population centers
Where people concentrate
Population centers are places where people concentrate—cities, towns, and other areas of significant settlement.
The term appears often in geographic, demographic, and planning contexts: The hurricane threatened several major population centers along the coast.
It can refer to any settlement from a small town to a metropolis, though it typically implies enough density to warrant infrastructure and services.
- crowdLarge public gathering
- metropolisLarge important city
- big cityLarge urban area
- cityLarge populated area
- hamletTiny rural settlement
town square · ghost town · rural area · market · suburb · bedroom community · remote settlement · commuter town · satellite city · small town · census tract · port city · capital · downtown · conurbation · household size · age distribution · urban planning
- municipalitiescity, cities, municipality, town, towns
- CambodiaCambodia, Phnom Penh, Angkor Wat, Angkor, Khmer Rouge
- Bosnia geographySarajevo, Herzegovina, river valleys, river basins, mountain passes
- El SalvadorSan Salvador, El Salvador, San Miguel, Montecristo, Berlin
- Midwest mapsregional map, county map, highway map, interstate map, state maps
- SiberiaLake Baikal, Baikal, Trans-Siberian Railway, Trans-Siberian, Vladivostok
population centerswilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
countryside · rural areas · backcountry · outback · remote areas
population centerswasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
desert · virgin territory · untouched wilderness · ghost towns · no man's land