# Reorganize places

**URL:** <https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reorganize-places/2957>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reorganize-places/2957 "2022-11-03T02:49:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rob](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/rob)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reorganize-places/2957/1 "2022-11-03T02:49:55Z")

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Good day, I am using AIO64-5.1.5-1 under Windows 11

Under “Places” i have a lot of cities and provincies which I want to place under an existing region. This region has already enclosed provinces and cities. How do I do this?  
When I start with the region I cannot add the cities and provincies.  
When I start with the city or province and click on “enclosed by” I can only add a new entity?

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**Author:** ![StoltHD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@StoltHD](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/StoltHD)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reorganize-places/2957/2 "2022-11-03T09:09:20Z")

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Just click on the icon to the right of the + icon and you can choose a place in your hierarchy

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**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reorganize-places/2957/3 "2022-11-03T09:19:41Z")

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The Place editor’s [Enclosed By](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_2#Enclosed_By) subsection in the wiki User Manual has just been expanded.

The Select Places used during a ‘Share’ was noted just below. But it seemed to be unrelated to the ‘Enclosed By’ feature. The functions are described as related now.

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**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reorganize-places/2957/4 "2022-11-03T12:48:58Z")

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My preferred method for building a Place hierarchy uses the [Place Cleanup](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:PlaceCleanupGramplet) Add-on Gramplet. It builds a good hierarchy, offers alternate names in historical & multiple languages, and inserts the GPS coordinates needed for the Geography view’s mapping.

It requires [setting up a GeoNames account](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:PlaceCleanupGramplet#GeoNames_account_prerequisite). And they use the accounts to track failed “Find” attempts in order to improve their online database.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/reorganize-places/2957/5 "2022-12-03T12:49:54Z")

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