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населённый пункт

English translation: populated place

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Russian term or phrase:населённый пункт
English translation:populated place
Entered by: Andrey Belonogov

05:54 Aug 13, 2008
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geography
Russian term or phrase: населённый пункт
как перевести "населенный пункт" так, чтобы не смешивать его с "поселением" и с учётом указанных ниже определений:

Населенный пункт - это первичная единица расселения людей в пределах одного застроенного земельного участка: город, поселок городского типа, село. Обязательным признаком населенного пункта является постоянство его использования как места обитания из года в год (хотя бы сезонно). Обычно населенный пункт имеет географическое наименование.

Населенный пункт - поселение, имеющее сосредоточенную застройку в пределах установленной черты, отнесенное в соответствии с настоящим Законом к населенным пунктам соответствующего вида и категории.
Andrey Belonogov
Russian Federation
Local time: 04:49
populated place
Explanation:
A populated place is, according to the United States Geological Survey, a city, town, or village characterized by buildings and permanent human population and referenced to its geographic coordinates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populated_place

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Many states do not use the term "town" for incorporated municipalities. In some states, for example Wisconsin, "town" is used in the same way that civil township is used in elsewhere. In other states, such as Michigan, the term "town" has no official meaning and is simply used informally to refer to a POPULATED PLACE, whether incorporated or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town

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Town
Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not
incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely
POPULATED PLACE, whether incorporated or not, in
distinction from the country, or from rural communities
http://dictionary.die.net/town


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There are no official definitions of city, town, village, hamlet, neighborhood, etc. All named entities with human habitation are classified as Populated Place, including incorporated places (20 percent of the Nation's communities), unincorporated places (the majority), housing developments not yet incorporated, and neighborhoods within incorporated places.
http://www.usgs.gov/faq/list_faq_by_category/get_answer.asp?...
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Serhiy Tkachuk
Ukraine
Local time: 20:49
Grading comment
thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3population centre
koundelev
4locality
Maruti Shinde
4populated place
Serhiy Tkachuk
3population aggregate / place, center of population
natalia gavrile
3settlement
Kirill Semenov
3urban area
Nurzhan KZ
3location
Vitali Stanisheuski
Summary of reference entries provided
Kameliya

Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
population centre


Explanation:
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термин ЕБРР

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In 1993, the mean population center of Canada was found to be in the Township of Laxton, Digby and Longford, Victoria County, [citation needed] now part of ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_population

koundelev
Local time: 20:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GaryG: my favorite :-)
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Gary!
agree  Tatyana Kovalenko
11 hrs
  -> Спасибо, Татьяна!
agree  Iosif JUHASZ
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Thank you, Iosif!
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
population aggregate / place, center of population


Explanation:
Lingvo 12, а далее можно применить термин "Административная территориальная единица" т.е. город, ПГТ, село... ИМХО

natalia gavrile
Kazakhstan
Local time: 23:49
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
settlement


Explanation:
Варианты из mutitran.ru

населённый пункт | g-sort
общ. community; inhabited locality; populated locality; borough; locality; burgh; residential place (ambw)
бизн. place
бухг. cluster
воен. built-up area; populated area; buildup area; city; population target (как объект нанесения удара); urban area; urban center; populated point
ЕБРР population centre
картогр. population place (caithey)
Макаров an inhabited locality; tower and town; town and tower
сл. dump; filling station
стр. agglomeration
тех. town
экол. conglomeration (сложившийся из нескольких ранее самостоятельных); habitat; human settlement; settlement
экон. aggregation; center of population; population aggregate; population cluster; housing estate
населённые пункты | в начало
общ. localities; settlements (Lavrov)
Макаров centers of population; human settlements
юр. locality


Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 20:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 21
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
urban area


Explanation:
I'd call it as Urban Area



Nurzhan KZ
Local time: 22:49
Native speaker of: Native in KazakhKazakh
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kameliya: urban relates to towns and cities, while населенный пункт is a generic term
43 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
location


Explanation:
В англоязычных анкетах и веб-формах иногда видел такой термин в описанном Вами значении.
Как бы абстрактно "местность", "место".

Vitali Stanisheuski
Belarus
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Native in BelarusianBelarusian
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
locality


Explanation:
Simply call it locality.

Maruti Shinde
India
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of: Native in MarathiMarathi, Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
populated place


Explanation:
A populated place is, according to the United States Geological Survey, a city, town, or village characterized by buildings and permanent human population and referenced to its geographic coordinates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populated_place

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-08-13 17:24:40 GMT)
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Many states do not use the term "town" for incorporated municipalities. In some states, for example Wisconsin, "town" is used in the same way that civil township is used in elsewhere. In other states, such as Michigan, the term "town" has no official meaning and is simply used informally to refer to a POPULATED PLACE, whether incorporated or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-08-13 17:27:11 GMT)
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Town
Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not
incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely
POPULATED PLACE, whether incorporated or not, in
distinction from the country, or from rural communities
http://dictionary.die.net/town


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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-08-13 17:28:37 GMT)
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There are no official definitions of city, town, village, hamlet, neighborhood, etc. All named entities with human habitation are classified as Populated Place, including incorporated places (20 percent of the Nation's communities), unincorporated places (the majority), housing developments not yet incorporated, and neighborhoods within incorporated places.
http://www.usgs.gov/faq/list_faq_by_category/get_answer.asp?...


Serhiy Tkachuk
Ukraine
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks!
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference

Reference information:
статья в Википидии: населенный пункт-inhabited locality

Example sentence(s):
  • The classification system of the types of inhabited localities in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared to the classification systems in other countries.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_inhabited_localities_i...
Kameliya
Russian Federation
Native speaker of: Russian
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