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Partners' Equity of the Operating Partnership (Tables) (Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member]) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member] |
Schedule of Partners' Equity of the Operating Partnership [Line Items] |
Schedule of Partners' Equity of the Operating Partnership | The ownership interests of the Operating Partnership as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, consisted of the following:
|  | March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Common units: |  |  |  |  |  |
General partner |  | 250,000 |  |  | 250,000 |
Limited partners |  | 24,540,705 |  |  | 24,455,812 |
Total common units |  | 24,790,705 |  |  | 24,705,812 |
When the Company issues common shares upon exercise of options or issues restricted share awards, the Operating Partnership issues one corresponding unit of partnership interest to the Company for every four common shares issued.

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