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A relatively small unincorporated community, similar to a hamlet in New York state, or even a relatively small community within an incorporated city or town, may be termed a village. This informal usage may be found even in states that have villages as incorporated municipalities and is similar to the usage of the term "unincorporated town" in ...
A subdivision does not need to be sold, in whole or in part, for its resulting pieces to be considered separate parcels of land. A subdivision plat approved by a local planning commission, once recorded in a registry of deeds, is generally deemed to have created the parcels of land identified on the plat itself.
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.
Village residents pay both town and village taxes, and vote in town and village elections. [54] Those services not provided by the village are provided by the town or towns containing the village. [ citation needed ] As of the 2000 [update] census, 9.9% of the state's population was living in one of the 556 villages in New York.
Rural areas: villages (cūnjí), village areas or village groups [ae] 5 autonomous regions (zìzhìqū) 4 municipalities (zhíxiáshì) 2 special administrative regions (tèbié xíngzhèngqū): Hong Kong: 18 districts: Macau: Colombia: Unitary 32 departments (departamentos) 1,102 municipalities (municipios) 2,000+ corregimientos (towns ...
There are no county governments within New York City for legislative or executive purposes. The powers of the boroughs are inferior to the powers of the citywide government, but each borough elects a borough president, who in turn appoints some members of local community boards (see Government of New York City). The boroughs of New York City ...
village muhafazah (muhafazat) Arab countries: governorate mukim: Malay-speaking countries: subdistrict, subdivision of subdistrict, survey district municipalidad: Latin America (Spanish-speaking countries) municipality municipio: Spanish-speaking countries: municipality Portuguese-speaking countries: nafa Israel: subdistrict negeri Malaysia ...
A village is locally known by the Malay word kampung (also spelt as kampong). [18] [19] They may be villages in the traditional or anthropological sense but may also comprise delineated residential settlements, both rural and urban. The community of a village is headed by a village head (Malay: ketua kampung).