TGN Place Types (Research at the Getty)



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		abandoned airfield abandoned canal abandoned complex abandoned dwelling abandoned police post abandoned structure abandoned watercourse Abbasid (Dynasty) abbey Aboriginal reserve abyssal plain academy Achaemenid Adena administrative center administrative division



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		Aegean aerospace facility agricultural building agricultural center agricultural land air base airfield airport Akkadian Alaska Native village statistical area alliance alluvial fan amphitheater amusement park anabranch Ancestral Puebloan



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		anchorage Ancient American Ancient Asian Ancient Egyptian Ancient Greek Ancient Hebrew Ancient Macedonian Ancient Middle Eastern ancient region Ancient Roman ancient site Ancient Umbrian Anglo-Saxon annex apartment house aquaculture facility



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		aqueduct Arabian (Arab) arch archaeological site archaeological sites Archaic (Greek) Archaic (North American) archdiocese archiepiscopal see archipelago arctic area area arena arrondissement arroyo artificial island(s)



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		artists' colony association Assyrian athletic field atoll atomic research center Attic Australian Aboriginal autonomous area autonomous city autonomous community autonomous district autonomous municipality autonomous province autonomous region autonomous republic



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		autonomous sector Axum Aztec Babylonian bailiwick bank bar barracks barrow base basin Basketmaker battlefield battlefield park bay bayou



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		beach bench bend Benedictine Bezirk bight blowhole bog boomtown border (boundary) border post borough boundary marker breakwater breeding center (animal) brewery



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		bridge Bronze Age brook Buddhist buffer zone building bulwark burial cave burial chamber burial site butte Byzantine cairn caldera caliphate camp



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		campus canal canton canyon cape capital caravanserai castle catacombs cataract cathedral causeway cave cave dwelling cave settlement caves



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		Celtiberian Celtic cemetery census district census-designated place center central business district ceremonial mound ceremonial site Chachapoya Chalcidian Chalcolithic (Copper Age) channel Cherokee Chinatown Christian



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		church cirque city city block city-state civitas clearing cliff cliff dwelling cliffs cloister Clovis coal mine(s) coalfield coastal settlement coastline



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		Coclé college college center colonial settlement colony comarca commandery commercial center commonwealth commune (administrative) communications center community community center complex concentration camp concentration camp site



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		condominium cone confederation confluence constitutional monarchy continent continents controlled region convent copper mine copper works Corinthian corporate headquarters corral correctional institution (building) country



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		country house countship county county seat courthouse cove cow town craftsman settlement crater crater lake creek Cretan crossing Crusader cult center cultural center



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		cultural landscape culture area current customhouse Cycladic dairy Dalmatian dam deep defense installation defile delta deme department department capital dependency



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		dependent political entity dependent state depot depression desert deserted settlement despotate dictatorship dike diocese diplomatic building(s) disputed territory distributary (stream) district district capital ditch



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		ditch mouth(s) divide dock dockyard dominion Dông-Son (Vietnamese) Doric down drainage basin drainage ditch dry lake dry waterfall ducal residence duchy dunes dwarf planet



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		dynasty earldom Early Bronze Age Early Christian Early Iron Age Early Minoan Early Neolithic earthwork educational center educational complex Elamite electorate emirate empire emporium enclave



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		Eneolithic entertainment center eparchy ephemeral community Epipaleolithic Episcopal episcopal see escarpment estate estuary Etruscan external territory facet factory factory center Faliscan



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		family farm farm village fault federal capital territory federal territory federation ferry ferry terminal fief field Fifteenth Dynasty; Hyksos fin financial center financial institution (building) fiord



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		fire station First Intermediate period first level subdivision fish-processing center fishing community fishing spot fissure flat floating community flood plain fluvial island ford forest forest reserve forest station former administrative division



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		former body of water former community former group of nations/states/cities former inhabited place former island former landmass former nation/state/empire former physical feature former reservoir former structure former territory/colony/dependent state fort fortification fortified settlement fortress forum



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		fourth level subdivision Frankish frazione free port freely associated state frontier frontier settlement funerary building fur station Gabrielino galaxy Gallo-Roman gap garden garden suburb gas field



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		gate gateway general region geological formation geyser ghost town glacier gold mine gold town golf course gorge government office building governmental installation governorate grand duchy grassland



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		grave Gravettian grazing area Greco-Roman group of nations/states/cities grove gulf gully gut hacienda Hallstatt halting place hamlet Han (Chinese) hanging valley Harappan



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		harbor headland headwater health facility heath heliport Helladic Hellenistic hermitage hierarchy root highland highway hill hill settlement hill station hillfort



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		hills Hindu Hindu-Buddhist historic building historic quarter historic site historic structure historical park historical region Hittite holy precinct homestead Hopewell hospital hotel house



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		housing development Huari (Wari) hummock hunting base Hurrian hut huyuk hydroelectric power plant Iberian ice sheet icecap icecap depression Illyrian Imperial (Roman) imperial city inactive mine



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		Inca independent city independent nation independent political entity independent sovereign nation Indian Indian reservation (Native American reservation) Indigenous Protected Area Indo-European Indonesian Indus Valley industrial center industrial complex inhabited place inhabited region inland port



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		inlet inspection station institutional building interfluve intermittent body of water intermittent lake intermittent watercourse intermittent wetland intersection Ionian Ionic Iron Age iron mine irrigation center irrigation ditch irrigation system



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		Islamic island island division island group island nation islands islet islets isthmus Italic Jainist jetty Jewish Jōmon judicial center jungle



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		karst area Kassite khanate kibbutz kingdom kray La Tene lagoon lake lake channel lakes land bridge land grant land-tied island landfill landform



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		landgraviate landing Late Bronze Age Late Chalcolithic Late Iron Age Late Minoan Late Neolithic lava flow lead mine league legislative center leper colony levee lighthouse Ligurian livestock center



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		local council local district local region locale locality lock Lombard lordship lost area lost physical feature lost settlement lost watercourse Lower Paleolithic lumber camp Lycian Lydian



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		Magdalenian Magosian mandate manor mansion manufacturing center Maori march margraviate marina marine channel marine park marine sanctuary market market center marsh



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		massif mausoleum Maya (Mayan) meadow meander medical center Medieval megalithic site Megarian memorial mesa Mesoamerican Mesolithic Mesopotamian metallurgical center meteorological station



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		metropolis metropolitan area midden Middle Bronze Age Middle Neolithic Middle Paleolithic military center military installation military park military regime mill mill center mine mines mining center Minoan



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		miscellaneous mission Mississippian Mithraic Mixtec moat(s) Mochica (Moche) mole monarchy monastery monastic center monument moon moor(s) Moorish moraine



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		mosque mound mountain mountain range mountain system mountains Mousterian municipality municipium munitions plant museum Mycenaean Nabatean narrows nation national capital



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		national cemetery national district national division national forest national monument national park national region national subdivision Native American native peoples reservation natural arch natural pillar nature reserve naval base navigation channel Neanderthal



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		necropolis neighborhood Neo-Babylonian Neolithic neutral zone Nigerian noble seat Norman Norse Nubian Numidian nunatak nursery oasis oasis settlement oblast



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		observation point observatory occupation site occupied territory ocean office building official residence oil field oil field site oil pipeline oil refinery oil terminal Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area Old Babylonian oligarchy Olmec



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		oppidum orchard ore treatment plant organization Ortsteil Ostionoid Ottoman overseas department overseas province overseas territory pagoda palace Paleo-Indian Paleolithic paleontological site Palestinian



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		pan papal residence parish (ecclesiastical) parish (political) park parking garage parkway part of inhabited place Parthian pass passage patriarchal see patriarchy patrol post Pavlovian peak



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		pedestrian mall penal settlement peninsula Persian petroleum refining center Philistine Phocaean Phoenician phosphate works Phrygian physical feature piazza Picene pier pilgrimage center pillar



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		pirate haven plain Plains Indian planet planetary body planetary system plantation plateau plaza (administrative) plaza (open space) pleasure quarter point polder poleis police post political center



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		political entity pond pool port port of entry possession post office post station power plant power production center pre-colonial Pre-Columbian Pre-Harappan Preclassic (Archaic Mesoamerican) Predynastic prefecture



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		prehistoric site preserve presidio primary political unit prince-bishopric principality priory prison prison center prisoner of war camp promontory protected area protected state protectorate province provincial capital



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		provincial park publishing center pueblo pumping station Punic (Carthaginian) pyramid Qiang (Ch'iang) quarry quarrying center quarter quartiere quay racetrack radio station railroad railroad camp



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		railroad siding railroad signal railroad station railroad yard rain forest raion ranch rancheria rapids ravine reach recreation area reef refugee camp refugee center Regency



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		region (administrative division) region (geographic) regional capital regional center regional council regional division religious building religious center religious community republic research institute reserve reservoir residential center resort resort center



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		resthouse ridge rim rione river river mouth(s) river port river settlement riverbank road roadside rest area rock rock shelter rock-cut architecture rocky desert Romano-British



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		route royal residence ruined settlement ruins run rural community Sabine sabkha sacred grove sacred site saddle salt area salt flat salt lake salt marsh salt mine(s)



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		Samian Samnite sanctuary sanctuary center sand area sand bar sandy desert sanitarium satellite satrapy sawmill Saxon school scientific center scientific facility scientific research base



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		scrubland sea seaport seasonally inhabited place seat second level subdivision section of canal section of watercourse Seleucid Seljuk semi-independent political entity senatorial district sestiere sewage treatment plant Shang sheikhdom



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		shipbuilding center shipping center shipyard shire shoal shopping center shore shrine sinkhole site slope slough sluice snowfield sound spa center



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		special area special city special municipality special territory spillway spit sporting center spring spur square stable stadium stage station star star cluster state



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		state capital state forest state park statistical area steppe Stone Age storehouse strait stream stream channel stream gauging station stream junction streams street structure subcontinent



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		subdivision submerged feature submerged site subregional capital suburb subway subway station sugar mill sugar refinery sultanate Sumerian sun suzerainty swamp synagogue Taino



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		tank farm tell temple Teotihuacan terrace territory Texcocan textile center theater third level subdivision Thracian Tibetan Buddhist tidal island tidal watercourse timber center tollgate/barrier



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		Toltec tomb(s) tourist center tower town town council townland township trade center traffic circle trail transit terminal transport point transportation center treaty port tree



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		trees triangulation station tribal area tribal entity tribal nation tribal park tribe tributary (political) trough trust territory tsardom Tudor tumulus tundra tunnel type site



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		Uluzzian underground irrigation canal(s) underground river underground settlement undersea bank undersea basin undersea canyon undersea furrow undersea hole undersea knoll undersea ledge undersea slope undersea trench undersea trough underwater site unincorporated area



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		unincorporated territory union union territory unitary authority university university center upland Upper Paleolithic Upper Perigordian urban center urban county urban district urban park urban prefecture urban subdivision valley



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		vassal state Venetic viceroyalty Vietnamese Viking villa village Villanovan villeneuve vineyard viniculture center voivodeship volcanic landform volcano Volscan wadi



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		wall water mill water tank watercourse waterfall waterhole waterworks weapons production center weir well wetland whaling station wharf whirlpool wilderness area wildlife refuge



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		Woodland Tradition woods World Heritage Site wreck Zapotec zone zoo