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Debt of the Company (Details)

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Debt of the Company (Details) (Debt [Member], Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc [Member], USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit [Member]
    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Guarantor obligations, unsecured lines of credit total borrowing capacity $ 520,000,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_UnderlyingAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DebtMember 		 
Guarantor obligations, current carrying value 115,700,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_UnderlyingAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DebtMember 		111,000,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_UnderlyingAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DebtMember
Unsecured Term Loan [Member]
    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Guarantor obligations, current carrying value 250,000,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= skt_UnsecuredTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_UnderlyingAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DebtMember 		250,000,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= skt_UnsecuredTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_UnderlyingAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DebtMember
Ocean City Factory Outlets [Member] | Mortgages [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Guarantor obligations, current carrying value $ 17,804,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= skt_OceanCityFactoryOutletsMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MortgagesMember
/ us-gaap_UnderlyingAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DebtMember 		$ 17,827,000us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsCurrentCarryingValue
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= skt_OceanCityFactoryOutletsMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_MortgagesMember
/ us-gaap_UnderlyingAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DebtMember