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City/town/village refers to all named inhabited places at the most locally recognized level, but above the level of neighborhood. It is the most local region where there is a form of government or self-organization.

Cities/towns/villages are larger than neighborhoods, and are typically contained within a larger administrative division such as a county, department, province, etc. It should be noted, however, that large or significant cities may themselves also function as higher-level administrative divisions.

• Incorporated human settlements in urban and rural areas such cities, towns, villages, communes, gemeinde and burghs (e.g. New York City, Buckingham, Fredonia, Velenciennes, Nurburg)

• Unincorporated, self organizing places such hamlets, unincorporated towns, unincorporated villages and other unincorporated communities. (e.g. Dunseverick, San Gregorio, Carrollwood Village)

• Historic settlements that no longer exist; this includes ghost towns, deserted villages, cities of antiquity or even prehistoric settlements. (e.g. Hailstone, Paoua, Prypiat, Ephesus)

• Planned towns, planned cities and other planned communities equivalent to city/town/village (Tres Cantos, Auroville, Seaside)

• Cities and towns that also function as higher-level administrative divisions (e.g. Washington, DC, Berlin)

• Co-type with administrative division.

Note: If a distinction is needed to be made between incorporated and unincorporated communities, use the governmental jurisdiction type.

• Neighborhoods (e.g. Parioli, Maracana, Ballas Point)

• Use the neighborhood type for these.

• Metropolitan areas (e.g. Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, Mumbai Metropolitan Region)

• Use the metropolitan area type for these.

• Postal codes and zip codes (e.g. 90210, 99723)

• Use the postal code type for these.

• Census or statistical regions which do not correspond with a single city/town/village (e.g. Southbridge CDP , Napier-Hastings Urban Area)

• Use the statistical region type for these.

• Political districts, constituencies and electoral divisions (e.g. California's 10th congressional district, St Austell)

• Use the political district type for these.

• Any level below the country itself and above city or town such as states, departments and provinces (e.g. Nebraska, Ontario, Vienne)

• Use the administrative division type for these.