indicates a first-order civil entity below the country level. Within the United States, these administrative levels are states.
Not all nations exhibit these administrative levels. In most cases, administrative_area_level_1 short names will closely match
ISO 3166-2 subdivisions and other widely circulated lists; however this is not guaranteed as our geocoding results are based
on a variety of signals and location data.
indicates a second-order civil entity below the country level. Within the United States, these administrative levels are counties. Not all nations exhibit these administrative levels.
indicates a third-order civil entity below the country level. This type indicates a minor civil division. Not all nations exhibit these administrative levels.
indicates a fourth-order civil entity below the country level. This type indicates a minor civil division. Not all nations exhibit these administrative levels.
indicates a fifth-order civil entity below the country level. This type indicates a minor civil division. Not all nations exhibit these administrative levels.
indicates a commonly-used alternative name for the entity.
indicates the national political entity, and is typically the highest order type returned by the Geocoder.
indicates a major intersection, usually of two major roads.
indicates an incorporated city or town political entity.
indicates a prominent natural feature.
indicates a named neighborhood
indicates a political entity. Usually, this type indicates a polygon of some civil administration.
indicates a postal code as used to address postal mail within the country.
indicates a named location, usually a building or collection of buildings with a common name
indicates a named route (such as "US 101").
indicates a first-order civil entity below a locality. For some locations may receive one of the additional types:
sublocality_level_1 to sublocality_level_5. Each sublocality level is a civil entity. Larger numbers indicate a smaller
geographic area.
indicates a first-order entity below a named location, usually a singular building within a collection of buildings with a common name.
Table 2: Additional types returned by the Places service
The following types may be returned in the results of a place search, in addition to the types in table 1 above. For more details on these types, refer to Address Types in Geocoding Responses.
See
https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/supported_types#table2