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Township
Designation for types of settlement as administrative territorial entities / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Township (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Dispersed settlement.
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, that 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.