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A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size.
Using the title of a settlement can be misleading in the absence of any widely accepted definition. For example, city status in the United Kingdom historically arose from its place in the ecclesiastic hierarchy. (In modern times, city status is awarded for secular reasons but without reference to size.)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Seat of government of a country or subnational division "Capital cities" redirects here. For the capital city of a county, see county seat. For other uses, see Capital City (disambiguation). Tokyo, the capital of Japan, and the most populous ...
A primate city [1] is a city that is the largest in its country, province, state, or region, and disproportionately larger than any others in the urban hierarchy. [2] A primate city distribution is a rank-size distribution that has one very large city with many much smaller cities and towns and no intermediate-sized urban centers, creating a ...
Village Vacances Valcartier/Québec City Parents will find a wide variety of things to do in the Québec City area to keep kids both happy and curious. Strolling the streets of Old Québec ...
In the systems of local government in some U.S. states, a general-law municipality, [1] general-law city, [1] code city, [2] or statutory city [3] [4] is a municipality whose government structure and powers are defined by the general law of its state.
A statutory city is a city that is vested, in addition to its purview as a municipality, with the duties of a district administrative authority. The status does not come with any additional autonomy: district administrative authorities are essentially just service centers that citizens use to interact with the national government, for example ...
A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. [1] They have existed in many parts of the world throughout history, including cities such as Rome, Carthage, Athens and Sparta and the Italian city-states during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, such as Florence, Venice, Genoa and Milan.