdivisions
part_type	type of administrative subdivisons (default: Municipalities)	part_label
part_count	number of administrative subdivisions
part, part1 …	names of administrative subdivions parts, they are displayed within a folding section which is hidden on page load	part_note, part1_note …
Geography
area, area_land, area_water, area_urban, area_metro	appropriate area in km² (for mi² use area_imperial, area_land_imperial, area_water_imperial, area_urban_imperial, area_metro_imperial)	area_unit (default: sqkm/sqmi, can be also: ha/acre) area_round (default: 0) area_note, area_land_note, area_water_note, area_urban_note, area_metro_note
location	place for which coordinates and elevation are provided, can be a square, park, street etc.	location_type (default: Center) location_note
lat_d, lat_m, lat_s, lat_NS, long_d, long_m, long_s, long_EW	center location latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes, seconds and hemispheres (use N/S and E/W), coordinates_type field can be assign Google map parameters (default: type:city), if population is assigned, it gets printed in the brackets after this parameter	coordinates_note
elevation	center location elevation in metres (for feet use elevation_imperial)	elevation_note
highest	highest point name	highest_note
highest_location	descriptive location of the highest point	highest_location_note
highest_lat_d … *	highest point latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes, seconds and hemispheres (use N/S and W/E)	highest_coordinates_note
highest_elevation	highest point elevation in meters (for feet use highest_elevation_imperial)	highest_elevation_note
lowest	lowest point name	lowest_note
lowest_location	descriptive location of the lowest point	lowest_location_note
lowest_lat_d … *	lowest point latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes, seconds and hemispheres (use N/S and W/E)	lowest_coordinates_note
lowest_elevation	lowest point elevation in meters (for feet use lowest_elevation_imperial)	highest_elevation_note
Population
population_as_of, population_urban_as_of, population_metro_as_of	year or date to which population figures relate
population, population_urban, population_metro	appropriate population figure, , unformatted numbers must be used as they are used for calculations, they get formatted on output	population_note, population_total_note, population_urban_note, population_metro_note
population_density, population_density_urban, population_density_metro	appropriate population density figure in /km² (for /mi² use population_density_imperial, population_density_urban_imperial, population_density_metro_imperial), if value auto is assigned the density is calculated from appopriate area and population figures	population_density_unit (default: sqkm/sqmi, can be also: ha/acre) population_density_round (default: 0) population_density_note, population_density_urban_note, population_density_metro_note
Government
government	government type	government_type, government_label, government_note
established, etablished1 …	establishment/foundation date, numbered fields can contain year of status upgrade, incorporation, enlargement etc.	established_type, established1_type… (default: Founded, Founded 1…) established_note, established_note1 …
mayor, mayor1 … or leader, leader1 …	These fields can be named with mayor* or leader*. If only one name is provided, it may be easiest to use the mayor field, as leader_type is set to Mayor by default)	mayor_type=leader_type, leader1_type … (default: Mayor, Mayor 1…) mayor_note=leader_note, leader1_note …
Various codes
timezone, utc_offset	timezone name and its UTC offset	timezone_note
timezone_DST, utc_offset_DST	summer/daylight saving timezone name and its UTC offset	timezone_DST_note
postal_code=code, area_code=code1, code2 …	Various identification codes, first two are aliased as Postal code and Area code (phone)	code_type, code1_type… (default: Postal code, Area code, Code 2…) postal_code_note=code_note, area_code_note=code1_note, code2_note …
Free fields
free, free1 …	free field value, can be anything, appropriate _type should be set, doesn't get automaticaly wikilinked	free_type, free1_type … free_note, fre1e_note …
Map section
map, map1	either location map or blank map for automated location
map_size, map1_size	map size in pixels (set to 256 if left blank), do not enter px, just the number
map_caption, map1_caption	map caption
map_locator	appropriate Geobox location locator template for automated placement of the locator dot
map_locator_x, map_locator_y	to be used for non-automated placement of the locator dot, these are percents of the map width
Website
website	official website	website_note
Footnotes
footnotes	any type of footnotes
* Coordinates are defined as field_lat_d, field_lat_m, field_lat_s, field_lat_NS, field_long_d, field_long_m, field_long_s, field_long_WE

Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• "adr"
• "county-name"
• "fn"
• "label"
• "locality"
• "nickname"
• "note"
• "org"
• "vcard"

Please do not rename or remove these classes.