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Partners' Equity of the Operating Partnership (Details)

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Partners' Equity of the Operating Partnership (Details) (Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member])
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
General and Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units [Roll Forward]    
General partner (in shares) 1,000,000us-gaap_GeneralPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding  
Issuance of restricted shares (in shares) 348,844us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures 1,302,729us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures
Units issued upon exercise of options 8,300us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised 15,800us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
Units withheld for employee income taxes (30,578)us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation  
General partner (in shares) 1,000,000us-gaap_GeneralPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding  
General partner [Member]    
General and Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units [Roll Forward]    
General partner (in shares) 1,000,000us-gaap_GeneralPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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Exchange of Class A limited partnership units   0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfUnits
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Issuance of restricted shares (in shares) 0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures
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Units issued upon exercise of options 0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember 		0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember
Units withheld for employee income taxes 0us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember 		 
General partner (in shares) 1,000,000us-gaap_GeneralPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember 		1,000,000us-gaap_GeneralPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_GeneralPartnerMember
Class A Limited Partnership Units [Member]    
General and Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units [Roll Forward]    
Limited partners (in shares) 5,078,406us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		5,145,012us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Exchange of Class A limited partnership units   (21,500)us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfUnits
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Issuance of restricted shares (in shares) 0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Units issued upon exercise of options 0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Units withheld for employee income taxes 0us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		 
Limited partners (in shares) 5,078,406us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		5,123,512us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassALimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Class B Limited Partnership Units [Member]    
General and Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units [Roll Forward]    
Limited partners (in shares) 94,509,781us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		93,505,685us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Exchange of Class A limited partnership units   21,500us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfUnits
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Issuance of restricted shares (in shares) 348,844us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		1,302,729us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Units issued upon exercise of options 8,300us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		15,800us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Units withheld for employee income taxes (30,578)us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		 
Limited partners (in shares) 94,836,347us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember 		94,845,714us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
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= skt_ClassBLimitedPartnershipUnitsMember
Limited partners [Member]    
General and Limited Partners' Capital Account, Units [Roll Forward]    
Limited partners (in shares) 99,588,187us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember 		98,650,697us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember
Exchange of Class A limited partnership units   0us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesConversionOfUnits
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember
Issuance of restricted shares (in shares) 348,844us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember 		1,302,729us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember
Units issued upon exercise of options 8,300us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember 		15,800us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember
Units withheld for employee income taxes (30,578)us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember 		 
Limited partners (in shares) 99,914,753us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_LimitedPartnerMember 		99,969,226us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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