diff --git a/metrics_layer/core/model/field.py b/metrics_layer/core/model/field.py
index a09fc900..b92c1de9 100644
--- a/metrics_layer/core/model/field.py
+++ b/metrics_layer/core/model/field.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 from .set import Set
 
 SQL_KEYWORDS = {"order", "group", "by", "as", "from", "select", "on", "with", "drop", "table"}
+VALID_NUMERIC_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES = ["latitude", "longitude"]
+VALID_STRING_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES = ["city", "county", "country", "post_code", "state"]
+VALID_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES = VALID_STRING_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES + VALID_NUMERIC_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES
 VALID_TIMEFRAMES = [
     "raw",
     "time",
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ def valid_properties(self):
                 "link",
                 "canon_date",
                 "case",
+                "geographic_role",
             ]
             return shared_properties + dimension_only
         elif self.field_type == ZenlyticFieldType.dimension_group:
@@ -1767,6 +1771,57 @@ def collect_errors(self):
                         ),
                     )
                 )
+            if "geographic_role" in self._definition and not isinstance(self.geographic_role, str):
+                errors.append(
+                    self._error(
+                        self._definition.get("geographic_role"),
+                        (
+                            f"Field {self.name} in view {self.view.name} has an invalid geographic_role"
+                            f" {self.geographic_role}. geographic_role must be a string."
+                        ),
+                    )
+                )
+            elif "geographic_role" in self._definition:
+                if self.geographic_role not in VALID_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES:
+                    errors.append(
+                        self._error(
+                            self._definition.get("geographic_role"),
+                            (
+                                f"Field {self.name} in view {self.view.name} has an invalid geographic_role"
+                                f" {self.geographic_role}. Valid geographic_roles are:"
+                                f" {VALID_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES}"
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    )
+                elif (
+                    str(self.type) == ZenlyticType.string
+                    and self.geographic_role not in VALID_STRING_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES
+                ):
+                    errors.append(
+                        self._error(
+                            self._definition.get("geographic_role"),
+                            (
+                                f"Field {self.name} in view {self.view.name} has an invalid geographic_role"
+                                f" {self.geographic_role}. Valid geographic_roles for dimensions of type"
+                                f" string are: {VALID_STRING_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES}"
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    )
+                elif (
+                    str(self.type) == ZenlyticType.number
+                    and self.geographic_role not in VALID_NUMERIC_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES
+                ):
+                    errors.append(
+                        self._error(
+                            self._definition.get("geographic_role"),
+                            (
+                                f"Field {self.name} in view {self.view.name} has an invalid geographic_role"
+                                f" {self.geographic_role}. Valid geographic_roles for dimensions of type"
+                                f" number are: {VALID_NUMERIC_GEOGRAPHIC_ROLES}"
+                            ),
+                        )
+                    )
+
             if (
                 str(self.field_type) == ZenlyticFieldType.dimension
                 and str(self.type) == ZenlyticType.string
diff --git a/tests/config/metrics_layer_config/views/test_customers.yml b/tests/config/metrics_layer_config/views/test_customers.yml
index 50e11401..f041133c 100644
--- a/tests/config/metrics_layer_config/views/test_customers.yml
+++ b/tests/config/metrics_layer_config/views/test_customers.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ fields:
     type: string
     sql: '${TABLE}.region'
     searchable: true
+    geographic_role: country
 
   - name: gender
     field_type: 'dimension'
diff --git a/tests/test_project_validation.py b/tests/test_project_validation.py
index 131fa102..4dd18081 100644
--- a/tests/test_project_validation.py
+++ b/tests/test_project_validation.py
@@ -2179,6 +2179,66 @@ def test_validation_with_replaced_view_properties(connection, name, value, error
                 " 512 characters."
             ],
         ),
+        (
+            "revenue_per_session",
+            "geographic_role",
+            "latitude",
+            [
+                "Property geographic_role is present on Field revenue_per_session in view "
+                "order_lines, but it is not a valid property."
+            ],
+        ),
+        (
+            "parent_channel",
+            "geographic_role",
+            -1,
+            [
+                "Field parent_channel in view order_lines has an invalid geographic_role -1. "
+                "geographic_role must be a string."
+            ],
+        ),
+        (
+            "parent_channel",
+            "geographic_role",
+            "latitude",
+            [
+                "Field parent_channel in view order_lines has an invalid geographic_role "
+                "latitude. Valid geographic_roles for dimensions of type string are: ['city', "
+                "'county', 'country', 'post_code', 'state']"
+            ],
+        ),
+        (
+            "inventory_qty",
+            "geographic_role",
+            "country",
+            [
+                "Field inventory_qty in view order_lines has an invalid geographic_role "
+                "country. Valid geographic_roles for dimensions of type number are: "
+                "['latitude', 'longitude']"
+            ],
+        ),
+        (
+            "parent_channel",
+            "geographic_role",
+            "zip_code",
+            [
+                "Field parent_channel in view order_lines has an invalid geographic_role "
+                "zip_code. Valid geographic_roles are: ['city', 'county', 'country', "
+                "'post_code', 'state', 'latitude', 'longitude']"
+            ],
+        ),
+        (
+            "inventory_qty",
+            "geographic_role",
+            "longitude",
+            [],
+        ),
+        (
+            "parent_channel",
+            "geographic_role",
+            "post_code",
+            [],
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_validation_with_replaced_field_properties(connection, field_name, property_name, value, errors):