{
 "meta": {
  "title": "Key Cities under Admin-N",
  "grain": "one row per NAMED location cluster, with its sub-country admin unit",
  "derivation": "key_tier is a band over PIN DENSITY computed from this corpus: key-high >= 4 groups (top decile), key >= 3 (top quartile), else candidate.",
  "verification_limit": "Place names are single-source: Nominatim/OSM, not cross-checked against a second gazetteer. verification_tier says exactly what was established.",
  "admin_n_note": "admin_n is the sub-country unit OSM reports (276 of 277 named places have one, 81 distinct values). What that level is CALLED varies by country — geoBoundaries boundaryCanonical gives the native term (State/Union Territory, Province, Wilayat, Region...). Not mislabelled \"province\" for everyone.",
  "rendering": "No city polygons are shipped; every row renders as a STAR pin, visually distinct from people-group pins.",
  "source": "Nominatim/OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0) for names; people-group counts from the DX spine."
 },
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  {
   "title": "Place",
   "field": "place_name",
   "type": "string"
  },
  {
   "title": "Admin-n",
   "field": "admin_n",
   "type": "string"
  },
  {
   "title": "Country",
   "field": "country",
   "type": "string"
  },
  {
   "title": "Key tier",
   "field": "key_tier",
   "type": "string"
  },
  {
   "title": "People groups",
   "field": "people_group_count",
   "type": "number"
  },
  {
   "title": "UPG population",
   "field": "upg_population",
   "type": "number"
  },
  {
   "title": "Type",
   "field": "place_type",
   "type": "string"
  },
  {
   "title": "Verification",
   "field": "verification_tier",
   "type": "string"
  },
  {
   "title": "Region",
   "field": "region",
   "type": "string"
  }
 ],
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  {
   "place_name": "Putturu taluk",
   "place_type": "county",
   "admin_n": "Karnataka",
   "admin_n_level": "ADM1-equivalent (country-specific name — see boundaryCanonical)",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "region": "Asia",
   "lat": 12.8403,
   "lng": 75.2483,
   "people_group_count": 14,
   "upg_population": 195050,
   "languages": "Kannada, Konkani, Tulu, Koraga, Korra, Tamil",
   "key_tier": "key-high",
   "render_hint": "city-pin-star",
   "has_polygon": false,
   "polygon_note": "No city polygon shipped — ADM2 is fetched per-country on demand (India ADM2 alone = 7.6MB simplified). Render as a STAR pin, distinct from people-group pins.",
   "verification_tier": "gazetteer-named",
   "verification_meaning": "Name resolved from a CITED gazetteer (Nominatim/OSM) at these coordinates. NOT cross-referenced against a second independent source — only one name source exists in this corpus, and a single source cannot cross-check itself.",
   "country_internet_pct": 64.9,
   "internet_resolution": "country",
   "name_source": "Nominatim / OpenStreetMap",
   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
  },
  {
   "place_name": "Ernakulam",
   "place_type": "city",
   "admin_n": "Kerala",
   "admin_n_level": "ADM1-equivalent (country-specific name — see boundaryCanonical)",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "region": "Asia",
   "lat": 9.9721,
   "lng": 76.2969,
   "people_group_count": 8,
   "upg_population": 511250,
   "languages": "Malayalam, Tamil",
   "key_tier": "key-high",
   "render_hint": "city-pin-star",
   "has_polygon": false,
   "polygon_note": "No city polygon shipped — ADM2 is fetched per-country on demand (India ADM2 alone = 7.6MB simplified). Render as a STAR pin, distinct from people-group pins.",
   "verification_tier": "gazetteer-named",
   "verification_meaning": "Name resolved from a CITED gazetteer (Nominatim/OSM) at these coordinates. NOT cross-referenced against a second independent source — only one name source exists in this corpus, and a single source cannot cross-check itself.",
   "country_internet_pct": 64.9,
   "internet_resolution": "country",
   "name_source": "Nominatim / OpenStreetMap",
   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
  },
  {
   "place_name": "Junagadh",
   "place_type": "city",
   "admin_n": "Gujarat",
   "admin_n_level": "ADM1-equivalent (country-specific name — see boundaryCanonical)",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "region": "Asia",
   "lat": 21.523,
   "lng": 70.4574,
   "people_group_count": 7,
   "upg_population": 589350,
   "languages": "Gujarati, Balochi, Southern, Kacchi",
   "key_tier": "key-high",
   "render_hint": "city-pin-star",
   "has_polygon": false,
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   "verification_tier": "gazetteer-named",
   "verification_meaning": "Name resolved from a CITED gazetteer (Nominatim/OSM) at these coordinates. NOT cross-referenced against a second independent source — only one name source exists in this corpus, and a single source cannot cross-check itself.",
   "country_internet_pct": 64.9,
   "internet_resolution": "country",
   "name_source": "Nominatim / OpenStreetMap",
   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
  },
  {
   "place_name": "Srinagar",
   "place_type": "city",
   "admin_n": "Jammu and Kashmir",
   "admin_n_level": "ADM1-equivalent (country-specific name — see boundaryCanonical)",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "region": "Asia",
   "lat": 34.0494,
   "lng": 74.7834,
   "people_group_count": 7,
   "upg_population": 29200,
   "languages": "Dogri, Kashmiri",
   "key_tier": "key-high",
   "render_hint": "city-pin-star",
   "has_polygon": false,
   "polygon_note": "No city polygon shipped — ADM2 is fetched per-country on demand (India ADM2 alone = 7.6MB simplified). Render as a STAR pin, distinct from people-group pins.",
   "verification_tier": "gazetteer-named",
   "verification_meaning": "Name resolved from a CITED gazetteer (Nominatim/OSM) at these coordinates. NOT cross-referenced against a second independent source — only one name source exists in this corpus, and a single source cannot cross-check itself.",
   "country_internet_pct": 64.9,
   "internet_resolution": "country",
   "name_source": "Nominatim / OpenStreetMap",
   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
  },
  {
   "place_name": "Bhuj",
   "place_type": "city",
   "admin_n": "Gujarat",
   "admin_n_level": "ADM1-equivalent (country-specific name — see boundaryCanonical)",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
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   "lng": 69.6708,
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   "render_hint": "city-pin-star",
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   "country_internet_pct": 64.9,
   "internet_resolution": "country",
   "name_source": "Nominatim / OpenStreetMap",
   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
  },
  {
   "place_name": "Thiruvananthapuram",
   "place_type": "city",
   "admin_n": "Kerala",
   "admin_n_level": "ADM1-equivalent (country-specific name — see boundaryCanonical)",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "region": "Asia",
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   "lng": 76.9453,
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   "upg_population": 219350,
   "languages": "Malayalam",
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   "render_hint": "city-pin-star",
   "has_polygon": false,
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   "verification_tier": "gazetteer-named",
   "verification_meaning": "Name resolved from a CITED gazetteer (Nominatim/OSM) at these coordinates. NOT cross-referenced against a second independent source — only one name source exists in this corpus, and a single source cannot cross-check itself.",
   "country_internet_pct": 64.9,
   "internet_resolution": "country",
   "name_source": "Nominatim / OpenStreetMap",
   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
  },
  {
   "place_name": "Baleshwar (M)",
   "place_type": "county",
   "admin_n": "Odisha",
   "admin_n_level": "ADM1-equivalent (country-specific name — see boundaryCanonical)",
   "country": "India",
   "iso3": "IND",
   "region": "Asia",
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   "lng": 86.9374,
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   "languages": "Odia",
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   "verification_meaning": "Name resolved from a CITED gazetteer (Nominatim/OSM) at these coordinates. NOT cross-referenced against a second independent source — only one name source exists in this corpus, and a single source cannot cross-check itself.",
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   "internet_resolution": "country",
   "name_source": "Nominatim / OpenStreetMap",
   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
  },
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   "place_name": "Hyderabad",
   "place_type": "city",
   "admin_n": "Telangana",
   "admin_n_level": "ADM1-equivalent (country-specific name — see boundaryCanonical)",
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   "languages": "Telugu",
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   "name_source": "Nominatim / OpenStreetMap",
   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
  },
  {
   "place_name": "Rajkot West Taluka",
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   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
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   "name_licence": "ODbL 1.0 — © OpenStreetMap contributors"
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  {
   "place_name": "Sulthanbathery",
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  },
  {
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