Urban-type settlement

Urban structure in the town center of Sortavala in Republic of Karelia, Russia

Urban-type settlement^{[note 1]} is a name for a semi-urban settlement (suburb) used in many Eastern European countries. The name was historically used in Bulgaria, Poland, and the Soviet Union. Today, it is used in many post-Soviet states: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia,Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Urban-type Settlement Media

Urban housing in Mezhdurechensky, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, an example of urban-type settlement

↑ Russian: посёлок городско́го ти́паcode: ru is deprecated , abbreviated: Russian: п.г.т.code: ru is deprecated ; Ukrainian: селище міського типу, romanized: selyshche mis'koho typucode: uk is deprecated , abbreviated: Ukrainian: с.м.т., romanized: s.m.t.code: uk is deprecated ; Belarusian: пасёлак гарадскога тыпуcode: be is deprecated ; Polish: osiedle typu miejskiegocode: pl is deprecated ; Bulgarian: селище от градски типcode: bg is deprecated ; Romanian: așezare de tip orășenesccode: ro is deprecated .

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