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A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.

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Subclass of
human settlement
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Commons category
Townships
equivalent class
kbpedia.org/kko/rc/Town
OpenStreetMap tag
place=township
topic's main category
Category:Townships
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A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.

Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canada, Scotland, and parts of the United States, the term refers to settlements too small or scattered to be considered urban.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “township” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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