Template:Infobox City

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Contents 1 Usage 1.1 Table 1.1.1 Name and motto 1.1.2 Images and maps 1.1.3 Government and Established information 1.1.4 Geographic infomation 1.1.5 Population infomation 1.1.6 Other infomation 2 FAQ 2.1 UTC Categorization

Usage

• Empty Syntax

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<!-- Infobox begins -->
{{Infobox Settlement
|official_name          = 
|other_name             =
|native_name            =  <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
|nickname               = 
|settlement_type        = <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)-->
|motto                  = 
|image_skyline          = 
|imagesize              = 
|image_caption          = 
|image_flag             = 
|flag_size              =
|image_seal             = 
|seal_size              =
|image_shield           = 
|shield_size            =
|city_logo              =
|citylogo_size          =
|image_map              = 
|mapsize                = 
|map_caption            = 
|image_map1             = 
|mapsize1               = 
|map_caption1           = 
|pushpin_map            = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
|pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
|pushpin_map_caption    =
|pushpin_mapsize        =
|subdivision_type       = <!--Country-->
|subdivision_name       = <!--the name of the country-->
|subdivision_type1      = 
|subdivision_name1      = 
|subdivision_type2      = 
|subdivision_name2      = 
|subdivision_type3      = 
|subdivision_name3      = 
|subdivision_type4      = 
|subdivision_name4      = 
|government_type        =
|leader_title           =
|leader_name            =
|leader_title1          =  <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager -->
|leader_name1           =
|leader_title2          =
|leader_name2           =
|leader_title3          =
|leader_name3           =
|leader_title4          =
|leader_name4           =
|established_title      =  <!-- Settled -->
|established_date       = 
|established_title2     =  <!-- Incorporated (town) -->
|established_date2      = 
|established_title3     =  <!-- Incorporated (city) -->
|established_date3      = 
|area_magnitude         = 
|unit_pref                = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired-->
|area_footnotes           =
|area_total_km2           = 
|area_land_km2            = 
|area_water_km2           = 
|area_total_sq_mi         = 
|area_land_sq_mi          = 
|area_water_sq_mi         = 
|area_water_percent       = 
|area_urban_km2           = 
|area_urban_sq_mi         = 
|area_metro_km2           = 
|area_metro_sq_mi         = 
|population_as_of               = 
|population_footnotes           =
|population_note                = 
|population_total               = 
|population_density_km2         = 
|population_density_sq_mi       = 
|population_metro               =
|population_density_metro_km2   =
|population_density_metro_sq_mi =
|population_urban               = 
|population_density_urban_km2   =
|population_density_urban_sq_mi =
|population_blank1_title        =
|population_blank1              =
|population_density_blank1_km2 =   |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = 
|timezone               = 
|utc_offset             = 
|timezone_DST           = 
|utc_offset_DST         = 
|latd= |latm= |lats= |latNS=
|longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW=
|elevation_footnotes    =  <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags-->
|elevation_m            = 
|elevation_ft           = 
|postal_code_type       =  <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... -->
|postal_code            =
|area_code              =
|blank_name             =
|blank_info             =
|blank1_name            =
|blank1_info            =
|website                = 
|footnotes              = 
}} <!-- Infobox ends -->

Table

This table is still under construction. Name and motto
Field Name	Usage	Description
official_name	required	The official name in English
other_name	optional	For places with a former or more common name like Bombay or Saigon
native_name	optional	This will display under the official name in parentheses as such: Warsaw (Warszawa)
settlement_type	optional	Any type of settlement can be entered, such as towns or villages (Leave blank for the default—City). Examples: see Town, Village, Hamlet, Governorate.
nickname	optional	For a well known nickname(s).
motto	optional	Will place the motto under the nicknames
Images and maps
These variables are only used for generating categories for this article
Field Name	Usage	Description
image_skyline	optional	Despite the name it can be any image that an editor wishes. Default size will be 250px
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.
image_caption	optional	Will place a caption under the image_skyline (if present)
image_flag	optional	Used for a flag. Default size:100px
flag_size	optional	Can be used to tweak the size of the image_flag up or down from 100px as desired.
image_seal	optional	If the place has an official seal.
seal_size	optional
image_shield	optional	Can be used for a place with a coat of arms.
shield_size	optional
city_logo	optional	If a place has an official logo
image_map	optional
mapsize	optional
map_caption	optional
image_map1	optional	An optional secondary map image. The field image_map must be filled in first. Example see: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
mapsize1	optional
map_caption1	optional
pushpin_map	optional	The name of a location map as per Template:Location map (eg. Indonesia or Russia). The coordinate fields (eg. latd and longd) position a pushpin coordinate marker and label on the map automatically. Example see: Padang, Indonesia
pushpin_label_position	optional	The position of the label on the pushpin map relative to the pushpin coordinate marker. Valid options are {left, right, top, bottom, none}. If this field is not specified, the default value is right.
pushpin_mapsize	optional	Must be entered as only a number—no need for px. The default value is 250.
pushpin_map_caption	optional	Fill out if a different caption from map_caption is desired.
Government and Established information
Field Name	Usage	Description
subdivision_type	optional	This field is almost always "Country".
subdivision_name	optional	Depends on the subdivision_type
subdivision_type1 to subdivision_type4	optional	Can be State/Province, region, county.
subdivision_name1 to subdivision_name4	optional
government_type	optional	Example:
leader_title	optional	First title of the place's leader, e.g. Mayor
leader_name	optional
leader_title1 to leader_title4	optional
leader_name1 to leader_name4	optional
established_title	optional	Example: First settled
established_date	optional
established_title2	optional	Example: Incorporated (town)
established_date2	optional
established_title3	optional	Example: Incorporated (city)
established_date3	optional
Geographic infomation
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.
Field Name	Usage	Description
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.
area_footnotes	optional	If a reference(s) is available this where to put them using the <ref> </ref> tags and possibly the citing format at {{Cite web}} within the ref tags.
area_magnitude	optional	Area magnitude of total_area in terms of m². Should enter 1 E+6 for area of 1.0 km². See 1 E+6 m²
area_total_km2	optional	Total area in square kilometers—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
area_land_km2	optional	Land area in square kilometers—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
area_water_km2	optional	Water area in square kilometers—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
area_total_sq_mi	optional	Total area in square miles—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
area_land_sq_mi	optional	Land area in square miles—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
area_water_sq_mi	optional	Water area in square miles—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
area_water_percent	optional	Enter the percent of water without the "%"
area_urban_km2	optional	Deprecated name =area_urban
area_urban_sq_mi	optional	Deprecated name =UrbanArea_sq_mi
area_metro_km2	optional	Deprecated name =area_metro
area_metro_sq_mi	optional	Deprecated name =MetroArea_sq_mi
area_blank1_title	optional	Example see London
area_blank1_km2	optional
area_blank1_sq_mi	optional
area_blank2_title	optional
area_blank2_km2	optional
area_blank2_sq_mi	optional
elevation_footnotes	optional	If a reference(s) is available this where to put them using the <ref> </ref> tags and possibly the citing format at {{Cite web}} within the ref tags.
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
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. 50–500 ft ) is desired, the editor must enter a converted range in the elevation_m field to over-ride the automatic conversion.
latd	optional	Latitude degrees. Can also be used for decimal degrees.
latm	optional	Latitude minutes
lats	optional	Latitude seconds
latNS	optional	Latitude North or South.
longd	optional
longm	optional
longs	optional
longEW	optional
Population infomation
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.
Field Name	Usage	Description
population_as_of	optional
population_footnotes	optional	If a reference(s) is available this where to put them using the <ref> </ref> tags and possibly the citing format at {{Cite web}} within the ref tags.
population_total	optional
population_density_km2	optional	Deprecated name =population_density
population_density_sq_mi	optional	Deprecated name =population_density_mi2
population_metro	optional
population_density_metro_km2	optional
population_density_metro_sq_mi	optional	Deprecated name =population_density_metro_mi2
population_urban	optional
population_density_urban_km2	optional
population_density_urban_sq_mi	optional	Deprecated name =population_density_urban_mi2
population_blank1_title	optional	Can be used for estimates. Example: Windsor, Ontario
population_blank1	optional	The population value for blank1_title
population_density_blank1_km2	optional
population_density_blank1_sq_mi	optional
population_blank2_title	optional
population_blank2	optional
population_density_blank2_km2	optional
population_density_blank2_sq_mi	optional
population_note	optional	A place for additional infomation such as the name of the source. See Windsor, Ontario for example.
Other infomation
Field Name	Usage	Description
timezone	optional
utc_offset	optional
timezone_DST	optional
utc_offset_DST	optional
postal_code_type	optional
postal_code	optional
area_code	optional
blank_name	optional	Can be used for additional information such as car plates
blank_info	optional	This is where the information for the blank_name would go. Example see: Warsaw.
blank1_name	optional
blank1_info	optional
footnotes	optional
website	optional

FAQ

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.[1] 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 {{category:Cities in the UTC1 timezone}} instead of {{category:Cities in the UTC+1 timezone}}. 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.