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  2. Settlement hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    Village or Tribe – a village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town. The population of a village varies; the average population can range in the hundreds. Anthropologists regard the number of about 150 members for tribes as the maximum for a functioning human group.

  3. Township - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, a municipality is a city, town, township, county, or regional municipality which has been incorporated by statute by the legislatures of the provinces and territories. In Western Canada , townships exist only for the purpose of land division by the Dominion Land Survey and do not form administrative units.

  4. Village (United States) - Wikipedia

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    If an existing village's population surpasses 5,000 at a federal census, or if a village comes to have more than 5,000 resident registered voters, it is automatically designated as a city. [6] Cities or villages may be located within township areas; however, if a city or village becomes coterminous with a township, the township ceases to exist ...

  5. Local government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The State Constitution charters the City of Baltimore as an independent city, which is the functional equivalent of a county, and is separate from any county — e.g., there is also a Baltimore County, but its county seat is in Towson, not in the City of Baltimore. Other than Baltimore, all cities are the same, and there is no difference ...

  6. Village - Wikipedia

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    The most intensive is the migration "citycity". Approximately 46% of all migrated people have changed their residence from one city to another. The share of the migration processes "villagecity" is significantly less – 23% and "cityvillage" – 20%. The migration "villagevillage" in 2002 is 11%. [23] It also stated that

  7. List of terms for administrative divisions - Wikipedia

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    village council paróquia Portugal: parish (religious division) Cape Verde: parroquia Spain parish Andorra: pedanía Spain: county Περιφέρειες (periféreia) Greece: periphery phum Cambodia: village phumpheak Cambodia: zone pilseta Latvia: town/city povit Ukraine: county powiat Poland: county pradesh India: state of India Nepal

  8. Administrative divisions of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Not all municipalities levy income taxes; those that do range from 0.3% in the Village of Indian Hill to 3.0% in Parma Heights. Municipality names are not unique: there is a village of Centerville and a city of Centerville; also a city of Oakwood and two similarly named villages: Oakwood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio and Oakwood, Paulding County, Ohio.

  9. Borough (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In Pennsylvania's state laws that govern classes of municipalities, the term "borough" is used the way other states sometimes use the words "town" or "village." A borough is a self-governing entity that is generally smaller than a city. If an area is not governed by either a borough or city, then the area is governed as a township.