### Software
-!!! Warning
- For larger installations you **must have** PostgreSQL 11+ and PostGIS 3+
- otherwise import and queries will be slow to the point of being unusable.
- Query performance has marked improvements with PostgreSQL 13+ and PostGIS 3.2+.
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For running Nominatim:
- * [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) (9.6+ will work, 11+ strongly recommended)
- * [PostGIS](https://postgis.net) (2.2+ will work, 3.0+ strongly recommended)
+ * [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) (12+ will work, 13+ strongly recommended)
+ * [PostGIS](https://postgis.net) (3.0+ will work, 3.2+ strongly recommended)
* [osm2pgsql](https://osm2pgsql.org) (1.8+, optional when building with CMake)
* [Python 3](https://www.python.org/) (3.7+)