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# MKMapItemAnnotation

An annotation that represents a map item

```
class MKMapItemAnnotation
```

## Topics

### Creating a map item annotation

[`-  initWithMapItem:`](/documentation/MapKit/MKMapItemAnnotation/init(mapItem:))

Creates a map item annotation

### Accessing the annotation’s map item

[`mapItem`](/documentation/MapKit/MKMapItemAnnotation/mapItem)

The map item represented by this annotation

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`MKAnnotation`](/documentation/MapKit/MKAnnotation)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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