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Places aliases table (Places_Aliases)

The Places_Aliases table contains alternative Places names, which are aliases for places that are generally variants of their primary Places names. Aliases may also be older names or non-English versions of names.

Column nameData typeNull countDistinct countDescription
PLACE_IDString (100)010,997,843Unique ID for the primary PLACE record.
PRIMARY_PLACE_NAMEString (200)07,446,722Primary name for the place.
PRIMARY_LANG_CODEString (25)0104Language code for the Alias Name set to uppercase.
PLACE_NAMEString (100)012,051,082Alias name for the place.
LANG_CODEString (2048)0104Language code for the Alias Name set to uppercase.