From the wiki:
> By convention the area id can be
> calculated from an existing OSM way by
> adding 2400000000 to its OSM id, or in
> case of a relation by adding
> 3600000000 respectively.
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/ZTF
area(3600051490);
node(area)[place~"^(city|town)$"];
out;
Multiple areas can be combine combined (note the 'id:'):
area(id:3600058447,3600058437,3600058446); // England, Wales, Scotland
From the wiki:
> By convention the area id can be
> calculated from an existing OSM way by
> adding 2400000000 to its OSM id, or in
> case of a relation by adding
> 3600000000 respectively.
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/ZTF
area(3600051490);
node(area)[place~"^(city|town)$"];
out;
Multiple areas can be combine (note the 'id:'):
area(id:3600058447,3600058437,3600058446); // England, Wales, Scotland
From the wiki:
> By convention the area id can be
> calculated from an existing OSM way by
> adding 2400000000 to its OSM id, or in
> case of a relation by adding
> 3600000000 respectively.
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/ZTF
area(3600051490);
node(area)[place~"^(city|town)$"];
out;