Area Type

class django_musicbrainz_connector.models.AreaType(*args, **kwargs)[source]

PostgreSQL Definition

The area_type table is defined in the MusicBrainz Server as:

CREATE TABLE area_type ( -- replicate
    id                  SERIAL, -- PK
    name                VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    parent              INTEGER, -- references area_type.id
    child_order         INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
    description         TEXT,
    gid                 uuid NOT NULL
);

Area Types

Last checked on 2025-04-25, there are 9 area types in the MusicBrainz database:

id	name	description
1	Country	Country is used for areas included (or previously included) in ISO 3166-1, e.g. United States.
2	Subdivision	Subdivision is used for the main administrative divisions of a country, e.g. California, Ontario, Okinawa. These are considered when displaying the parent areas for a given area.
3	City	City is used for settlements of any size, including towns and villages.
4	Municipality	Municipality is used for small administrative divisions which, for urban municipalities, often contain a single city and a few surrounding villages. Rural municipalities typically group several villages together.
5	District	District is used for a division of a large city, e.g. Queens.
6	Island	Island is used for islands and atolls which don’t form subdivisions of their own, e.g. Skye. These are not considered when displaying the parent areas for a given area.
7	County	County is used for smaller administrative divisions of a country which are not the main administrative divisions but are also not municipalities, e.g. counties in the USA. These are not considered when displaying the parent areas for a given area.
8	Military base	Military base is used only for any military bases that are large enough to be considered an area, not just a place.
9	Indigenous territory / reserve	Indigenous territory / reserve is used for semi-autonomous territories governed by indigenous peoples, such as Indian reserves/reservations in North America and indigenous territories in Central and South America.