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    What constitutes a city? Are there minimum regulations regarding population or land mass that distinguish a city from a town, township, village, etc? If so are these regulations universal for all countries?

    Question #63680. Asked by thaver. (Mar 19 06 6:22 AM)


    Arpeggionist

    		It varies from country to country. In Israel, a city retains its status as such usually once it reaches the population of 20,000. But there are places with more people which are not cities. And there are cities with fewer people. I don't know what the rule is, or even if there is one in all places.

    Mar 19 06, 6:49 AM
    milky54

    		My town used to be a town but are now a city. According to many of the members of my town it is the government of the town that dictates if it is a town or not. If it has a mayor, it is a city. If it has a town meeting every month or week it is a town.

    Mar 19 06, 8:22 AM
    mementoflash

    		See Question #59999.

    Mar 19 06, 8:41 AM
    McGruff

    		The definition of a city will vary from state to state in the US. The Town of Sharpsburg, Maryland has a population of about 700, but it has a Mayor and Town Council and is a separate (and additional) taxing district from Washington County. There are many such towns in the county. The largest, Hagerstown, has a population of about 37,000 and is called the City of Hagerstown, and is also the county seat.

    Mar 19 06, 9:19 AM
    blue_blade

    		In the UK at least, I believe in order to be a city a settlement must have either a Cathedral or a University.

    Mar 19 06, 10:13 AM
    Baloo55th

    		Actually, no. In the UK, city status is an award by the Sovereign, and currently decided by competition. Last one was in 2000 (results announced in 2002) when Preston, Newport, Stirling, Lisburn and Newry received it.
    http://www.dca.gov.uk/constitution/city/cityhome.htm
    and also follow the Results link there. it is purely a status thing and makes no real difference to anyone in practical terms.


    Mar 19 06, 12:19 PM
    helenasykes

    		It did used to be if it had a Catherdral though, i'm not sure about a university though, it probably was at one part but seeing as so many places have universities now thats probably no longer a criteria.

    Mar 19 06, 12:26 PM
    bloomsby

    		In everyday usage there's a tendency to refer to a larger town (say a place with a population of over 100,000) as a 'city' regardless of its strict, legal status.

    Mar 19 06, 6:42 PM

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