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SwedenГород
national definition:
Относительно крупное поселение, обладающее многообразием социально-экономических функций, с высокой плотностью населения, занятого в неаграрных сферах деятельности. Современные города делятся на малые (до 20 тыс. жителей), средние (20 - 50 тыс.), большие (100—250 тыс.), крупные (250 тыс.—1млн. ), крупнейшие ( более 1 млн.).
City/town
english definition:A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. It is relatively large-scale human settlement, which offers diversity of socio-economic functions, has a high density of the population employed in non-agricultural sector. City is generally substantial and nearly always have an urban core. A city usually consists of residential, industrial and business areas together with administrative functions which may relate to a wider geographical area. A large share of a city's area is primarily taken up by housing, which is then supported by infrastructure such as roads, streets and often public transport routes such as a rapid transit system. A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. Generally, a "town" is thought of as larger than a village but smaller than a "city." In Belarus, cities are subdivided into the following categories: small-sized towns (up to 20 thousand inh.), medium-sized cities (20-50 thousand inh.), big ).cities(100—250 thousand inh.), large cities (250 thousand -1 million inh.), the largest cities (more than 1 million inh.).
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