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Populated place
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As defined by the United States Geological Survey, a populated place is a place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, or village) referenced with geographic coordinates. The term is also used internationally in the field of geospatial modeling, and is defined as "a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work". Former populated places Populated places can be abandoned. Sometimes the structure is still easily accessible, as is with ghost towns, some of them being tourist attractions. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, or war. The term is sometimes used to refer to cities, towns, and neighborhoods which are still populated, but significantly less so than in years past. Sites that have not been populated for several years are often only called "settlement" in archaeology. See also: Lost city. Legal status The USGS defines: " A populated place is usually not incorporated and by definition has no legal boundaries." The USGS also has a definition for a feature type "Civil": "A political division formed for administrative purposes (borough, county, incorporated place, municipio, parish, town, township).". A Russian and Ukraine specific term is inhabited locality. See also: * municipality * * Census-designated place 
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