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title: Places API
description: We’ve added place names to our address validation solution
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# Places API

We’ve added place names to our address validation solution

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[Doaa Kurdi](https://blog.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/author/doaa-kurdi)

 Nov 8, 2022, 1:23:54 PM

> We’ve added place names to our address validation solution

 

The PlacesAPI feature allows users to look up geographical information such as countries, capitals, administrative areas and more. Each query will return a list of place suggestions, which consists of a place name, descriptive name and id.

The data is sourced from Geonames, containing over 27 million geographical names and consists of over 12 million unique features whereof 4.8 million populated places and 15 million alternate names.

To view available data points, check our [Places documentation](https://docs.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/docs/guides/places) If you’re interested in implementing the Places lookup, please do [contact us](https://ideal-postcodes.co.uk/contact-us) for information.

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