Places
- United States
- Giles, Utah, a US ghost town
- Giles County, Tennessee, US
- Giles County, Virginia, US
- Australia
- Electoral district of Giles, a state electoral district in South Australia
- Giles Weather Station near the Western Australian - South Australian border
- Giles Land District, a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia
- Argentina
- San Andrés de Giles, a town in Buenos Aires Province
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