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Descriptor English: Cities
Descriptor Spanish: Ciudades
Descriptor ciudades
Entry term(s) Urbe (ciudad)
aldeas
ayuntamiento
ciudad pequeña
ciudades de tamaño medio
ciudades grandes
ciudades medianas
ciudades pequeñas
condado
condados
grandes urbes
megalópolis
metrópoli
metrópolis
municipalidad
municipalidades
municipio
municipios
pequeña ciudad
pequeñas ciudades
pueblo urbano
pueblos
pueblos pequeños
Scope note: Municipio grande o importante de un país, por lo general un centro metropolitano importante; 2. Metrópoli: Área urbana que, debido a sus actividades financieras, administrativas y de información, adquiere importancia a nivel nacional, regional y mundial. (Traducción libre del original: Houaiss, 2001) 3. Ciudades pequeñas, medianas y grandes: designação para referirse a poblaciones urbanas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cidades
Descriptor French: Villes
Entry term(s): Counties
County
Large Cities
Large City
Medium Cities
Medium City
Megalopolis
Metropolis
Municipalities
Towns
Urban Villages
Tree number(s): G16.500.275.069
N06.230.069
Z01.433
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002947
Scope note: A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center.
Annotation: IM for cities as sociol or population entities; specific indentions are available (NIM only) for epidemiol or ethnol studies; URBANIZATION is available for the develop from rural to urban society; URBAN POPULATION and URBAN HEALTH are also available
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: specific city (1966-1997)
History Note: 98; use explode 1967-97
Related: Urban Area DeCS
Urban Health MeSH
Urban Population MeSH
Urban Sanitation DeCS
Urbanization MeSH
DeCS ID: 2973
Unique ID: D002947
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/05/25
Cities - Preferred
Concept UI M0004511
Scope note A large or important municipality of a country, usually a major metropolitan center.
Preferred term Cities
Entry term(s) Counties
County
Towns - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000643154
Scope note Human settlements larger than a village but smaller than a city.
Preferred term Towns
Entry term(s) Medium Cities
Medium City
Urban Villages
Municipalities - Broader
Concept UI M0004512
Preferred term Municipalities
Megalopolis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI F0001346
Preferred term Megalopolis
Metropolis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI F0001347
Preferred term Metropolis
Entry term(s) Large Cities
Large City



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