Urban settlement
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Urban settlement may refer to:
- Urban areaUrban areaAn urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...
, area with high density of human-created structures - Municipal urban settlement, a type of municipal formation in Russia
- Urban settlement, a synonym for urban localities in Russia
- Urban-type settlementUrban-type settlementUrban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
, an official designation for a certain type of urban locality used in some of the former republics of the Soviet Union