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  2. Settlement hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    Town – a settlement or village that has grown into an urbanized area and historically features a central market or court, particularly as a regional market town. City – any consolidated urbanized area, historically often with a walled urban core, and in larger urban or metropolitan areas the downtown area.

  3. Town - Wikipedia

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    Occasionally the term город is applied to urban-type settlements as well, even though the status of those is not the same as that of a city/town proper. In Russia, the criteria an inhabited locality needs to meet in order to be granted city/town (gorod) status vary in different federal subjects. In general, to qualify for this status, an ...

  4. Administrative divisions of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Elected boards of education and boards of trustees (in the case of community college districts) govern these districts, except for the Chicago Public Schools and the City Colleges of Chicago, for which the boards are appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Chicago City Council, and the special charter districts, which may have elected ...

  5. Local government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The term "town" is also used for a local level of government in New York and Wisconsin. The terms "town" and "township" are used interchangeably in Minnesota. Some townships or other incorporated areas like villages, boroughs, plantations, and hamlets have governments and political power; others are simply geographic designations.

  6. List of terms for administrative divisions - Wikipedia

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    town or city lugar Cape Verde: division of zona in Cape Verde Portugal: hamlet lungsod Philippines: city maakond Estonia: county մարզ Armenia: province or region mahoz Israel: district mancomunidad Spain: association of municipalities, commonwealth merindad: Medieval Spain: county mesorregião Brazil: mesoregion (division of estado)

  7. Village (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In New York, a village is an incorporated area that differs from a city in that a village is within the jurisdiction of one or more towns, whereas a city is independent of a town. Villages thus have less autonomy than cities. [2] A village is usually, but not always, within a single town.

  8. City - Wikipedia

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    Common population definitions for an urban area (city or town) range between 1,500 and 50,000 people, with most U.S. states using a minimum between 1,500 and 5,000 inhabitants. [20] [21] Some jurisdictions set no such minima. [22] In the United Kingdom, city status is awarded by the Crown and then remains permanent.

  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.