Human settlement
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A human settlement or locality is a place where people live and carry out social, economic, political, and cultural activities. The term encompasses a broad range of inhabited environments, including
Tell es-Sultan, located in the Jordan Valley near modern Jericho, is recognized as the world's oldest fortified city, with origins dating back to the 9th–8th millennium BC.
The first city to have exceeded 1,000,000 residents is thought to have been Baghdad by about 775 ce.
Pazhou West Area, Guangzhou, China is part of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen urban area. Guangzhou-Shenzhen is the most populous urban area in the world, with 69,562,000 residents as of 2025.
Urban sprawl in São Paulo, Brazil
Metropolitan area
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A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories; which share industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastruct
Satellite image of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States and one of the largest in the world, with Long Island in the east and Manhattan at the center of the densest part of the image
The Melbourne metropolitan area in Australia seen at night from the International Space Station
Greater São Paulo in Brazil seen at night from the International Space Station