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How to create a new location on Instagram using one of Facebook's location features

Written by Steven John
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Creating a new location using Facebook's "check-in" feature lets you add that location to an Instagram post. grinvalds/Getty Images
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Instagram lets you capture and share your last adventure with your followers, whether it's around the corner or the world. But if showing them isn't enough, you can also tell them exactly where you snapped that breathtaking skyline or where you enjoyed your last delicious meal. 

A quick search through the locations available proves an exhaustively comprehensive list. You can use Tashkent, Uzbekistan, or Uzbechka Café, Brooklyn. You can use Inner Mongolia or Inn at Great Neck, Great Neck, NY. 

Instagram lets you choose how specific you get about sharing where you are. And if you can't seem to find your location through Instagram's auto-population feature, you can create the location yourself.

If you want to create a location, you'll need to do so via the Facebook app instead. Locations you create through Instagram's parent company can then be used on the photo app. If you can't find the new location you've created on Instagram, you may need to go back to Facebook on your mobile device or computer and claim the location as your business.

Here's how to create a location for Instagram posts. 

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How to create a location on Instagram using the Facebook "Check-in" feature

1. Open the Facebook app. 

2. Tap "Check-in."

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This option appears on the FB homepage and landing page of the app.  Steven John/Business Insider

3. Type the name of the location you want to add in the search bar, then scroll down and hit "Add."

4. On the next page, choose a category for the location.

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A list of categories will be provided, and you'll be unable to add one.  Steven John/Business Insider

5. Select "I'm here right now" to use your exact location.

6. On the next page, tap "Create."

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The location cannot be edited once created.  Steven John/Business Insider

7. Add a comment about your new location if you want before posting it to Facebook.

8. Open the Instagram app.

9. Begin your "New Post" by selecting a photo from your phone library or taking a new photo. 

10. On your post details page, tap "Add Location."

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You'll land on this page when it comes time to add details about your  Instagram photo, including the location.  Steven John/Business Insider

11. Select your newly created location and tap "Share."

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Steven John has been a freelance writer for more than a dozen years and has been a regular contributor to Business Insider since 2017. His work includes a focus on the tech world, covering companies including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others. He also reviews restaurants, shares how-to cooking articles, and writes general interest pieces.Steven also writes for publications including Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, Forbes, and more. In the past, he also wrote for New York Magazine, Mashed, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. He runs his own outdoor lifestyle site, Dad Gear Review, and co-hosts the Fact Trekkers podcast with his son. He has had two novels published, Three A.M. and Outrider. He graduated from Emerson College with a degree in communications focused on filmmaking.He is an avid outdoorsman and can be frequently found in a kayak or on a mountain trail, often with his family along for the adventure.Expertise:Tech industryTech hardwareOutdoorsCookingRestaurantsDIYPopular articles:Microsoft: A history of the software giant co-founded by Bill Gates, its products and services, jobs, layoffs, and moreYouTube is a major entertainment force. Here's the platform's history, plus how to create a channel and upload videos.Inside the life and career of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, billionaire, and philanthropistTim Cook net worth: How the Apple leader earns and spends his moneyBecoming an Amazon seller is a simple process. Here's what's involved, plus how you make money and get paid.