urban center
Densely populated locale
An urban center is a city or large town—a densely populated area serving as a hub for commerce, culture, and administration.
The term appears in planning documents, demographic studies, and policy discussions where city might seem too informal: Population is shifting from rural areas to urban centers.
Sometimes used to distinguish a city's core from its suburbs.
- metropolitan areaCity plus linked suburbs
- cityLarge populated area
- downtownCentral business district
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- crowdLarge public gathering
traffic · city bus · public square · skyline · skyscraper · high rise · municipality · museum district · inner city · street corner · marketplace · transportation hub · port city · municipal government · town square · food market · grid plan · bustling
- geographic areascountry, county, province, district, zone
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- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, towns
- hubshub, regional hub, commercial hub, financial hub, economic hub
- economic zonesfree trade zone, enterprise zone, duty-free zone, industrial zone, customs union
urban centerrural area
Low-density agricultural region
countryside · village · hamlet · rural community · farmland
urban centerwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
wildland · natural area · agricultural land · farmland · open country
urban centerperiphery
Boundary or outer region
remote area · isolated region · outskirts · hinterland · fringe
center, urban, suburban, centered, centers, centering, suburbs, centralize, urbanity