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Percent of Shares Earned if Threshold Met

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Percent of share price appreciation

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Represents the aggregate number shares that may be earned by the recipients of the stock-based compensation plan of the entity depending upon the appreciation of the price of stock of the entity above a threshold level

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Share-based Award Measurement Period

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Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments, Other Than Options, Grant Date Fair Value Range, Lower Limit

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Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Grant Date Fair Value Range, Upper Limit

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Share-based compensation arrangement award holding period

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Threshold Percentage for Performance Target

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Vesting Percentage

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Amount of cash outflow to satisfy an employee's income tax withholding obligation as part of a net-share settlement of a share-based award.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer.

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Equity Based Compensation of the Company (Narrative) (Details) - Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2018	Feb. 09, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation		0	0	60,382	30,578
Payments Related to Tax Withholding for Share-based Compensation				$ 1,921	$ 1,084
Restricted Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares/Unites, granted (in shares/units)	286,524
Lower limit, grant date fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 26.48
Upper limit, grant date fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 31.15
2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares/Unites, granted (in shares/units)	321,900
Aggregate number of restricted common shares that may be earned (in units)	321,900
Grant date fair value (per unit)	$ 15.10
Share-based Award Measurement Period	3 years
Percent of share price appreciation	35.00%
Threshold Percentage for Performance Target	70.00%
Forecast [Member] \| 2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum Potential Share-Based Compensation						$ 12,800
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member] \| 2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of share price appreciation	35.00%
Vesting Percentage							50.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member] \| Price appreciation minimum [Member] \| 2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of restricted common shares that may be earned (in units)							32,190
Percent of Shares Earned if Threshold Met							20.00%
Percent of share price appreciation							18.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member] \| Price appreciation middle [Member] \| 2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of restricted common shares that may be earned (in units)							96,750
Percent of Shares Earned if Threshold Met							60.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member] \| Price appreciation maximum [Member] \| 2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of restricted common shares that may be earned (in units)							160,950
Percent of Shares Earned if Threshold Met							100.00%
Percent of share price appreciation							26.50%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member] \| 2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting Percentage							50.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member] \| Price appreciation minimum [Member] \| 2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of restricted common shares that may be earned (in units)							32,190
Percent of Shares Earned if Threshold Met							20.00%
Threshold Percentage for Performance Target							40.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member] \| Price appreciation middle [Member] \| 2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of restricted common shares that may be earned (in units)							96,750
Percent of Shares Earned if Threshold Met							60.00%
Threshold Percentage for Performance Target							55.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member] \| Price appreciation maximum [Member] \| 2016 OPP [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate number of restricted common shares that may be earned (in units)							160,950
Percent of Shares Earned if Threshold Met							100.00%
Threshold Percentage for Performance Target							70.00%
Director [Member] \| Restricted Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Chief Executive Officer [Member] \| Restricted Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement award holding period	3 years
Minimum [Member] \| Executive Officer [Member] \| Restricted Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years
Maximum [Member] \| Executive Officer [Member] \| Restricted Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	5 years