Urban-type settlement

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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, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

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Urban-type Settlement Media

Notes

  1. Russian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, abbreviated: Russian: п.г.т.; Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., abbreviated: Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).; Belarusian: пасёлак гарадскога тыпу; Polish: osiedle typu miejskiego; Bulgarian: селище от градски тип; Romanian: așezare de tip orășenesc.