diff --git a/server/extension/expected/50_namedplaces_test.out b/server/extension/expected/50_namedplaces_test.out
index b3f4549..2c1c49c 100644
--- a/server/extension/expected/50_namedplaces_test.out
+++ b/server/extension/expected/50_namedplaces_test.out
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@ SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elx
 (1 row)
 
 -- Insert dummy data into points table
-INSERT INTO global_cities_points_limited (geoname_id, name, iso2, admin1, admin2, population, lowername, the_geom) VALUES (3128760, 'Elche', 'ES', 'VA', 'AL', 34534, 'elche', ST_GeomFromText(
+INSERT INTO global_cities_points_limited (geoname_id, name, iso2, admin1, admin2, population, lowername, the_geom) VALUES (3128760, 'Elche', 'ES', 'Valencia', 'AL', 34534, 'elche', ST_GeomFromText(
   'POINT(0.6983 39.26787)',4326)
 );
 -- Insert dummy data into alternates table
-INSERT INTO global_cities_alternates_limited (geoname_id, name, preferred, lowername, admin1_geonameid, iso2, admin1, the_geom) VALUES (3128760, 'Elx', true, 'elx', '000000', 'ES', 'VA', ST_GeomFromText(
+INSERT INTO global_cities_alternates_limited (geoname_id, name, preferred, lowername, admin1_geonameid, iso2, admin1, the_geom) VALUES (3128760, 'Elx', true, 'elx', '000000', 'ES', 'Valencia', ST_GeomFromText(
   'POINT(0.6983 39.26787)',4326)
 );
 -- Insert dummy data into country decoder table
 INSERT INTO country_decoder (synonyms, iso2) VALUES (Array['spain'], 'ES');
+-- Insert dummy data into admin1 decoder table
+INSERT INTO admin1_decoder (admin1, synonyms, iso2) VALUES ('Valencia', Array['valencia', 'Valencia'], 'ES');
 -- This should return the point inserted above
 SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elx');
                  geocode_namedplace                 
@@ -41,3 +43,15 @@ SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elc
  0101000020E6100000637FD93D7958E63F2ECA6C9049A24340
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elx', 'Valencia', 'Spain');
+                 geocode_namedplace                 
+----------------------------------------------------
+ 0101000020E6100000637FD93D7958E63F2ECA6C9049A24340
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elche', 'valencia', 'Spain');
+                 geocode_namedplace                 
+----------------------------------------------------
+ 0101000020E6100000637FD93D7958E63F2ECA6C9049A24340
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/50_namedplaces.sql b/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/50_namedplaces.sql
index 9d9a9fd..124aeea 100644
--- a/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/50_namedplaces.sql
+++ b/server/extension/sql/0.0.1/50_namedplaces.sql
@@ -44,6 +44,28 @@ RETURNS Geometry AS $$
     return rv[0]["mypoint"]
 $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu;
 
+---- geocode_namedplace(city_name text, admin1_name text, country_name text)
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION geocode_namedplace(user_id name, tx_id bigint, city_name text, admin1_name text, country_name text)
+RETURNS Geometry AS $$
+    plpy.debug('Entering geocode_namedplace(city_name text, admin1_name text, country_name text)')
+    plpy.debug('user_id = %s' % user_id)
+
+    #-- Access control
+    #-- TODO: this should be part of cdb python library
+    if user_id == 'publicuser':
+        plpy.error('The api_key must be provided')
+
+    #--TODO: rate limiting check
+    #--TODO: quota check
+
+    #-- Copied from the doc, see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/plpython-database.html
+    plan = plpy.prepare("SELECT cdb_geocoder_server._geocode_namedplace($1, $2, $3) AS mypoint", ["text", "text", "text"])
+    rv = plpy.execute(plan, [city_name, admin1_name, country_name], 1)
+
+    plpy.debug('Returning from Returning from geocode_namedplace')
+    return rv[0]["mypoint"]
+$$ LANGUAGE plpythonu;
+
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 -- Implementation of the server extension
@@ -88,3 +110,27 @@ RETURNS Geometry AS $$
   END
 $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
 
+---- geocode_namedplace(city_name text, admin1_name text, country_name text)
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION _geocode_namedplace(city_name text, admin1_name text, country_name text)
+RETURNS Geometry AS $$
+  DECLARE
+    ret Geometry;
+  BEGIN
+  SELECT geom INTO ret
+  FROM (
+    WITH inputcountry AS (
+        SELECT iso2 as isoTwo FROM country_decoder WHERE lower(country_name) = ANY (synonyms) LIMIT 1
+        ),
+    p AS (
+       SELECT r.s, r.a1, (SELECT admin1 FROM admin1_decoder, inputcountry WHERE lower(r.a1) = ANY (synonyms) AND admin1_decoder.iso2 = inputcountry.isoTwo LIMIT 1) i FROM (SELECT city_name AS s, admin1_name::text AS a1) r),
+       best AS (SELECT p.s AS q, p.a1 as a1, (SELECT gp.the_geom AS geom FROM global_cities_points_limited gp WHERE gp.lowername = lower(p.s) AND gp.admin1 = p.i ORDER BY population DESC LIMIT 1) AS geom FROM p),
+       next AS (SELECT p.s AS q, p.a1 AS a1, (SELECT gp.the_geom FROM global_cities_points_limited gp, global_cities_alternates_limited ga WHERE lower(p.s) = ga.lowername AND ga.admin1 = p.i AND ga.geoname_id = gp.geoname_id ORDER BY preferred DESC LIMIT 1) geom FROM p WHERE p.s NOT IN (SELECT q FROM best WHERE geom IS NOT NULL))
+       SELECT geom FROM best WHERE geom IS NOT NULL
+       UNION ALL
+       SELECT geom FROM next
+   ) v;
+
+    RETURN ret;
+  END
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
diff --git a/server/extension/sql/50_namedplaces_test.sql b/server/extension/sql/50_namedplaces_test.sql
index 4485d60..7cbc541 100644
--- a/server/extension/sql/50_namedplaces_test.sql
+++ b/server/extension/sql/50_namedplaces_test.sql
@@ -3,20 +3,25 @@
 SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elx');
 
 -- Insert dummy data into points table
-INSERT INTO global_cities_points_limited (geoname_id, name, iso2, admin1, admin2, population, lowername, the_geom) VALUES (3128760, 'Elche', 'ES', 'VA', 'AL', 34534, 'elche', ST_GeomFromText(
+INSERT INTO global_cities_points_limited (geoname_id, name, iso2, admin1, admin2, population, lowername, the_geom) VALUES (3128760, 'Elche', 'ES', 'Valencia', 'AL', 34534, 'elche', ST_GeomFromText(
   'POINT(0.6983 39.26787)',4326)
 );
 
 -- Insert dummy data into alternates table
-INSERT INTO global_cities_alternates_limited (geoname_id, name, preferred, lowername, admin1_geonameid, iso2, admin1, the_geom) VALUES (3128760, 'Elx', true, 'elx', '000000', 'ES', 'VA', ST_GeomFromText(
+INSERT INTO global_cities_alternates_limited (geoname_id, name, preferred, lowername, admin1_geonameid, iso2, admin1, the_geom) VALUES (3128760, 'Elx', true, 'elx', '000000', 'ES', 'Valencia', ST_GeomFromText(
   'POINT(0.6983 39.26787)',4326)
 );
 
 -- Insert dummy data into country decoder table
 INSERT INTO country_decoder (synonyms, iso2) VALUES (Array['spain'], 'ES');
 
+-- Insert dummy data into admin1 decoder table
+INSERT INTO admin1_decoder (admin1, synonyms, iso2) VALUES ('Valencia', Array['valencia', 'Valencia'], 'ES');
+
 -- This should return the point inserted above
 SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elx');
 SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elche');
 SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elx', 'Spain');
 SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elche', 'Spain');
+SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elx', 'Valencia', 'Spain');
+SELECT cdb_geocoder_server.geocode_namedplace(session_user, txid_current(), 'Elche', 'valencia', 'Spain');