The Search API: Tweets by Place

You can search for Tweets about places using the place operator of the Search API. The place operator supports Twitter Place IDs

Example Usage

To find Tweets about Twitter HQ, use the Twitter place ID 07d9cd6afd884001:

http://twitter.com/search?q=place%3A07d9cd6afd884001

(Try Searching for Twitter HQ now via Twitter’s web search)

More information

More information about Twitter Search can be found in our Search API documentation.