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Shareholders' Equity of the Company (Details)

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Shareholders' Equity of the Company (Details)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc [Member]    
Entity Information [Line Items]    
Common shares issued in exchange for Operating Partnership units (in shares) 0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfUnits
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
21,500us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfUnits
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Convertible units, shares issued upon conversion into common shares 1skt_Convertibleunitssharesissueduponconversionintocommonshares
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
 
Class A Limited Partnership Units [Member] | Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member]    
Entity Information [Line Items]    
Common shares issued in exchange for Operating Partnership units (in shares)   (21,500)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfUnits
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Number of Operating Partnership units owned by the Operating Partnership and other limited partners 5,078,406skt_NumberofOperatingPartnershipUnitsOwnedbytheOperatingPartnershipandOtherLimitedPartners
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember