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title: "Cities Model"
description: "A city belongs to a country and can be associated with an administrator and dropdown options."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/cities-model/
---

# Cities Model

A city belongs to a country and can be associated with an administrator and dropdown options. See the operation guide for complete operation schemas; this guide summarizes shared concepts.

## Operations

| Action                                                               | Method   | Resource                             |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| [List](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/get-cities/)    | `GET`    | `/countries/{country}/cities`        |
| [Find](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/get-city/)      | `GET`    | `/countries/{country}/cities/{city}` |
| [Create](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/create-city/) | `POST`   | `/countries/{country}/cities`        |
| [Update](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/update-city/) | `PUT`    | `/countries/{country}/cities/{city}` |
| [Delete](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/delete-city/) | `DELETE` | `/countries/{country}/cities/{city}` |

## Shared concepts

- `name` is required when a city is created and can be used in supported filters.
- `country_id` identifies the parent country. For create and update requests, `country_id` comes from the route parameter before validation.
- `administrator_id` can associate a user with the city and may be `null`.
- `enabled` controls the city's status.
- `country`, `administrator`, and `options` are relationships that list and find requests can expand through `params`.

The city operations described here are limited to role levels `0` and `1`; do not assume broader access. Field presence varies by operation and requested relations, so this is not a complete response schema.