Template:Infobox settlement/doc

Usage
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 * Important: Please enter all numeric values in a raw, unformatted fashion. References are to be included in their respective section footnotes field.  Numeric values that are not "raw" may create an "Expression error". Raw values will be automatically formatted by the template.  If you find a raw value is not formatted in your usage of the template, please post a notice on the discussion page for this template.
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Name and motto

 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Field Name
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Usage
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Description
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 * official_name || required || The official name in English
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 * other_name || optional || For places with a former or more common name like Bombay or Saigon
 * - valign=top
 * native_name || optional ||This will display under the official name in parentheses as such: Warsaw (Warszawa)
 * - valign=top
 * nickname || optional ||For a well known nickname(s).
 * - valign=top
 * motto || optional ||Will place the motto under the nicknames
 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |
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Images and maps

 * colspan=3 | These variables are only used for generating categories for this article
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Field Name
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Usage
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Description
 * - valign=top
 * image_skyline || optional || Despite the name it can be any image that an editor wishes. Default size will be 250px
 * - valign=top
 * imagesize || optional || Can be used to tweak the size of the image_skyline up or down. This can can helpful if an editor want to make the infobox wider.
 * - valign=top
 * image_caption || optional || Will place a caption under the image_skyline (if present)
 * - valign=top
 * image_flag || optional || Used for a flag. Default size:100px
 * - valign=top
 * flag_size  || optional || Can be used to tweak the size of the image_flag up or down from 100px as desired.
 * - valign=top
 * image_seal || optional ||If the place has an official seal.
 * - valign=top
 * seal_size || optional ||
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 * image_shield  || optional || Can be used for a place with a coat of arms.
 * - valign=top
 * shield_size || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * city_logo || optional || If a place has an official logo
 * - valign=top
 * image_map || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * mapsize || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * map_caption || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * pushpin_map || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * pushpin_label_position || optional ||
 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |
 * pushpin_label_position || optional ||
 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |
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Government and Established information

 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Field Name
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Usage
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Description
 * - valign=top
 * subdivision_type || optional ||This field is almost always "Country".
 * - valign=top
 * subdivision_name || optional ||Depends on the subdivision_type
 * - valign=top
 * subdivision_type1 to subdivision_type4 || optional ||Can be State/Province, region, county.
 * - valign=top
 * subdivision_name1 to subdivision_name4 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * government_type || optional || Example:
 * - valign=top
 * leader_title || optional || First title of the place's leader, e.g. Mayor
 * - valign=top
 * leader_name  || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * leader_title1 to leader_title4 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * leader_name1 to leader_name4 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * established_title || optional || Example: First settled
 * - valign=top
 * established_date  || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * established_title2  || optional ||Example: Incorporated (town)
 * - valign=top
 * established_date2 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * established_title3  || optional ||Example: Incorporated (city)
 * - valign=top
 * established_date3 || optional ||
 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |
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 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |

Geographic infomation

 * colspan=3 | These fields have duel automatic unit conversion meaning that if only metric values are entered, the imperial values will be automatically converted and vise-versa. If an editor wishes to over-ride the automatic conversion, e.g. if the source gives both metric and imperial or if a range of values is needed, they can should enter both values in their respective fields.
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Field Name
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Usage
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Description
 * - valign=top
 * unit_pref || optional ||If the editor would like to change the unit order to imperial (metric) they should enter imperial. The default is metric (imperial). However, template will swap the unit order automatically if the subdivision_name equals same variation of the U.S. All values must be entered in a raw format, no commas, spaces, or unit symbols.  The template will format them automatically.
 * - valign=top
 * area_footnotes || optional ||If a reference(s) is available this where to put them using the tags and possibly the citing format at Cite web within the ref tags.
 * - valign=top
 * area_magnitude || optional || Area magnitude of total_area in terms of m². Should enter 1 E6 for area of 1.0 km². See 1 E6 m²
 * - valign=top
 * area_total_km2 || optional || Total area in square kilometers&mdash;abbreviation: km², which is wiki-linked. Value must be entered in raw format, no comms or spaces. Auto-converted to display square miles if area_total_sq_mi is empty. Deprecated name =area_total 
 * - valign=top
 * area_land_km2 || optional || Land area in square kilometers&mdash;abbreviation: km². Value must be entered in raw format, no comms or spaces. Auto-converted to display square miles if area_land_sq_mi is empty. Deprecated name =area_land
 * - valign=top
 * area_water_km2 || optional ||Water area in square kilometers&mdash;abbreviation: km². Value must be entered in raw format, no comms or spaces. Auto-converted to display square miles if area_water_sq_mi is empty. Deprecated name =area_water
 * - valign=top
 * area_total_sq_mi || optional ||Total area in square miles&mdash;abbreviation: sq mi, which is wiki-linked. Value must be entered in raw format, no comms or spaces. Auto-converted to display square kilometers if area_total_km2 is empty. Deprecated name =TotalArea_sq_mi
 * - valign=top
 * area_land_sq_mi  || optional ||Land area in square miles&mdash;abbreviation: sq mi. Value must be entered in raw format, no comms or spaces. Auto-converted to display square kilometers if area_land_km2 is empty. Deprecated name =LandArea_sq_mi 
 * - valign=top
 * area_water_sq_mi || optional ||Water area in square miles&mdash;abbreviation: sq mi. Value must be entered in raw format, no comms or spaces. Auto-converted to display square kilometers if area_water_km2 is empty. Deprecated name =WaterArea_sq_mi 
 * - valign=top
 * area_water_percent || optional || Enter the percent of water without the "%"
 * - valign=top
 * area_urban_km2 || optional || Deprecated name =area_urban 
 * - valign=top
 * area_urban_sq_mi || optional || Deprecated name =UrbanArea_sq_mi 
 * - valign=top
 * area_metro_km2  || optional || Deprecated name =area_metro 
 * - valign=top
 * area_metro_sq_mi || optional || Deprecated name =MetroArea_sq_mi 
 * - valign=top
 * area_blank1_title || optional || Example see London
 * - valign=top
 * area_blank1_km2 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * area_blank1_sq_mi || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * area_blank2_title || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * area_blank2_km2 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * area_blank2_sq_mi || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * elevation_footnotes || optional ||If a reference(s) is available this where to put them using the tags and possibly the citing format at Cite web within the ref tags.
 * - valign=top
 * elevation_m || optional ||Raw number entered in meters. Will automatically convert to display elevation in feet if elevation_ft is empty.  However, if a range in elevation (i.e. 5–50 m ) is desired, the editor must enter a converted range in the elevation_ft field to over-ride the automatic conversion. Deprecated name =elevation 
 * - valign=top
 * elevation_ft || optional ||Raw number, entered in feet. Will automatically convert to display elevation in meters if elevation_m field is empty.  However, if a range in elevation (i.e. 5o–500 ft ) is desired, the editor must enter a converted range in the elevation_m field to over-ride the automatic conversion.
 * - valign=top
 * elevation_ft || optional ||Raw number, entered in feet. Will automatically convert to display elevation in meters if elevation_m field is empty.  However, if a range in elevation (i.e. 5o–500 ft ) is desired, the editor must enter a converted range in the elevation_m field to over-ride the automatic conversion.


 * - valign=top
 * latd || optional ||Latitude degrees. Can also be used for decimal degrees.
 * - valign=top
 * latm  || optional ||Latitude minutes
 * - valign=top
 * lats || optional ||Latitude seconds
 * - valign=top
 * latNS || optional ||Latitude North or South.
 * - valign=top
 * longd || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * longm || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * longs || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * longEW || optional ||
 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |
 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |

Population infomation

 * colspan=3 | The density fields have duel automatic unit conversion meaning that if only metric values are entered, the imperial values will be automatically converted and vise-versa. If an editor wishes to over-ride the automatic conversion, e.g. if the source gives both metric and imperial or if a range of values is needed, they can should enter both values in their respective fields.
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Field Name
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Usage
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Description
 * - valign=top
 * population_as_of  || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_footnotes || optional ||If a reference(s) is available this where to put them using the tags and possibly the citing format at Cite web within the ref tags.
 * - valign=top
 * population_total || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_km2 || optional || Deprecated name =population_density
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_sq_mi || optional || Deprecated name =population_density_mi2
 * - valign=top
 * population_metro || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_metro_km2 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_metro_sq_mi || optional || Deprecated name =population_density_metro_mi2
 * - valign=top
 * population_urban  || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_urban_km2 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_urban_sq_mi || optional || Deprecated name =population_density_urban_mi2
 * - valign=top
 * population_blank1_title || optional || Can be used for estimates. Example: Windsor, Ontario
 * - valign=top
 * population_blank1 || optional || The population value for blank1_title
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_blank1_km2 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_blank1_sq_mi || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_blank2_title || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_blank2 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_blank2_km2 || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_density_blank2_sq_mi || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * population_note || optional ||A place for additional infomation such as the name of the source. See Windsor, Ontario for example.
 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |
 * population_note || optional ||A place for additional infomation such as the name of the source. See Windsor, Ontario for example.
 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |
 * colspan=3 style="background-color: orange;" |

Other infomation

 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Field Name
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Usage
 * style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | Description
 * - valign=top
 * timezone || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * utc_offset || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * timezone_DST || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * utc_offset_DST || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * postal_code_type || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * postal_code || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * area_code || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * footnotes || optional ||
 * - valign=top
 * website || optional ||
 * website || optional ||


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UTC Categorization

 * Q.: How do you plan to deal with the problem that several countries change Daylight Saving Time (DST) at different times? And, some countries don't even use DST!
 * A.: That is correct some countries don't even use DST. There really is no problem here except for perhaps on how wikipedians interpret the two different UTC and DST UTC category names. Some wikipedians may be confused with the wording of the category. For example "Cities in the UTC-5 timezone" may imply that a city such as Ottawa should currently be within UTC-5, when in fact Ottawa could be observing DST. The misconception is that perhaps these categories should reflect the "current status" of these cities. (See WP:CCT for such a project) This is not at all the case and is not necessary. The categories reflect the idea that such cities, at any given time, (generally determined by there country) can and may be observing the UTC timezone to which they have been categorized. Though this is clarified within the wikipedia article on UTC and DST this must and will be stated and clarified at the top of every UTC and DST UTC city category. Note: From the "second Sunday in March" Ottawa and all cities in North America begins to observe DST. Issues on implementing a current city time are being discussed at WP:CCT.


 * Q.: The category for a city, which is a UTC+ area, doesn't display properly. It says instead of . How can I fix this?
 * A.: This problem occured with the city Cairo, Algiers and several other cities. To fix the problem we added a | at the end of the utc_offset (See Algiers example) and the utc_offset_DST = +3 |.(See Cairo example) This problem is caused by some cities which utilize the infobox template with some extra spaces. The two afformentioned cities have spaces inbetween the | and "sub-parser category". (Example:"| official_name = Cairo/Ciaro") Furthermore, if you take a look at the Gothenburg article there is no problem in displaying the UTC+ category. This is because there are no spaces inbetween | and the "offical_name" or any of the | and "sub-parser categories". (Example:"|official_name         = Gothenburg")


 * Q.: What is the use of having articles that utilize this infobox city template automatically categorize cities within their respective UTC and DST UTC category?
 * A.: Currently the only way to know what articles utilize this template is to click the what links here. The what links here is a good tool but it is a far cry from the ability of categories. One advantage is the ability to add a table of contents. To see the full advantages and possibilities of categories WP:Categories.

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