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I have seen that the question is for discussing a lot. But i am too new at osm. I just want to know how much covers every one of the tags in "places" options. Here in spanish we could name "barrio" to a portion of the city that covers about 400mts x 400mts aprox. or may be bigger. I need you to tell me which one of those tags i should use to define a "barrio".

I hope you to understand what i want to ask. Thanks.

asked 02 Oct '12, 12:13

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seems like a "barrio" is either place=suburb or place=neighbourhood.

Is it an administrative unit with well-defined borders? That would be pro-suburb. Is it non-administrative, but noticed as "something on its own", eg. there is a functional centre / sub-centre? that also smells like "suburb".

But if it is more a statistical unit and the barrios do not have any other significance (names are not used / widely known by the people etc.), better make it an admin-level and not a place.

But the small size of only a couple of city blocks sounds more like place=neighbourhood.

I guess, a barrio can be many different things, so it depends on the case.

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answered 02 Oct '12, 13:13

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yes, can be meny things dependeng on size, i guess. I'll try neighbourhood.

Barrio is some place, that covers a small part of the city and it could be deferenciated by name. It's well delimitated area. But i don't know very well were the limits are. Thats de because i asked the area that covers each one of the options. I wont to set a not well difined are (for now) but to give an idea where is each "barrio". Or you could tell me which one is the samllest. :-)

Thanks for replaying.

(02 Oct '12, 14:13) Juan Facundo
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neighbourhood is the smallest urban place. Currently, unfortunately, not rendered on the main map. But perhaps you can contact fellow spanish mappers on how to work with barrios? Is there a spanish mailing list?

(02 Oct '12, 14:43) moszkva ter

Here in Philippines, barrio is smaller than town (pueblo), so I will go for village since there is no barrio under "places"

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answered 05 Oct '12, 00:00

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Districts (boroughs) like "arrondisments" of Paris or "Bezirke" of German/Austrian towns/cities (like Berlin or Vienna) are place=suburb.

Smaller areas are place=neighbourhood.

Both are parts of towns (cities). Those never are "countryside" villages.

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answered 05 Oct '12, 04:12

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i guess it shows that this thing varies from country to country

(05 Oct '12, 04:24) JCsM
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I don't know the exact meaning of the spanish word "barrio", but my translator suggests it's part of a town.

(05 Oct '12, 04:59) _al
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