# API extract for state\_place\_name?

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**Created:** [March 2, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/api-extract-for-state-place-name/76292 "2026-03-02T21:21:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/api-extract-for-state-place-name/76292/2 "2026-03-02T21:58:05Z")

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Observations don’t store the name of the country/province/state/etc. where they are located, they store the place\_ids as a list of integers. You can either take the list of integers from an observation and ask the api for further information about those places, or what I would suggest is to download the full list of iNat places ([http://www.inaturalist.org/places/inaturalist-places.csv.zip](http://www.inaturalist.org/places/inaturalist-places.csv.zip)) and find the place\_ids that you’re interested in and work with the ids. See [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-of-u-s-county-codes/50439](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-of-u-s-county-codes/50439) for a similar question and method.

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