diff --git a/server/src/dtos/search.dto.ts b/server/src/dtos/search.dto.ts
index e0b5c9b7793..67ab059e115 100644
--- a/server/src/dtos/search.dto.ts
+++ b/server/src/dtos/search.dto.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { IsEnum, IsInt, IsNotEmpty, IsString, Max, Min } from 'class-validator';
 import { PropertyLifecycle } from 'src/decorators';
 import { AlbumResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/album.dto';
 import { AssetResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/asset-response.dto';
-import { GeodataPlacesEntity } from 'src/entities/geodata-places.entity';
 import { AssetOrder, AssetType } from 'src/enum';
+import { SearchPlacesItem } from 'src/types';
 import { Optional, ValidateBoolean, ValidateDate, ValidateUUID } from 'src/validation';
 
 class BaseSearchDto {
@@ -226,15 +226,16 @@ export class PlacesResponseDto {
   admin2name?: string;
 }
 
-export function mapPlaces(place: GeodataPlacesEntity): PlacesResponseDto {
+export function mapPlaces(place: SearchPlacesItem): PlacesResponseDto {
   return {
     name: place.name,
     latitude: place.latitude,
     longitude: place.longitude,
-    admin1name: place.admin1Name,
-    admin2name: place.admin2Name,
+    admin1name: place.admin1Name ?? undefined,
+    admin2name: place.admin2Name ?? undefined,
   };
 }
+
 export enum SearchSuggestionType {
   COUNTRY = 'country',
   STATE = 'state',
diff --git a/server/src/entities/geodata-places.entity.ts b/server/src/entities/geodata-places.entity.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index aad6c38dda8..00000000000
--- a/server/src/entities/geodata-places.entity.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-export class GeodataPlacesEntity {
-  id!: number;
-  name!: string;
-  longitude!: number;
-  latitude!: number;
-  countryCode!: string;
-  admin1Code!: string;
-  admin2Code!: string;
-  admin1Name!: string;
-  admin2Name!: string;
-  alternateNames!: string;
-  modificationDate!: Date;
-}
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts
index 954ab0fe5af..736eb6dcc18 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import { DB } from 'src/db';
 import { DummyValue, GenerateSql } from 'src/decorators';
 import { AssetEntity, searchAssetBuilder } from 'src/entities/asset.entity';
-import { GeodataPlacesEntity } from 'src/entities/geodata-places.entity';
 import { AssetStatus, AssetType } from 'src/enum';
 import { LoggingRepository } from 'src/repositories/logging.repository';
 import { anyUuid, asUuid } from 'src/utils/database';
@@ -372,7 +371,7 @@ export class SearchRepository {
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.STRING] })
-  searchPlaces(placeName: string): Promise<GeodataPlacesEntity[]> {
+  searchPlaces(placeName: string) {
     return this.db
       .selectFrom('geodata_places')
       .selectAll()
@@ -395,7 +394,7 @@ export class SearchRepository {
         `,
       )
       .limit(20)
-      .execute() as Promise<GeodataPlacesEntity[]>;
+      .execute();
   }
 
   @GenerateSql({ params: [[DummyValue.UUID]] })
diff --git a/server/src/types.ts b/server/src/types.ts
index 623b0fece0f..6620621da87 100644
--- a/server/src/types.ts
+++ b/server/src/types.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { ActivityRepository } from 'src/repositories/activity.repository';
 import { ApiKeyRepository } from 'src/repositories/api-key.repository';
 import { MemoryRepository } from 'src/repositories/memory.repository';
+import { SearchRepository } from 'src/repositories/search.repository';
 import { SessionRepository } from 'src/repositories/session.repository';
 
 export type DeepPartial<T> = T extends object ? { [K in keyof T]?: DeepPartial<T[K]> } : T;
@@ -25,12 +26,15 @@ export type RepositoryInterface<T extends object> = Pick<T, keyof T>;
 type IActivityRepository = RepositoryInterface<ActivityRepository>;
 type IApiKeyRepository = RepositoryInterface<ApiKeyRepository>;
 type IMemoryRepository = RepositoryInterface<MemoryRepository>;
+type ISearchRepository = RepositoryInterface<SearchRepository>;
 type ISessionRepository = RepositoryInterface<SessionRepository>;
 
 export type ActivityItem =
   | Awaited<ReturnType<IActivityRepository['create']>>
   | Awaited<ReturnType<IActivityRepository['search']>>[0];
 
+export type SearchPlacesItem = Awaited<ReturnType<ISearchRepository['searchPlaces']>>[0];
+
 export type ApiKeyItem =
   | Awaited<ReturnType<IApiKeyRepository['create']>>
   | NonNullable<Awaited<ReturnType<IApiKeyRepository['getById']>>>